Communications Personals
Arnold & Porter hires Chris Dodd, ex-MPAA, as senior counsel-Legislative and Public Policy group, working on issues including media and entertainment, intellectual property, data privacy and telecom ... Fletcher Heald adds broadcast attorney Mark Lipp, ex-Wiley Rein, to broadcast and media practice ... Telecommunications Industry Association promotes Ashley Simmons to senior director-external affairs, and she tells us the new department she heads includes the association’s brand, public affairs, communications and marketing efforts.
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Public Knowledge hires Allie Bohm, ex-American Civil Liberties Union, as policy counsel, working on tech issues including broadband, privacy and artificial intelligence ... Progressive Policy Institute hires on a full-time basis Anne Kim, who remains affiliated with Washington Monthly, as director-domestic and social policy; previously, Kim was a PPI senior fellow ... Aerospace Industries Association adds Alex Wagner, ex-Department of Defense, as vice president-senior adviser to AIA President-CEO Eric Fanning, his first hire in that job (see 1709190041); Wagner worked for then-Army Secretary Fanning.
Meredith hires Julie Zoumbaris, ex-E.W. Scripps, as vice president-general manager, WNEM-TV Bay City, Michigan, where she used to work, succeeding Al Blinke, retired ... GTT Communications elects Julius Erving, Dr. J Enterprises, to its board.