Advanced Warning and Response Network Alliance founder John Lawson steps down as executive director, succeeded by Dave Arland, Arland Communications ... The Rural Broadband Association elects Roxie Jorgenson, MTA, as board chair; Ben Foster, ISG Technology, as vice chair; Ross Petrick, Alliance Communications Cooperative, as secretary/treasurer; and Terry Nelson, Woodstock Communications, to board.
Jessica Greffenius will be FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's acting legal adviser for wireline and public safety.
FCC staff changes: Wireless Bureau’s Jessica Campbell becomes acting legal adviser-public safety for Commissioner Anna Gomez, stepping in for Hayley Steffen, on maternity leave, and Cierra Nokes, ex-NTT Data, joins Gomez’s office as executive assistant; Howard Parnell retiring as division chief-Web and Print Publishing; Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal becomes special adviser, with Deputy Bureau Chief Peter Hyun becoming acting bureau chief; Office of Economics and Analytics Deputy Bureau Chief Catherine Matraves becoming acting bureau chief with Bureau Chief Giulia McHenry’s departure … Cloud security provider Sysdig appoints William Welch, previously Talkdesk, as CEO.
Latham Watkins promotes Ashley Fry and Alex Grabowski to partner-intellectual property practice, Yi Sun and David Zucker to counsel-intellectual property practice, Bradley Baglien to counsel-connectivity, privacy and information practice, and Stephanie Adams and Caitlin Fitzpatrick to partner-antitrust practice ... Cybersecurity, cloud and IT managed services provider Thrive promotes Kristina O’Connell to chief marketing officer.
Comtech Telecom promotes Daniel Gizinski to president-satellite and space communications segment ... Digital infrastructure investment firm DigitalBridge appoints Yoshiaki Fujimori, ex-Oracle, as senior executive adviser, Japan and Asia-Pacific region ... Fiber provider Light Source Communications hires Joe Patton, ex-Sifi Networks, as chief revenue officer, and Dan Enright, previously GW Communications, as COO ... GeoLinks appoints Kevin Hetrick, ex-Strategic Venue Partners, as CEO ... Kathryn Ford, previously Armstrong Teasdale, joins digital network services provider Congruex as general counsel ... ISP software provider Airties appoints John Lancaster-Lennox, ex-Nokia, as executive vice president-general manager-Asia.
Comtech appoints Michael Hildebrandt, Freshford Capital Management, to board.
Hallmark Media hires Jesse Wallace, ex-Google, as senior vice president-head of distribution ... Cox Media Group promotes Darren Moore to senior vice president-chief sales officer, CMG Television ... Former Vermont Public Utility Commissioner Sarah Hofmann named to state's Community Broadband Board.
TechNet appoints Katie Kelly, ex-Manson Bolves, as executive director-Florida and Southeast ... Nexstar Media appoints Bill Sammon, previously Fox News, as senior vice president-Washington, D.C.-editorial content for The Hill and NewsNation ... Comporium promotes Karl Skroban to vice president-marketing, media services and video strategy ... President Joe Biden to nominate to CPB board Carol Kellerman, ex-president, New York Citizens Budget Commission, and Adam White, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow.
Liberty Media President-CEO Greg Maffei stepping down at year-end with Chairman John Malone becoming interim CEO; Maffei to serve as senior adviser during transition ... Radcom names Benny Eppstein, ex-Amdocs, as CEO, effective Dec. 1 ... The Next Generation 9-1-1 Institute elects to board Todd Piett, Motorola Solutions; Jennifer White, RapidSOS; Manuel Silva, Frontier; Eric Hagerson, T-Mobile; and Mike Tan, AT&T.
Semiconductor provider Spectra7 Microsystems appoints Omar Javaid, ex-Avaya, as CEO ... Scripps promotes Teresa Morgan to vice president-general manager-WFTS-TV Tampa, effective Jan. 1 ... Tegna appoints Dhanusha Sivajee, previously Angi, as chief experience officer ... Archtop Fiber names Keith Taub, ex-Technical Safety Services, as CFO ... Cybersecurity company Menlo Security names Bill Robbins, ex-Sophos, as president.