Major staff changes at CTIA

CTIA President Meredith Baker, who took over in June (see 1404240050), is making some of her first big moves as the head of the group, telling staff in an email that Executive Vice President Chris Guttman-McCabe is leaving. Also leaving is John Walls, vice president-public affairs, a former sports reporter who followed Baker’s predecessor Steve Largent to CTIA. Baker earlier named Brad Gillen chief of staff. Gillen was a key Baker aide when she was an FCC commissioner (see 1407150066). Guttman-McCabe had been at CTIA since 2001, eventually being named executive vice president last year (http://prn.to/1oqVPg9). He has often been the face of the group at the FCC and before Congress.