Communications Personals
Venable hires for legislative and government affairs practice: Anne Kierig, ex-DLA Piper, as counsel-cybersecurity and privacy; Steve Vest, ex-Time Warner, as senior policy adviser; and Nick Choate, ex-Office of former Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., as policy adviser-telecom, cybersecurity and technology ... Duane Morris taps Kevin Anderson, ex-Wiley Rein, as partner-intellectual property.
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Among other Bluebird Network officials keeping posts as Uniti Group with Macquarie assist buying it (see this section of the Jan. 17 issue) are Chief Financial Officer Chris Bach and Chief Operating Officer Stephen Crane ... Ericsson Senior Vice President-Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Helena Norrman leaving to pursue opportunities, effective by June 30 ... Discovery promotes to group senior vice presidents-production and development: Loren Ruch, HGTV-New York; Betsy Ayala, HGTV-Knoxville; and Lynn Sadofsky, Food Network.
Aiqudo voice commands for apps firm appoints Jatin Mehta, ex-Dell, vice president-business development ... Nebraska Public Service Commission re-elects Mary Ridder as chair and Rod Johnson vice chair ... Agilent names Mala Anand, Intelligent Enterprise Solutions and Industries, to board ... PayPal adds Deborah Messemer, ex-KPMG, to board.
Correction: The chair of a search committee to find a successor to retiring ATSC President Mark Richer is outgoing board Chairman Richard Friedel, Fox, selected for that role by newly elected ATSC Chairman Lynn Claudy, NAB (see 1901160015).