Communications Personals
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said she has named Travis Litman, who has worked as her aide before and was Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division assistant chief, as chief of staff and senior legal adviser-wireline and public safety issues; Kate Black, ex-Emily's List, as policy adviser-media issues; and from Office of Managing Director Lashion Pratt as staff assistant ... Marni Walden, Verizon executive vice president/president-global media, leaves company, effective in February, and effective Dec. 31, moves to strategic adviser and continues reporting to CEO Lowell McAdam until departure; after that, Oath CEO Tim Armstrong continues, reports directly to McAdam; and telematics organization reports to John Stratton, executive vice president/president-global operations.
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Rivada co-CEO and Chief Financial Officer-Americas Joseph Euteneuer steps aside, remains on the board; company CFO Orla Fitzpatrick remains, with new Rivada Americas finance chief to come ... Scarinci Hollenbeck hires intellectual property attorneys from W.R. Samuels Law: partner Bill Samuels, to be chair of the new Copyright and Trademark practice group, and associates John Laurence and Iva Rukelj ... Atlantic Broadband appoints Elizabeth Asencio, ex-NBCUniversal, head-content acquisition.
E.W. Scripps Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Tim Wesolowski departs, "not related to financial disclosures, accounting practices or legal matters," with Chief Strategy Officer Lisa Knutson CFO "in the interim" ... Capitol Music Group hires Brian Nolan, ex-Columbia Records/Sony Music, as senior vice president-seventeenfifty brand partnerships and sync licensing division.
Kentucky Public Service Commission names Gwen Pinson, ex-Finance and Administration Cabinet, executive director; succeeding Talina Mathews, in July named PSC commissioner by Gov. Matt Bevin (R) ... Georgia Public Service Commission Chairman Stan Wise (R) won't qualify in March for re-election ... Nominations sent to the Senate for Neil Jacobs as assistant commerce secretary, and David Christian Tryon for chief counsel-advocacy, Small Business Administration.