Long Lines Broadband promotes Joe Junck to president and general manager, replacing Paul Bergmann, retiring at the end of March … Focus Broadband names Dan Dufour, formerly Southside Electric Cooperative, as CFO.
Mike Beirne, ex-CTIA, joins Netflix as a lead for U.S. regulatory affairs … Hires at space solar power provider mPower: Scott Hughes, ex-Totum Labs, as CFO; James Heller, formerly Wrapify, as chief commercial officer; Jeff Cyran, ex-SunPower, as vice president of supply chain; and Adriel Carreno, formerly Spectrolab, as vice president of business development.
Promotions at CTIA: Katie Den Boer to assistant vice president for policy communications; Chris McNamee to assistant vice president for government affairs; Mike Blank and Jake Lestock to director of state legislative affairs; Matt DeTura to senior counsel for external and state affairs; Karen Harshfield Castro to director of certification program operations … Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and NARUC tap Commissioner Doyle Webb, Arkansas Public Service Commission, to serve on the Federal-State Current Issues Collaborative … ISP tech provider Plume names Rebecca Stone, ex-Cisco, chief marketing officer, replacing Valerie Buckingham ... Astronaut Suni Williams retires after 27 years at NASA.
Wiley elects Jon Burd as managing partner, effective Jan. 1, 2027, succeeding Peter Shields, retiring Dec. 31 … Broadband provider Nex-Tech promotes Justin McClung to COO, replacing Mike Pollock, retiring; and Allan Reiter to chief technology officer … California Public Utilities Commission promotes Leuwam Tesfai to executive director, replacing Rachel Peterson, effective Feb. 2 … Fixed-wireless provider Intracom Telecom taps Pericles Kanellos, formerly Metlen Energy & Metals, as general manager, Greece-commercial … Connectivity solutions provider Iceblue Global names Mary Ann Rose, ex-Connectbase, chief revenue officer … Annie Moore, ex-Dezenhall Resources, and Victor Lopez, Digital Future Project, launch Imperio Chaos, advising on digital infrastructure, AI governance and communications-driven regulatory risk.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr appoints Tim Schram, Nebraska Public Service Commission, to the Universal Service Administrative Co. board … NAB promotes Grace Whaley to director of communications; Alex Siciliano, senior vice president of communications, leaves for another opportunity.
Paramount appoints Dennis Cinelli, ex-Scale AI, as CFO, replacing interim CFO Andrew Warren, who continues as a strategic adviser … NARUC names: Emile Thompson, D.C. Public Service Commission, as chair of the Committee on Critical Infrastructure; Staci Rubin, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, as board member; Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, North Dakota PSC, as vice chair of the Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety; Kristy Nieto, Wisconsin PSC, as co-vice chair of the Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest; and Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, as chair of the Staff Subcommittee for Public Information Officers.
President Donald Trump nominates David MacNeil, WeatherTech, as FTC commissioner, replacing Melissa Holyoak, now interim U.S. attorney for the district of Utah; Trump also renominates Matthew Anderson, Space Force Association and CACI, to be NASA deputy administrator, replacing Pamela Melroy, who resigned; Anderson’s nomination in May 2025 expired when the Senate failed to act on it … AmeriCorps Office of Inspector General seconds Eric Tarnovsky to the FCC OIG as acting assistant inspector general for investigations … Salem Media promotes Carolyn Cassidy to vice president and regional general manager; she joins senior leadership team while continuing to oversee operations in Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Columbus, Ohio.
Meta names Dina Powell McCormick, formerly BDT & MSD Partners, as president and vice chair, a new position, and C.J. Mahoney, ex-Microsoft, as chief legal officer, replacing Jennifer Newstead, who joined Apple … Rudy Brioche departs Comcast but remains at George Washington University … Boldyn Italy CEO Antonino Ruggiero adds CEO of Boldyn Spain to his title … Edgewater Wireless taps Rick Bahr, Stanford University, as strategic adviser for its Wi-Fi 8 spectrum slicing silicon program.
CTIA Senior Vice President of External and State Affairs Jamie Hastings will retire at the end of January; replacement plans not announced … Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) promotes Public Service Commissioner Kumar Barve to chair, replacing Fred Hoover, who will remain as a commissioner.
Broadband fiber firm Lumos promotes David Smith to COO and Josh Many to chief network officer; CEO Brian Stading retires at the end of March; a successor search is underway … TechNet appoints Pat Kinsel, Proof, to its executive council.