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Utilities Technology Council board promotes Sheryl Riggs to president-CEO, from interim since January; directors extend officers' terms for another year due to postponement of UTC’s annual conference, which will now be held virtually ... Lerman Senter promotes David Burns to member and hires Art Harding, ex-Foster Garvey, as counsel ... FeganScott adds Melissa Ryan Clark, ex-Tadler Law and a lawyer with experience with privacy and data breaches, as of counsel.
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Friday was Claude Stout’s last day as Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Inc. executive director; Eric Kaika previously hired as TDI CEO (see this section, March 26) ... Gannett Co. board eliminates position of CEO-Gannett Media, so CEO Paul Bascobert leaving; Gannett Chairman-CEO Michael Reed assumes Bascobert’s responsibilities ... Madison Square Garden Entertainment taps Ted King, ex-Paramount Pictures’ Themed Entertainment, as president-creative content and studio productions.
NEC Corp. of America moves Raffie Beroukhim to newly created post of chief experience officer ... NTT Research names Tetsuhiko Teshima research scientist, Medical and Health Informatics Lab, and he joins Technical University of Munich Neuroelectronics Group as visiting researcher; and NTT names Vipul Goyal senior scientist, Cryptography and Information Security Lab, and he's associate professor-computer science, Carnegie Mellon University ... Summit Partners adds Matt Rissell, TSheets founder, to Executive-in-Residence program, helping find software sector "growth stage companies."
Among FCBA elections results for FY 2021 are for officers President-elect Megan Anne Stull, Google; Assistant Treasurer Diane Griffin Holland, FCC; Secretary Krista Witanowski, Facebook; and Assistant Secretary Barry Ohlson, Cox Enterprises; chapter representative to executive committee Daniel Waggoner, Davis Wright; Executive Committee for three-year terms Mia Guizzetti Hayes, Willkie Farr; Johanna Thomas, Jenner & Block; Stephanie Weiner, Harris Wiltshire; Natalie Roisman, Wilkinson Barker, also president; Anna Gomez, Wiley Rein, treasurer; and Thom Parisi, Covington & Burling, Young Lawyers Committee rep; Nominations Committee for two-year terms Parul Desai, FCC detailed to House Commerce Committee; Russell Hanser, Wilkinson Barker; and Daudeline Meme, Verizon; foundation board for three-year terms Anisa Latif Green, AT&T; Erin Griffith, Wilkinson Barker; Michael Saperstein, USTelecom; and Meagan Sunn, Goodfriend Group; and Young Lawyers Committee co-Chair Van Bloys, Crown Castle.
NARUC starts Task Force on Emergency Preparedness, Recovery and Resiliency (see 2006180049 for leaders), and members are Julie Brown, Florida; Gladys Brown-Dutrieuille, Pennsylvania; Diane Burman, New York; Jay Griffin, Hawaii; Odogwu Obi Linton, Maryland; Lillian Mateo-Santos, Puerto Rico; Charlotte Mitchell, North Carolina; Ellen Nowak, Wisconsin; Sadzi Oliva, Illinois; Dan Scripps, Michigan; Genevieve Shiroma, California; Eric Skrmetta, Louisiana; and Justin Williams, South Carolina; and NARUC President Brandon Presley, Mississippi ex-officio member.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Director-Emergency Preparedness Gary Bell sworn in as president of National Emergency Number Association board, along with Immediate Past President Monica Million, Colorado 9-1-1 Resource Center; Northeastern Director Erin Malloy, Winchester, Virginia, Emergency Communications; Private Sector Director Karin Marquez, RapidSOS; Canadian Director Holly Barkwell, Barkwell Holland Group; Western Director Bruce Romero, Arapahoe County, Colorado, 9-1-1 Authority; North Central Director Daryl Ostendorf, O’Fallon, Illinois, Police Department; Southeastern Director Cassie Lowery, Rutherford County, Tennessee, Emergency Communications District; First Vice President Jennifer White, Loudon County, Tennessee, E-911; and Second Vice President Laurie Anderson, Charlotte County, Florida, Sheriff's Office.
Wireless Infrastructure Association announces Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program advisory board now has Stephanie Brewer, Muti-Sabre Industries Telecom Services, for chairperson; Joel Hightower, Hightower Communications, vice chairperson; and Paul Roberts, American Tower, chairman emeritus ... Wayne Barr resigns from CCUR board and already on indefinite leave of absence from job of CEO-president while he's interim CEO, HC2 (see this section, June 15); CCUR board appoints Robert Pons a member; he used to be on the board and now is at Spartan Advisors ... Medium adds to board civil rights activist and athlete Colin Kaepernick.