Veronica Glick rejoined Mayer Brown's global Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice and its National Security practice, the firm said Monday. She previously was a senior advisor to the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy in the U.S. State Department. Before working at State, Glick worked at Mayer Brown starting in 2017.
Michael Hochman has joined Sidley's Privacy and Cybersecurity practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday. Hochman recently served as chief of staff at the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), which was established in 2021 to advise the president on cybersecurity strategy and policy.
Precisely promoted Joel Chaplin to Chief Information Officer and Dave Shuman to Chief Data Officer, the software company announced Thursday. Chaplin has been at Precisely since 2021, when SAP automation provider Winshuttle was acquired by the software company. Shuman previously was at Couldera, where he led the Connected Industries & Smart Cities group.
Privacy, cybersecurity, and data broker expert Justin Sherman has joined the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) as a scholar in residence for 2025, the nonprofit announced Thursday. Sherman is founder and CEO of DC-based research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies.
Hensey Fenton has joined Comcast as deputy general counsel of Privacy and Digital Governance, which he announced in a LinkedIn post Wednesday. Previously, Fenton was at Covington & Burling.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., will co-chair the Congressional Internet Caucus, Co-Chair Michael McCaul, R-Texas, announced Tuesday.
Morgan Lewis added Heather Egan and Hannah Levin as partners in the firm’s cybersecurity, incident response, privacy, and information management practice, the firm announced Wednesday. Egan previously served as global head of the Strategic Advisory & Government Enforcement Business Unit and former chair of the unit’s Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation Group at Orrick. Levin, also from Orrick, has counseled on privacy and cybersecurity compliance and risk mitigation.
Douglas Geho will serve as deputy director of the FTC Consumer Protection Bureau, the agency announced Tuesday. Geho previously served as a consumer protection staffer for Commissioner Melissa Holyoak.
Data privacy compliance software company LOKKER announced Tuesday that Geoffrey Golliher is its chief technology officer (CTO). Golliher previously served multiple roles at GoodRx, including director of security, privacy, compliance and IT.
Crowell & Moring added Rita Heimes and Justin Weiss as senior counsel to the privacy team in its Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, the firm announced Tuesday. Formerly, Heimes served as general counsel for IAPP, and Weiss was associate general counsel for global tech investor Naspers. Weiss will also be senior director at Crowell Global Investors.