Michele Woods, associate register for policy and international affairs at the U.S. Copyright Office, is leaving to join the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as director of the Copyright Law Division for the Culture and Creative Industries Sector.

Kent Stevens, ex-International Trade Commission Office of Unfair Import Investigations joins McKool Smith law firm as a principal in its Washington, D.C., office.

President Obama named Fred P. Hochberg, president of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., a member of the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Seung Wha Chang of Korea was appointed to the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body for four years, beginning on June 1, 2012. Chang will replace Shotaro Oshima. Chang is currently Professor of Law at Seoul National University, and has been on several WTO dispute settlement panels.

New officers of National Council of Textile Organizations: William Jasper, Unifi, chairman; James Self, Greenwood Mills, vice chairman; board members Norman Chapman, Inman Mills, Jerry Cook, Hanesbrands, Allen Gant, Glen Raven, Carlisle Hamrick, Hamrick Mills, David Hastings, Mount Vernon Mills, Smyth McKissick Alice Manufacturing, Donald Burich, INVISTA, John Freeman, NanYa Plastics, James Netzel DAK Americas, Bill Carstarphen, Pharr Yarns, James Chesnutt, National Spinning, Trey Hodges, Swift Spinning, Peter Iliopoulos, Gildan, Gilbert Patrick, Patrick Yarn Mills, Robin Perkins, Frontier Spinning Mills, Joni Davis, Duke Energy, Ludovic Petrois, Staubli, and Bob Sage, Oerlikon Textile.

Harry Clark and Clark McFadden, formerly of Dewey & LeBouef, have joined Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's corporate practice as partner and senior counsel, respectively, in Washington, D.C. Clark was previously a co-leader of Dewey's International Trade Practice and McFadden was a lawyer within that practice.

Michael McCormick, Global Business Travel Association, named co-chair of the Risk-Based Security Working Group for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Aviation Security Advisory Committee (ASAC).

Earl Hamlin, ex-Alameda County Planning Commission, confirmed as Port of Oakland commissioner, for a term ending July 10, 2013.

The Agricultural Marketing Service announced the appointment of two members and two alternates to the Cotton Board. The terms of the member positions, one California producer and one importer, expire on December 31, 2014, and the terms of the alternate member positions, both importer positions, expire on December 31, 2013. The appointed producer member from California is Aaron Barcellos, Los Banos, California. Roger Glaspey from Fresno, California, is the appointed importer member. The appointed alternate importer members are Sapna Sapru, Forest Hills, New York; and Kris Arabia, Orlando, Florida.

The Agricultural Marketing Service announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board. Newly appointed members representing pork producers include: Craig Mensink, Preston, Minnesota and Carl Link, Fort Recovery, Ohio. Members reappointed to the board include: Brad Greenway, Mitchell, South Dakota; Dale Norton, Bronson, Michigan; and Lisa Colby, Newburyport, Massachusetts.. The five appointees will each serve 3-year terms.