Communications Personals
NAB's Dennis Wharton, executive vice president-communications, retiring effective July 1, continuing as senior adviser; Executive Vice President-Communications Michelle Lehman becoming EVP-public affairs as association combines communications and marketing departments into new public affairs department; Senior Vice President-Communications Ann Marie Cumming becoming primary spokesperson ... Newly formed Open RAN Policy Coalition (see 2005050030) names Diane Rinaldo, ex-NTIA, executive director.
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Megan Taylor Nassar, ex-Forbes Tate, becomes AT&T director-public affairs ... Nicole Kaeding, from the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, becomes Amazon senior manager-public policy ... Snap names Hank Dempsey, ex-Dropbox, head-public policy, California, new post ... German Marshall Fund Digital Innovation and Democracy Initiative adds Sam duPont, ex-Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as deputy director and Ian Wallace, ex-New America, as senior fellow.
Code for America announces Amanda Renteria, ex-Emerge America, as CEO, succeeding interim co-CEOs Zeryn Sarpangal and Lou Moore, remaining as, respectively, chief financial and people officer and chief technology officer ... News Corp promotes Almar Latour to CEO, Dow Jones and publisher, The Wall Street Journal, succeeding William Lewis, stepping down ... Southern Telecom advances Michael Britt to Southern Telecom president-CEO, succeeding Tami Barron who continues in those roles for Southern Linc; General Manager Wayne Ellis retires ... Hunter Communications appoints Michael Wynschenk, ex-Altice, CEO.
NBCUniversal restructures, moving TV networks under one division led by Chairman, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming Mark Lazarus, who continues to oversee sports group, and organizing news networks into single unit led by Cesar Conde, who becomes chairman, NBCUniversal News Group, new position; NBC News Group President Andy Lack transitioning from company at month’s end ... Vizio adds Adam Townsend, ex-Showtime, as chief financial officer (see 2005050023).
Nokia promotes Raghav Sahgal to president, Nokia Enterprise, succeeding Kathrin Buvac, stepping down ... Keypoint Intelligence announces Mack Brothers, ex-Forrester Research, as president-CEO ... Viaccess-Orca promotes Philippe Leonetti, ex-Orange Group, to CEO, replacing Paul Molinier ... WarnerMedia advances Raina Falcon to vice president-HBO Max Publicity ... DC Blox taps David Armistead, ex-C Spire, as vice president-sales.
President Donald Trump nominates: acting OMB Director Russell Vought to permanent post, succeeding Mick Mulvaney; U.S. District Judge of the Western District of Kentucky Justin Walker as circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, succeeding Thomas Griffith, retiring; and Commerce Department Chief of Staff Michael Walsh as department general counsel, succeeding Peter Davidson; also nominating Patrick Hovakimian, DOJ, as general counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence ... Qualcomm appoints Jamie Miller, ex-General Electric, to board ... IoXt names David Kaufman, Resideo Technologies, to board ... DRFortress adds Eric Yeaman, Hoku Capital, to board.