Personnel Changes At AT&T, Disney

September 7, 2010

There has been some personnel changes at AT&T's lobbying shop here in Washington with the departure of the company's chief privacy officer.

AT&T Senior Vice President for Federal regulatory Robert Quinn will take on Dorothy Attwood's post as chief privacy officer. In addition, Senior Vice President for Wireless and International External Affairs Len Cali will add Attwood's duties as global public policy to his portfolio of responsibilities, the company announced. Both Cali and Quinn will report to AT&T Senior Executive Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs Jim Cicconi.

Attwood is joining the Walt Disney Company as the vice president of global public policy, Broadcast and Cable reported.

"I'm pleased to have two very capable and experienced executives to assume Dorothy's work in both the privacy and public policy arenas," Cicconi said in a statement

Juliana Gruenwald

Tech Writer

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Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.

Josh Smith

Tech Reporter

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Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.

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