Ballard Spahr hires Courtney Adams Thornton, ex-Troutman Pepper, as of counsel, intellectual property, trademarks and copyright, in its Atlanta office … Senate confirms to the U.S. Agency for Global Media's International Broadcasting Advisory Board: Luis Botello, special adviser, International Center for Journalists; Jamie Fly, CEO-Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Jeffrey Gedmin, Georgetown University senior fellow; Michelle Giuda, CEO-Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University; Kenneth Jarin, partner-Ballard Spahr and also named advisory board chair; and Kathleen Matthews, former Marriott International chief communications-public affairs officer ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise hires HP Inc.’s Marie Myers as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Jan. 15; Jeremy Cox, interim CFO since August, will return full time to his roles as senior vice president-corporate controller and chief tax officer, reporting to Myers.