Chief Legal Officers / General Counsel

• Kate Black appointed Privacy Officer and Corporate Counsel of 23andMe

Kate Black joined the company January 5, 2015 and reports to Kathy Hibbs, chief legal and regulatory affairs officer. [Source]

• Robin Lunt appointed General Counsel of Innovari

Lunt is a seasoned attorney and policy advisor, most recently with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) where she worked as Commissioner Tony Clark’s Legal and Policy Advisor covering the Western Electric Interconnection, gas and oil orders as well as major market changes. [Source]

• Kevin McKay to join Barclays as General Counsel

 A veteran U.S. brokerage lawyer McKay, McKay, will join Barclays PLC's wealth and investment management division in the Americas next month as general counsel. For the past 12 years McKay was general counsel of Dominick & Dominick, a New York City broker-dealer with fewer than 50 brokers that was purchased in January by Memphis, Tennessee-based Wunderlich Securities. [Source]

• Terence M. O’Rourke hired as first staff attorney of Rochester, NY

The city has hired its first in-house attorney, who will begin his new job on March 2. O’Rourke will replace the services of attorney Danford Wensley of Wensley & Jones, PLLC, who has served as Rochester’s outside legal counsel for years. O’Rourke had previously served as assistant United States attorney, senior assistant county attorney for Carroll County, and assistant county attorney for Rockingham County. [Source]

• Sally Rau appointed General Counsel of Cambium Networks

Rau brings 30 years of experience in advising global companies as a law firm partner and in-house counsel on matters ranging from corporate compliance and governance to cross-border mergers. [Source]

• Steven Reich named General Counsel for the Americas at Deutsche Bank

Steven F. Reich, was formerly an official at the U.S. Department of Justice and attorney for former President Bill Clinton [Source]

• Roy Rosenthal joins Scopely General Counsel and Head of Business Affairs

Rosenthal takes on the role of general counsel and head of business affairs, leaving his similar position as senior counsel and senior director of business affairs at Zynga. [Source]

• Donald P. Tutson Jr. appointed as ECAC General Counsel

Tutson, a graduate of Syracuse University and University of Connecticut School of Law, has been counseling corporate clients in Connecticut for the past 18 years. [Source]

• Lisa Barnett Van Dien has joined London Bay Homes as the Naples-based homebuilder’s general counsel.

A Florida Bar board certified real estate attorney and member of The Florida Bar since 1996, Van Dien has practiced law in Naples for more than 19 years. [Source]

Compliance

• Lore Brownson named SVP of Quality Services and Chief Compliance Officer at New Perspective Senior Living

As SVP of Quality Services, Brownson is responsible for clinical programs, quality assurance initiatives, as well as development and implementation of resident programs for the company’s Betty’s Harbor memory care and Vivid Living assisted living neighborhoods. [Source]

• Joanna Mullendore joined Orrstown Bank as Vice President of Compliance and Community Reinvestment Act officer.

She has extensive experience in the identification and management of regulatory and enterprise risk and is recognized as an International Association of Privacy Professional and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. [Source]

EDiscovery

• Anita Bozzi elevated to Specialist in the Information Governance | Litigation Readiness Group at BlackStone Discovery.

Ms. Bozzi will continue her role focused on delivering effective information governance and consultative solutions to BlackStone’s enterprise clients. [Source]

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- Gina Ponticello

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