FCC Chairman Ajit Pai advances Lisa Fowlkes (see 1706130059) to chief-Public Safety Bureau, where she was acting chief ... Wilkinson Barker hires Anne Swanson, ex-Cooley, as partner; she has worked on drone, tech and communications issues ... NAB hires Josh Pollack, ex-White House aide under President Barack Obama, as vice president-government relations, effective July 10 ... With Verizon completing (see 1706130048) purchase of the operating business of Yahoo, the assets are combined with its existing AOL business to create a new subsidiary, Oath; ex-AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is CEO of Oath, which is part of Verizon's Media and Telematics organization; Marni Walden is Verizon president-media and telematics; Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer resigns from Yahoo.
At Uber, which releases report on workplace issues, CEO Travis Kalanick takes leave of absence ... WGBH(FM) and TV Boston promotes Ben Godley to president, WGBH Business Services, new post; he continues as chief operating officer ... Entercom names Bill Ashenden, ex-Bicoastal Media, vice president-market manager, Entercom Portland (Oregon), effective July 10 ... Optiv Security names Oni Chakravartti, ex-Symantec, senior vice president-worldwide partner solutions; Michael Lines, ex-D+H, vice president-strategy, risk and compliance advisory services; and Doug Steelman, ex-Dell SecureWorks, also a vice president.
Cambridge Analytica names vice presidents to lead political operations in Washington Ben Shankle, ex-Republican Party of Florida, and Laquan Austion, ex-Lyft ... Kony adds Bruce Dahlgren, ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise, as executive vice president-chief revenue officer, new post ... Hitachi Data Systems Federal adds Amy Miller Feehery, ex-STS International, as vice president-sales ... Fox Sports alumnus Kevin Annison joins Motorsport Network as president, Motorsport.tv ... DefenseStorm hires Steve Soukup, ex-Q2 Holdings, as chief revenue officer ... Qumu hires John Poole, ex-Polycom and Alcatel-Lucent, as vice president-worldwide channel and alliances ... Ihse hires Manuel Greisinger, ex-Intel, as head-sales ... TELoIP software-defined wide-area network firm adds Michael Gagnon, ex-Nubo Software, as vice president-sales.
House Republican Conference approves appointment of Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., to Judiciary Committee ... President Donald Trump will nominate Jeffrey Gerrish, Skadden Arps, as deputy U.S. trade representative for Asia, Europe, the Middle East and industrial competitiveness ... National Association of State 911 Administrators elects Maria Jacques, Maine Emergency Services Communication Bureau, as president; Vice President-Treasurer Kelli Merriweather, Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications; and Harriet Miller-Brown, Michigan 911 official, as secretary ... RingCentral appoints Kenneth Goldman, ex-Yahoo, to its board.