Communications Personals
USTelecom hires Josh Bercu, departing Wilkinson Barker, for vice president-policy and advocacy, and Kayla Gardner from Wireless Infrastructure Association as director-policy and partnerships, effective Aug. 24 ... Intelsat adds Peter Davidson, ex-George Mason University Law School, as vice president-global government affairs and policy, new post ... Homeland Security and Defense Business Council appoints Rafael Borras from A.T. Kearney as president-CEO; ex-HSDBC President-CEO Marc Pearl retired in March.
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CPB advances Kathryn Washington to vice president-TV programming ... Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology hires Emily Tucker, who has worked at the school's Federal Legislation Clinic, to newly created post, director-research and advocacy; Gabrielle Rejouis leaving to be Color of Change senior policy manager ... Avnet's Bill Amelio leaving CEO-board posts; Global President-Electronic Components Phil Gallagher named interim CEO.
Sunbeam Television changes following death of owner-President Ed Ansin: His eldest son, Andy Ansin, moves up to CEO; his other son, James Ansin, and station executive Paul Magnes advance to co-presidents; ownership remains in the family; see here for an obituary ... Blackstone hires Christine Feng, ex-Amazon, as senior managing director, focused on technology investing for Blackstone Tactical Opportunities ... SkyWater Technology adds Srila LaRochelle, ex-GlobalFoundries, for vice president-strategic business development.
President Donald Trump to nominate American Foreign Policy Council Senior Vice President Ilan Berman for member, International Broadcasting Advisory Board, three-year term, and Bandwidth Infrastructure Chairman Charles Cook, ex-MCI, as board member, Tennessee Valley Authority ... Advanced Cyber Security Center elects Katie Jenkins, Liberty Mutual, and Marc Zissman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, to its board ... WOW elects Gunjan Bhow, Walgreens Boots Alliance, a director.