Fox Corp. has named Kristopher Jones executive VP and head of government relations, based in Washington. He had been SVP, government relations. He reports to Viet Dinh, chief legal and policy officer. In addition, Jamie Gillespie has been named executive VP of government relations. Both Jones and Gillespie formerly worked at the National Association of Broadcasters.
NCTA-the Internet & Television Association has bolstered its government affairs team, including adding some Democratic firepower in a town where the White House, both houses of Congress, and the FCC, are all under Democratic control. The new faces: Timothy Graham, Alex Minard and Kelsey Odom
Susan Fox, VP of government relations for Disney has been named head of the company’s government relations team in Washington as senior VP, government relations. She reports to Alan Braverman, SVP and general counsel, and succeeds Richard Bates, who died in December.
Josh Pollack joins the trade group after serving as special assistant to the president for legislative affairs in the Obama White House from 2012 to 2017.
Paul Gómez will be based in Washington and work closely with the Comcast and NBCUniversal government affairs leadership to develop and implement government relations strategies to support Telemundo’s business priorities across the company’s various operating units.
