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Top Officials Leave Internet Alliance
by Bara Vaida
Jeff Richards has left his job as executive director of the Internet Alliance to work on a book about his experience with Internet policy. Kate Dean, the Internet Alliance's communications and research manager, also is leaving to pursue other opportunities.
In an e-mail, Richards said Michael Faulker, the senior vice president at the Direct Marketing Association, would be the future contact for the Internet Alliance. He also said Emily Hackett, state policy director for the Internet State Coalition, Ron Teixeira, manager of global law enforcement and security affairs, and Jill Murphy, membership and logistics manager, will remain in their positions at the alliance.
Former Gore Aide Lands At Law Firm
David Beier, former chief domestic policy adviser to former Vice President Al Gore, has joined Hogan & Hartson as a partner in the law firm's health, legislative and Internet law groups. He will advise clients from large corporations to biotech startups.
Beier coordinated the Clinton administration's working group on e-commerce policy. Before joining the Clinton administration in 1998, he spent 10 years at the biotech firm Genentech, where he worked on drug, tax and intellectual property issues.
Success In The Private Sector
David Lehman, former chief of staff to Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., has scored two high-tech clients. His firm, Hall, Green and Rupli, has been hired by the Business Software Alliance to lobby on trade, privacy, appropriations and copyright issues, and by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) to lobby on telecommunications, wireless spectrum and Internet issues.
Other high-tech interests also have hired lobbying consultants. E-Trade hired the Alpine Group to lobby on banking and telecommunications issues; SAIC, the former parent of Network Solutions, hired Denny Miller McBee & Associates to lobby on defense and information technology funding; and Napster hired Janus-Merritt Strategies to lobby on Internet issues and e-commerce.
Techies At The Top
CTIA, meanwhile, has made an internal change, hiring John Windolph as senior vice president of business development. He will replace George Shaginaw, who will become the full-time president and CEO of CTIA's subsidiary, CIBERNET. The addition of Windolph completes CTIA's realignment of senior management staff.
Other companies also have hired new executives. America Online appointed Louis Borrelli to be senior vice president of AOL Broadband. Borrelli, formerly the cofounder, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Marcus Cable, will play a leading role in overseeing AOL's cable broadband distribution.
Jim Carroll is Accenture's new senior manager of government relations, where he will be working on technology issues. Previously Carroll was a consultant at the Livingston Group, and before that, he spent 10 years as vice president of congressional affairs at Comsat.
And after just seven months at News Corp., Justin Lilly has left to join Bertelsmann as senior vice president for government relations in its still-forming Washington office. Lilly will report to former Justice Department antitrust chief Joel Klein, who recently joined Bertelsmann's office in New York. Lilly spent four years as counsel to the House Commerce Committee.
Appeals Court's Chief Judge To Leave Bench
U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Harry Edwards announced Tuesday that he will retire from his post on the D.C. circuit in mid-July. Edwards, one of the judges who heard the appeal of the government's antitrust case against Microsoft earlier this year, has been on the federal bench in the District since 1980 and has been chief judge since September 1994.
Edwards' term was supposed to expire in September, but he chose to retire a couple of months early to give his successor time to prepare for the job, according to a press release from the court. The release also said that Judge Stephen Williams, who was next in line for the court's top slot, will not take Edwards' job. The chief judgeship instead will go to Judge Douglas Ginsburg.
Bush Chooses Education, Commerce, Defense Nominees
President Bush announced several more nominations he intends to make, including that of Rebecca Campoverde to be assistant Education secretary for legislative and congressional affairs. She is currently the deputy chief of staff for the House Education and the Workforce Committee and has been with the committee since 1999. She worked at the Education Department during the Republican presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George Bush.
Bush also intends to nominate Otto Wolff as assistant Commerce secretary for administration and chief financial officer of the Commerce Department. Wolf currently is a staff member for the House Administration Committee. He served at Commerce as deputy assistant secretary for administration from 1981 to 1993.
Other soon-to-be nominees include: Linda Mysliwy Conlin to be assistant Commerce secretary for trade and development; Michael Wynne to be deputy Defense undersecretary for acquisition and technology; and Laurie Rich to be assistant Education secretary for intergovernmental and interagency affairs.
New Faces In Government
Government agencies and affiliated organizations also have reported some staff changes.
Kate Moore, president of the Universal Service Administrative Company's Schools and Libraries Division, is leaving after three-and-a-half years to enter the teaching profession. Moore managed the e-rate program, which helps schools and libraries obtain Internet connections at a discount.
At the FCC, meanwhile, Clint Odom left his post as senior legal adviser for the Cable Services Bureau on June 1. Thomas Horan, an attorney in the Consumer Protection and Competition Division, assumed Odom's role June 4.
And the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has named Douglas Bourgeois its new chief information officer. Before joining PTO, Bourgeois was the managing director of customer-service technology at Federal Express. He also has worked as an engineer and program manager of aerodynamic testing at Allied Signal Aerospace.
Elsewhere on the intellectual property front, the Intellectual Property Owners Association will hold its 28th annual National Inventor of the Year Award ceremony Tuesday on Capitol Hill. North Carolina Republican Howard Coble, chairman of the House Judiciary Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property Subcommittee, will present the award.
Rep. Heather Wilson's New Office Chief
Bryce Dustman is leaving his position as the communications director to Rep. Philip Crane, R-Ill., in order to lead the staff of New Mexico Republican Heather Wilson, the author of anti-spam legislation. Dustman replaces Marjorie Strayer in Wilson's office. From 1998 to 2000, Dustman was the communications director for the Republican political action committee GOPAC.
Brookings Taps Foreign Policy Director
James Steinberg will join the Brookings Institute this fall as its new vice president and foreign policy director. Currently, Steinberg is a senior adviser to the Markle Foundation on international policy and information technology. He served four years as deputy national security adviser to President Clinton, following several senior positions at the State Department.
What Did You During Your Congressional Recess?
Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., returned to his alma mater Friday in support of IBM's "E-Mentoring" program, which enables high-school students to seek career advice and guidance via one-on-one contact with IBM volunteers. IBM boasts great results with the program in that students who once tested below the 50th percentile in math now regularly score A's.
There also were several high-tech related events outside the Beltway last week. On May 31, former Global Crossing CEO Leo Hindery held a fundraiser dinner for Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., in San Mateo, Calif. Steve Westly, the former vice president of business development at eBay, hosted members of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee's High-Tech Council on June 1. ELoan Chairman Chris Larson also held an after-dinner party for executives and members following the council event.
In Fargo, N.D., meanwhile, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer spoke May 30 at the North Dakota Telecommunications Technology Conference co-hosted by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. Ballmer said Microsoft would be expanding its staff in North Dakota.
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