House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., promotes Jennifer Epperson to Communications Subcommittee’s chief Democratic counsel and hires Lisa Hone, ex-White House National Economic Council senior broadband and technology policy adviser, to be Democrats’ chief counsel on the Consumer Protection Subcommittee (see 2301030064) ... John Lin, ex-Senate Commerce senior counsel, says he's now House Commerce senior counsel.
K&L Gates adds ex-Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., as a government affairs counselor-Public Policy and Law practice … Toppan Merrill hires Beau Mersereau, former Fish & Richardson chief technology solutions officer, as global chief technology officer ... Cass Information Systems promotes Tony Urban to executive vice president and president of its Transportation Information Services business, taking over responsibilities from Mark Campbell as he transitions into a new leadership position within Cass.
Brand intelligence company Chatmeter promotes Chief Revenue Officer Cynthia Sener to president, go-to-market ... GoodLeap, digital marketplace for sustainable systems, names Willow Bay, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, and Accenture's Blair Taylor among a slate of 10 inaugural members of its newly formed advisory council ... Newly added to board of conversational AI company LivePerson: Vanessa Pegueros, former DocuSign chief information security officer; Bruce Hansen, ex-ID Analytics chairman-CEO; and Yael Zheng, former Bill Holdings chief marketing officer.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appoints three to California Public Utilities Commission: Kerry Fleisher, who was interim energy policy adviser to the PUC president, as chief policy adviser; Karen Douglas, senior energy adviser and former PUC member, as commissioner; and John Reynolds as commissioner, a reappointment; Douglas and Reynolds require state Senate confirmation.
The D.C. Council confirms Ted Trabue, ex-District of Columbia Sustainable Energy Utility, for the Public Service Commission, effective Dec. 27 for a term ending June 30, 2026 … Goran Marby leaves as ICANN president-CEO, effective immediately; Sally Costerton, senior adviser to the president and senior vice president, becomes interim president-CEO; Marby remains available to consult with ICANN until May 23, 2024.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirements of Enforcement Bureau’s Chad Israel and Ann Morgan; Media Bureau’s Sarah Whitesell; Economics and Analytics’ Marilyn Simon, Jerry Duvall, Pam Megna, Chuck Needy and Anne Levine; Engineering and Technology’s Tom Mooring and Ronald Williams; Workplace Diversity’s Cynthia Bryant; Public Safety’s Kenneth Burnley; and Wireless' Pamela Arluk; also departing agency is Media Relations’ Brittany Stevenson.
Comcast promotes Amy Lynch to president-Comcast Cable Northeast Division, succeeding Kevin Casey, who announced his retirement in October ... Bandwidth Infrastructure Group, provider of newly built dark fiber networks, names Bruce Garrison, ex-Kansas Fiber Network, CEO ... YouMail Protective Services, robocall mitigation platform, hires Peerless Network’s Elizabeth Addy as vice president-sales ... Glen Echo Group promotes Anne Keeney, Davey McKissick and Brad Williamson to vice president, Wren Dillingham and Andrea O’Neal to senior director, Lama Mohammed and Katelin Murray to senior associate; Lauren Gaydos, ex-NTCA, joins as director ... Programmatic advertising company Reset Digital taps Gannett’s Nate Rackiewicz as chief data officer, newly created role.
Motion Picture Association names Virgin Hyperloop’s Pamela Corante vice president-global communications, to lead communications for the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment ... Telesat appoints Philip Harlow from DTC Communications as president-Telesat Government Solutions ... BBB National Programs board elects Verizon Vice President-Deputy General Counsel David Hubbard chair, succeeding Procter & Gamble’s Ken Patel ... Kinetic by Windstream names Clay Fisher, ex-New York Times and ex-DirecTV, chief marketing officer ... Security company Forcepoint promotes Myles Bray to chief revenue officer and Thierry Bedos to senior vice president-sales, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and names James McCarthy from startup Cyera senior vice president-North America sales ... Fiber Broadband Association elects On Trac President Joseph Jones board chair for one-year term beginning Jan. 1, among a slate of new directors; Jones was vice chair for 2022 ... Web3 company Yuga Labs names Activision Blizzard President-Chief Operating Officer Daniel Alegre CEO, effective in 2023's first half, succeeding Nicole Muniz, remaining partner and strategic adviser ...
Former California Privacy Protection Agency board member Chris Thompson becomes chief of staff for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) … Texas Greg Abbott (R) appoints Matthew Yeager, Garland Independent School District assistant superintendent-technology, to the Governor’s Broadband Development Council for a term to expire Aug. 31, 2026.
Akin Gump hires former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and rehires former Virginia Deputy Solicitor Martine Cicconi as partners in Washington to co-lead the firm’s dedicated state attorneys general practice ... Wedbush Securities names Imtiaz Koujalgi, ex-Guggenheim Partners, managing director-equity research, software ... Liberty Media Chief Portfolio Officer Courtnee Chun to move to senior adviser role, effective Jan. 3; Shane Kleinstein promoted to head-investor relations ... Legal services provider TCDI adds Juul Labs’ Andrew Cosgrove as chief strategy officer, effective in January ... PsiQuantum names Roland Acra, ex-Cisco, chief business officer … IoT platform company LocatorX adds retired Army Maj. Gen. James Myles to its board.