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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., won't seek to be Senate Judiciary Committee chairman or ranking member next Congress ... New Jersey Board of Public Utilities adds Taryn Boland, ex-Corporation for Supportive Housing, as deputy chief of staff.

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Avnet directors advance Phil Gallagher to CEO after doing job on interim basis, and appoint him to the board ... FiberLight appoints Christopher Rabii, ex-Altice, CEO, taking place of Jim Lynch, who was interim CEO and remains executive chairman ... With OneWeb emerging from bankruptcy, Neil Masterson, ex-Thomson Reuters co-chief operating officer, becomes CEO, succeeding Adrian Steckel, continuing as adviser to the board ... Flexhires Todd Fruchterman , ex-3M, as president, Reliability Solutions segment, effective Nov. 30; at that time, Paul Humphries retiring, "transition period ending March 31."

ScanSource hires Steve Jones, ex-Blackbaud, as senior executive vice president-chief financial officer; CFO Gerry Lyons continues in that job, until mid-December when Jones arrives, and Lyons remains with the company through January ... Deluxe promotes Chris Reynolds to executive vice president-localization and fulfillment ... SAIC elevates Bridget Chatman to vice president-inclusion, diversity and corporate social responsibility ... Black & Veatch hires Christopher Murphy, ex-Coca-Cola Co., as chief technology officer ... Open Markets Institute adds Financial Times' Rana Foroohar to the board.