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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai appoints Babette Boliek, Pepperdine University law school professor and associate dean-faculty research who will take a leave from there while she's at the commission, as agency's chief economist, succeeding Jerry Ellig, returning to academia, now as research professor at George Washington University, affiliated with Regulatory Studies Center; also Monday, Pai names to Advisory Committee on Diversity and Digital Empowerment: current ACDDE Vice Chair Diane Sutter, ShootingStar Broadcasting, to chair, succeeding Julia Johnson, NetCommunications, who resigns from committee; Anna Gomez, member of Digital Empowerment and Inclusion Working Group, from Wiley Rein, as vice chair-member of the full committee; and Susan Au Allen, member of the empowerment and inclusion group from U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce, as full member, ACDDE.
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PBS hires Perry Simon, ex-Vulcan Productions, as chief programming executive and general manager-general audience programming, effective in late September ... Glen Echo Group adds from Association for Psychological Science TJ Chase as senior associate, working on design, content creation, video and web design and development ... Roya Stephens leaves ACT|The App Association as director-communications; no further details available ... Seagate Technology says David Morton, executive vice president-chief financial officer, leaving for a senior finance executive role at another company; Kathryn Scolnick, who has led investor relations and treasury operations, named interim CFO.
President Donald Trump to nominate as Department of Energy general counsel Bill Cooper, senior counsel and director, McConnell Valdes law firm ... MEF association elections include adding to board for 2018-19 Frederick Chui, PCCW Global; Mirko Voltolini, Colt Technology; and Rami Yaron, NEC/Netcracker, who also is Marketing & Education Committee co-chair ... Alpha Media says Larry Wilson steps down as chairman of radio station owner, but remains on board ... Rambus adds YapStone Chief Technology Officer Sanjay Saraf to its board.
Lobbyist registrations: IT firm Qsaya, Milne, Wiener & Shofe Global Strategies, effective July 17 ... Goodbit PBC, Paul Hastings, effective July 12 ... Education software firm D2L, Arnold & Porter, effective June 4 ... Cybersecurity firm Vigilance Analytics, CarterMcClean, effective July 2 ... Persistent Systems, American Defense International, effective July 1 ... Telemedicine provider Thrive, Envision Strategy, effective July 1 ... Google, InSight Public Affairs, effective June 26 ... SCI Technology, O’Brien, Gentry, effective June 25 ... Q Link Wireless, Capitol Consulting Group, effective June 19 ... Data center collocation and cybersecurity firm Cyxtera Technologies, Ballard Partners, effective June 15 ... Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications, Holland & Knight, effective June 15 ... Quadrant Holdings, BGR Government Affairs, effective June 15 ... Alliance for Drone Safety and Security Solutions, slipstream strategies, effective June 13 ... Jtek Data Solutions, Milne, Wiener, effective June 4 ... News Media Alliance, William Hilleary, effective June 4 ... Bitcoin tech firm ConsenSys, Cypress Advocacy, effective June 1 ... Quadrant Holdings, Kelley Drye, effective June 1 ... R4 Technologies, Cornerstone Government Affairs, effective June 1 ... T-Mobile, Kountoupes Denham, effective June 1 ... Cisco, Cove Strategies, effective May 25 ... Telehealth firm Grand Rounds, Tompkins Strategies, effective May 14 ... National Business Coalition on E-Commerce and Privacy, Venable, effective May 1 ... Newsmax, Capitol Resources, effective May 1 ... National Lifeline Association, BGR Government Affairs, effective April 1 ... National Music Publishers' Association, Covington & Burling, effective Dec. 20, 2017 ... Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, Wiley Rein, effective Oct. 18, 2017.