Computer & Communications Industry Association Policy Counsel John Howes leaving CCIA; Howes has begun working at the Wireless Infrastructure Association, where he was hired as government affairs counsel, WIA confirms to us ... Alignment Government Strategies hires from Williams & Jensen Tracy Taylor as counsel; she'll lobby for the firm's clients including Discovery, firm tells us ... U.S. Chamber of Commerce hires from Subject Matter Tim Doyle, also ex-CTA, as vice president-communications ... Information Technology Industry Council hires Vivien Zuzok, ex-Grayling, as senior manager-policy, Europe.
Connecticut Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz resigns to work for Tilson Technology Management as associate general counsel-managing director, energy consulting; National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Vice President Mark Schuling, the advocate from Iowa, succeeds Katz as NARUC president, effective July 5; Katz leaves FCC Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service; no word from the commission on who succeeds her on that board.
AT&T's WarnerMedia hires President-BBC Studios Americas Ann Sarnoff as chair-CEO, Warner Bros., effective later this summer; unit had been managed by interim leaders Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group Toby Emmerich, Warner Bros. Television Group President-Chief Content Officer Peter Roth and Warner Bros. Television Group and Warner Bros. Chief Financial Officer Kim Williams; last week, the business said it added CNN veteran Johnita Due as senior vice president-chief diversity & inclusion officer, WarnerMedia News & Sports.
Shentel adds Jim Volk, ex-Uniti Group, as senior vice president-chief financial officer ... Summit Wireless Technologies appoints Lisa Cummins Dulchinos, Ayar Labs, to its board, replacing Michael Fazio, focusing on managing MARCorp Financial.
Joining New Jersey Broadcasters Association Executive Committee: Charles McCreery, Clear Communications; Phil Boyce, Salem Communications; Paul Kelly, Longport Media; John Mozes, Rider University; Darren Davis/Scott Hopeck, designee, iHeartMedia; Dan Spears. BMI; Pat Delsi, Philadelphia representative; Bill Saurer, Universal Stations New York City; Chad Lopez/Glen Tacinelli, designee, Cumulus; and John Garziglia and Frank Montero, NJBA's attorneys.
Lobbyist registrations: LiveRamp, The Madison Group on data privacy issues, effective June 13 ... E-commerce firm Colony Brands, The Vogel Group, effective June 10 ... Trilogy International Partners, Perry Bayliss Government Relations, effective June 10 ... ByteDance, on its own behalf, effective June 7 ... Al Jazeera Media Network, DLA Piper and CLS Strategies, effective June 5 and 6 ... Ventech Solutions, Envision Strategy, effective June 1 ... Teradata, Hodgkins and Associates, effective May 24 ... Black News Channel, Ana Maria Sanchez on Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization, effective May 22 ... Voqal, Sinha Associates on “national collaboration” of 2.5 GHz educational broadband service spectrum licenses, effective May 17 ... Blockchain software company Block.One, Holland & Knight, effective May 15 ... Secure Nexus Consulting, A1.9 Strategies on DOD and Department of Homeland Security adoption of facial recognition and biometric technology, effective May 15.
T-Mobile, Greenberg Traurig, effective May 15 ... DocuSign, Whitmer & Worrall, effective May 13 ... FlexTech Alliance, Meridian 122, effective May 9 ... Ion Media, Peck Madigan on STELA renewal and media ownership rules, effective May 3 ... Huawei's Futurewei Technologies, on its own behalf, effective May 1 ... Robotics company Nuro, Mehlman Castagnetti on non-passenger autonomous vehicle legislation, effective May 1 ... TerreStar, Squire Patton, effective May 1 ... Blockchain-focused tech firm Ownum, Siekman and Siekman, effective April 1.