BakerHostetler elects Paul Schmidt, leader of the firm’s tax practice, chair of the firm, effective Jan. 1, to succeed Steven Kestner, stepping down after 15 years ... Lee Meredith retires as vice president-general manager, WAFB Baton Rouge, Louisiana, effective March 30 ... Drone Alliance Europe names Christoph Raab executive director ... Senate confirms Kevin McAleenan as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, after being acting commissioner since Trump administration began ... Robert Selander, ex-Mastercard, joins Equifax board.
Texas Public Utility Commission hires John Paul Urban, ex-NRG Energy and who previously worked at PUC, as executive director, succeeding Brian Lloyd, resigned; and new titles: Chief Operating Officer Thomas Gleeson and Commission Counselor, Office of Policy and Docket Management Stephen Journeay. ... Also named co-chair of new Perkins Coie group (see this section of the March 20 issue of this publication) on advertising technology and privacy: Meredith Halama, a Commercial Litigation partner in the law firm’s Privacy & Security practice and Advertising, Marketing and Promotions group.
Comcast promotes Mitch Rose to senior vice president-congressional and federal government affairs, succeeding Melissa Maxfield, named senior strategic adviser-federal government and corporate affairs; both report to Senior Executive Vice President David Cohen; Cohen says Vice Presidents Lindsey Dickinson and Sam Lancaster expand duties: besides helping lead Senate legislative strategy, Dickinson now also helps run company’s administration relationships; Lancaster to work on developing congressional advocacy strategy ... Charter Communications hires Danny Bowman, ex-LeEco North America, as chief mobile officer, new post leading the company's mobile business launching this year.
Location technology company GroundTruth promotes Sunil Kumar to CEO ... Library of Congress moves Laurie Neider to executive director, Federal Library and Information Network.
Alvarez & Marsal adds as managing directors, Corporate Transformation Services practice Kaan Aslansan, ex-Navigant Consulting, Craig Schneider, ex-NBC Sports, and Brad Arnold, ex-Unisys ... Robins Kaplan adds intellectual property litigator from Kasowitz Benson Steven Carlson to Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group as partner ... American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks to step down, effective summer 2019 ... RapidSOS adds Jeff Robertson, ex-Airbus DS Communications, as general manager-public safety ... Trustworthy Accountability Group hires Nick Stringer, ex-European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and Internet Advertising Bureau, as vice president-global member engagement and operations.
FCC's Claude Aiken, who has been an aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, hired by Wireless Internet Service Providers Association as president, Politico reports; Aiken and WISPA declined to comment ... Cox Media Group hires Michelle Miguelez, ex-Georgia Power, as vice president-communications and public affairs ... Sinclair moves Larry Strumwasser to general manager, KSNV and KVCW, both in Las Vegas ... North American Network Operators Group appoints Edward McNair, co-founder of Kaskadian, as executive director; Betty Burke remains at NANOG during the transition.
Cable One adds from Gas Technology Institute Peter Witty as senior vice president-general counsel-secretary, effective April 2 ... Lattice Semiconductor President-CEO Darin Billerbeck to retire and leave the board, which names Chief Operating Officer Glen Hawk interim CEO, to be effective Friday, though Billerbeck remains with the IoT chipmaker until May 31 ... Harris, Wiltshire hires Gena Cadieux, ex-Department of Energy, as of counsel ... Alvarez & Marsal moves telecom, technology and media expert Byron Smyl, who remains a managing director, to Corporate Transformation Services practice.
NCTA hires from US Telecom Mark Kulish as senior vice president-finance and administration, succeeding Bruce Carnes, recently retired; and adds Robert Rubinovitz, ex-Department of Commerce/Economics and Statistics Administration, as vice president-research and analysis, starting April 2 ... NAB hires for new post Eric Trabb, ex-NewBay Media, as senior vice president-business development, working on the association's conferences ... Globalstar hires Greg Ewert, ex-Inmarsat and member of Connected Vehicle Trade Association board, to head Globalstar Automotive, newly formed division to support future connected and autonomous vehicles and intelligent transport (see 1803120039).
Qualcomm says Paul Jacobs steps down as executive chairman, will remain on Qualcomm board but no longer in an executive management capacity; board names member Jeffrey Henderson non-executive chairman ... Former NTIA Director-Compliance and Audits Cynthia Schultz launches Broadband Law Group, based in Washington ... Managed services provider Thrive promotes Marc Pantoni to president and Michael Gray to chief technology officer ... Disney board elects board member Susan Arnold as independent lead director ...Texas Public Utility Commission says Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez will resign effective April 2 ... Antenna Systems Division of Communications & Power Industries hires Andre Jones, ex-ViaSat, as vice president-business development.
Univision CEO Randy Falco to retire year's end ... Mozilla moves up Denelle Dixon to chief operating officer and Mark Mayo to chief product officer ... Promoted at NPD Group: Brad van Dillen to president-U.S. consumer technology; Sean Roche to vice president-consumer technology; Kate Roe-Semyon to president-B2B technology ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Victoria Parker, ex-Verizon’s Oath Studios, as executive vice president, MSG Productions ... Kymeta adds David Harrower, ex-VT iDirect, as senior vice president-global sales ... Epix hires TV executive Rachel Brill as senior vice president/head-unscripted programming.