Communications Personals
Swarm hires Kalpak Gude as general counsel/head-global regulatory; he tells us he's helping the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, where was president and for now is a consultant, find a successor ... Nebraska Public Service Commissioner Frank Landis, thought to be the longest-serving commissioner in any state, retires ... Holland and Knight adds as partners to public policy and regulatory practice group ex-Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., ex-Deloitte, and Kara Ward, ex-Venable.
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Peter Marinello, Council of Better Business Bureaus, becomes executive director of Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council, newly created by the Direct Selling Association and administered by CBBB ... Piper Jaffray adds Robert Berstein, ex-DCS Advisory, as managing director-internet and digital media ... Corporate Spending Innovations moves Liane Sanson to president-new media division.
Beasley Media promotes Steve Triplett to vice president-market manager, Tampa, hires Brian Ives, ex-Loudwire, as managing editor-centralized digital content team ... GTT Communications promotes Robert Westervelt to senior vice president-channel sales, Americas ... Lattice Semiconductor appoints Mark Nelson, ex-Intel, vice president-worldwide sales ... TUV Sud America names Jan-Paul van Maaren, ex-ProfiTech Consulting, vice president-product service, the Americas.
President Donald Trump sends to Senate nominations including Jennifer Homendy to be reappointed member of National Transportation Safety Board, term expiring Dec. 31, 2024, and Michael Graham to NTSB, term ending Dec. 31, 2020, Earl Weener, term expired; and Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator, replacing Scott Pruitt ... Media Institute appoints Bill Bailey, Disney, to board, succeeding company's Richard Bates ... Symantec names Sue Barsamian, ex-Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Richard Hill, Marvell Technology, to board.
Satellite Industry Association elects officers Bruce Cathell, Viasat, chair; Susan Crandall, Intelsat, vice chair; and Stuart Daughtridge, Kratos, treasurer; working group new co-chairs George John, Spire Global; Craig Scheffler, Planet, Earth Observation Forum; Megan Kane, Spire Global, Export Control Working Group; Todd Putnam, Viasat, Legislative Working Group; and John, Spire Global, and Jennifer Manner, EchoStar, Space Safety Working Group.
Women in Cable Television elects board including Sandy Howe, Technetix, vice chair; Catherine Bohigian, Charter, Strategic Planning Committee chair; Jen Neal, E! Entertainment, Chapter Development Committee Chair; at-large Karen Bennett, Cox Communications; Morgan Bondon, Cisco; Rhonda Crichlow, Charter Communications; Lauren Dolan, Liberty Global; Jodi Friedman, Arris; Sloan Kennedy, HBO; Peri Shamsai, Accenture; Michelle Strong, A+E Networks; and as chapter leader designee Fernanda Merodio, Hemisphere Media Group.