FTC promotes to Bureau of Competition deputy assistant directors: In Anticompetitive Practices...

May 7, 2014 |Communications Personals

FTC promotes to Bureau of Competition deputy assistant directors: In Anticompetitive Practices Division Barbara Blank and Mark Woodward, in Mergers II Division James Rhilinger, and Kate Walsh in Premerger Notification Office, where Bob Jones promoted to assistant director … Keller and Heckman hires as attorneys in telecom group Al Catalano, with expertise in wireless and other areas, as counsel, and Wes Wright, ex-Intrado, returns to firm, as senior associate, working in Denver … Holland & Knight forms unmanned aerial systems practice, including: Philip Baker-Shenk, Gary Halbert, Charles Naftalin, Joel Roberson, Charles Tobin, Christine Walz and David Whitestone.

Information Technology Industry Council’s IT Alliance for Public Sector hires Beth Winters, ex-Pennsylvania School Boards Association, as lead advocate on state, local and education team … Level 3 promotes Laurinda Pang to executive vice president and chief administrative officer, succeeding Thomas Stortz, retiring effective June 1, as John Ryan, executive vice president and chief legal officer, also becomes secretary, succeeding Stortz … Cablevision Senior Vice President Gemma Toner now oversees business insights and strategy, new position leading the operator’s data strategy.

Comcast promotes Ruben Mendiola to president, mun2, an NBCUniversal cable channel, and hires Kalyn Hove, ex-Level 3, as vice president, Comcast Business in Minnesota’s Twin Cities region … Fox Sports promotes Mike Davies to senior vice president-technical and field operations … Mobile Marketing Association names John Costello, Dunkin’ Brands, chairman of global board … Library of Congress names David Rubenstein, Carlyle Group, chairman of James Madison Council, private-sector advisory group to the library, succeeding Gerry Lenfest, ex-Lenfest Communications, stepping down in October … Lobbyist registrations: Comcast, Stuart Chapman, effective April 1 … Nielsen, Mehlman Vogel, effective April 1.