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Univision Communications adds Lan Nguyen, ex-assistant U.S. attorney-Eastern District of New York, as senior vice president-associate general counsel/head-litigation ... Fox News Channel names programming leadership team via promotions: Meade Cooper as senior vice president-programming; John Finley is senior vice president-development and production; Ron Mitchell to vice president-story development, prime-time programming; Lauren Petterson becomes senior vice president-morning programming and talent development; Amy Sohnen named vice president-talent development; and Jill Van Why to vice president-programming operations.
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Panasonic Foundation nonprofit hires Alejandra Ceja, ex-Department of Education, as executive director, succeeding Larry Leverett, who retired ... General Electric moves up John Flannery to CEO, effective Aug. 1, and succeeding Jeff Immelt as chairman when he retires from the company on Dec. 31; Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein promoted to vice chair ... Senet, provider of IoT low-power, wide-area networks, hires telecom executive Bruce Chatterley as CEO-president and elects him to the board, succeeding CEO-President George Dannecker, retiring.
Wireless Infrastructure Association elects Steven Marshall, American Tower, chairman; David Weisman, Insite Wireless, vice chairman; Jeffrey Stoops, SBA Communications, secretary; and Jay Brown, Crown Castle, treasurer; and as directors Alexander Gellman, Vertical Bridge, succeeding Marc Ganzi, Digital Bridge; and Ed Farscht, Diamond Communications ... Cypress Semiconductor Executive Chairman Ray Bingham resigns; Eric Benhamou steps down as lead independent director and remains on the board; Steve Albrecht moves up to chairman; and, under CEO Hassane El-Khoury, there's no longer a need for an executive chairman, company said board has decided ... ShoreTel names Shane Robison chair, succeeding Chuck Kissner, stepping down but remaining on the board ... RF Industries names Gerald Garland, ex-Tessco, to board ... Newly named to comScore board: Lisa Gersh, ex-Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia; Mark Harris, Hercules Capital; Jacques Kerrest, Intelsat; Joshua Peirez, Dun & Bradstreet; Susan Riley, ex-Eastern Outfitters.
FCC names (see 1706120053) at Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council: Transition Path to NG911 group, Mary Boyd of West Safety Services, chair; Comprehensive Re-imagining of Emergency Alerting group, Farrokh Khatibi of Qualcomm, chair; and Network Reliability and Security Risk Reduction group, Travis Russell of Oracle, chair; CSRIC chair is Brian King, T-Mobile USA; also on CSRIC are: Shirley Bloomfield, NTCA; Don Brittingham, Verizon; Budge Currier, California Governor Office of Emergency Services; Edward Czarnecki, Monroe Electronics; Trey Forgety, National Emergency Number Association; Laurie Flaherty, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Kevin Gage, One Media; Robert Gessner, American Cable Association; Walter Magnussen, Texas A&M University Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center; Susan Miller, Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions; Francisco Sanchez, Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management; Gary Smith, Cherry Creek Radio; Dorothy Spears-Dean, Virginia Information Technologies Agency; Roger Stone, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Lee Thibaudeau, Nsight; and Tim Walden, CenturyLink.