Communications Personals
Frontier Communications Executive Vice President-External Affairs Kathleen Abernathy stepped down, effective Nov. 18, the telco said in a Nov. 25 SEC filing; she remains chairwoman, America’s Best Communities Prize Campaign, and now is senior adviser, doing both until retiring, effective April 21; her responsibilities are being transitioned through that time to transfer to Executive Vice President-General Counsel Mark Nielsen; Abernathy told us that once she reaches full retirement in April, she will remain on several boards and also do consulting ... Wilkinson Barker hires Lynne Montgomery, ex-FCC Media Bureau, as counsel, focusing on satellite regulation/transactions and international coordination of licensing.
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Space Foundation board starts looking for CEO, with search managed by executive recruiting firm McAleer Gray; the post has been vacant since Oct. 24, when CEO Elliot Pulham resigned (see 1610250025); Chief Operating Officer Shelli Brunswick is acting CEO ... The Washington Post hires Scot Gillespie, ex-W.W. Grainger, as vice president-chief technology officer, new position, effective Jan. 3 ... Hill+Knowlton Strategies names Scott Reed, Republican political strategist who continues his affiliation with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, senior adviser ... Cision additions include Chris Lynch, ex-Oracle, as chief marketing officer; David Barker, also ex-Oracle, as chief data and research officer; Emir Lindo, ex-Marketo, as senior vice president-global partnerships; Dustin Johnson, ex-PwC, as senior vice president-services strategy and operations.
SoundHound names Michael Zagorsek, ex-Square, vice president-product marketing ... GoPro President Anthony Bates stepping down from that job, effective Dec. 31, amid a restructuring that will reduce the company's workforce by 15 percent ... Congressional Black Caucus elects (see 1612010030) for next Congress: Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., chairman, succeeding Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.; other officers are Democratic Reps: Andre Carson, of Indiana, as first vice chairman; Karen Bass, of California, vice chairwoman; Brenda Lawrence, of Michigan, secretary; and Gwen Moore, Wisconsin, whip ... Scripps Networks Interactive to nominate Philip Kent, ex-Turner Broadcasting System, for election to its board at the 2017 annual meeting, succeeding director David Galloway, retiring from the board.
Belden board advances John Stroup to chairman; prior chairman Bryan Cressey remains on the board as lead independent director ... Sprint board chooses Pat Doyle, ex-DirecTV, which now is owned by AT&T, as a new director ... Joining Mozilla board is Julie Hanna, executive chairman of Kiva ... CompTIA adds executive council members to its Space Enterprise Council: Matthew Jones, Boeing, as chairman of the council, and Susan Nelson, Aerojet Rocketdyne, vice chairwoman ... IndiMusic TV adds to board: Brian Hyndman, ex-Nasdaq; Harsh Sharma, expert on technologies including blockchain; John Velasco, entertainment production expert; and Cory Greenway, vice president-programming for IndiMusic TV; recently retired directors are: Kim Goh, Hudson Venture Capital, and Bill Zeh, ex-EMI; they both remain stockholders of the firm.