Communications Personals
Internet Association adds Seattle office with hire of Rose Feliciano, who led the city's government relations, as manager-state government affairs, Northwest region ... Aspen Institute next president-CEO: Daniel Porterfield, president of Franklin & Marshall College; succeeding Walter Isaacson, effective June 1 ... Thompson Hine hires Steven Stransky, ex-National Security Council, as senior counsel-Privacy & Cybersecurity and Business Litigation groups ... Electronic Components Industry Association hires supply chain industry veteran Don Elario as vice president-industry practices and head of group's new Global Industry Practices Council.
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Immersion CEO Vic Viegas agrees to resign as CEO and a director at board's request; Chairman Carl Schlachte elected interim CEO ... Sidley Austin adds as partners to global Private Equity practice from Latham & Watkins Alexander Temel, who has worked on software, media and other issues, and William Schwab ... SectorSeven wireless handset and device provider appoints from Zayo Kay Henze as president-CEO; Eric Baxter, ex-AT&T, joins as vice president-business development.
Changes at LG Electronics headquarters in Seoul: Hwang Jeong-hwan named president-CEO, LG Mobile Communications, replacing Juno Cho, who takes on a new, unspecified role within LG’s parent company; Park Il-pyung, head of LG’s Software Center, assumes additional duties as chief technology officer, replacing Skott Ahn, who also takes on unspecified new post at LG parent; Han Chang-hee, most recently vice president-appliance marketing communications, named to lead LG’s worldwide marketing efforts as head of its Global Marketing Center, replacing Brian Na, who becomes president of LG’s Western Europe operations; Kwon Soon-hwang, formerly head of LG’s Business Solutions Company and current head of LG’s India operations, named president of LG’s newly formed B2B Company.
Discovery Communications in Europe, Middle East and Africa promotes Kasia Kieli to president and managing director-EMEA; Marinella Soldi expands role as chief strategy officer-EMEA and managing director-southern Europe; and James Gibbons moves to general manager-U.K./Ireland, Australia and New Zealand and head-commercial development, EMEA, succeeding Susanna Dinnage, promoted (see 1711130036).
Fuze adds to board Paul Milbury, ex-Starent Networks ... At Jabil, Bard's Christopher Holland nominated for board election in January, when Frank Newman will retire ... Space Foundation board names ex-military official William Shelton to a two-year term as chairman, succeeding James Ellis, elected director emeritus; Kathryn Thornton, University of Virginia, to two-year term as vice chairman; secretary is P.J. O’Rourke, author; to life directors: Lockheed Martin's Richard Ambrose and Kay Sears and Boeing's John Elbon; and new directors: Christopher Browne, National Air and Space Museum; Lisa Callahan, Lockheed; James Chilton, Boeing; William Gattle, Harris; Peter Trainer, Science Applications International Corp.; and Phil Larson, University of Colorado at Boulder, is Space Foundation new generation space leader.
Lobbyist registrations: Global Music Rights, Greenberg Traurig, effective Nov. 14 ... Computer & Communications Industry Association, Blank Rome Government Relations, effective Nov. 1 ... Panasonic Avionics, Wiley Rein, effective Oct. 31 ... Inmarsat, K&L Gates, effective Oct. 23 ... MSGN Holdings, Glover Park Group, effective Oct. 20 ... Broadcom, Miller Strategies, effective Oct. 15 ... Autonomous vehicle manufacturer Mobility Cubed, Summit Strategies Government Affairs, effective Oct. 6 ... CM1 Technologies, Strategic Public Affairs, effective Oct. 1.