Squire Patton adds Everett Eissenstat, former deputy director of the National Economic Council under President Donald Trump, as a partner for its public policy team ... VF names former Logitech President-CEO Bracken Darrell CEO, effective July 17; Benno Dorer, interim president-CEO since Dec. 5, will remain a VF board member; interim Chair Richard Carucci becomes permanent chair ... Entravision names Michael Christenson, ex-New Relic and CA Technologies, CEO, effective July 1 ... Instapage, landing page company, promotes Chief Operations Officer Imran Syed to CEO ... LocatorX, open IoT hardware and software company, names Infleqtion’s Chester Kennedy CEO; previous CEO Scott Fletcher moves to chief commercial officer.
Disney Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy departing her role and taking family medical leave, will continue as a strategic adviser; effective July 1, Kevin Lansberry, CFO-Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, becomes interim corporate Disney CFO until McCarthy's permanent successor is found ... Comcast returns Justin Damiano to Southwest Florida as director-government affairs after six years as senior manager-external affairs for Comcast’s Big South region in Atlanta ... Honeywell Aerospace promotes President-Electronic Solutions Jim Currier to president-CEO, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Mike Madsen, retiring.
FirstNet Authority promotes Renee Gordon to vice chair (see 2306150056) … Digital consultancy Forum One promotes Chief Strategy Officer Elisabeth Bradley to CEO, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Chris Wolz, who previously announced his retirement ... Video telematics company Lytx names Microsoft’s Casey McGee chief revenue officer ... Black Effect Podcast Network adds Operation Hope Chairman-CEO John Hope Bryant to its board ... Wilson Sonsini adds former Spaceflight CEO Curt Blake as senior of counsel in its Seattle office as firm launches NewSpace industry group ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise adds ex-Ixia CEO and former HP executive Bethany Mayer to its board ... Clear elects CrowdStrike Chief Security Officer Shawn Henry to its board.
Logitech names board member Guy Gecht interim CEO to replace departing President-CEO Bracken Darrell, who also leaves the board ... Rubrik data security company names Andres Botero, ex-BlackLine, chief marketing officer ... Hemlock Semiconductor hires Rolf Hartmann, ex-FMC, as senior vice president-chief procurement and supply chain officer, after recent retirement of Phil Dembowski, senior vice president-chief commercial officer … Clearwave Fiber names Fiberlight’s Jonathan Couch chief financial officer ... Yahoo hires Sorare’s Ryan Spoon, also former BetMGM and ESPN, as president-Yahoo Sports.
CTIA hires Annissa Reed, the National Organization for Rare Disorders’ associate director-state policy, as director-state and local affairs ... Wilson Sonsini names Yann Padova, ex-Baker McKenzie, a Brussels-based partner for its regulatory and compliance department and member of its privacy and cybersecurity practice ... Preparing for reorganization after Chapter 11, Starry announces transition with Chief Operating Officer and co-founder Alex Moulle-Berteaux to CEO, succeeding Chet Kanojia, and both joining new board under reorganization (see 2306130046).
ISACA names Outerwall’s Erik Prusch CEO … SES names Chief Technology Officer Ruy Pinto interim CEO until permanent successor is found for Steve Collar, departing as CEO at the end of June ... Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group hires Skydance Media’s Bill Damaschke, also former DreamWorks Animation, as president of its newly rebranded Warner Bros. Pictures Animation ... Changes at DigitalBridge, digital infrastructure investor: Geoffrey Goldschein promoted to chief legal officer and company secretary; Francisco Sorrentino hired from SoftBank as chief people officer; Stephen Stryker tapped from Varde Partners as chief information officer to succeed Mark Serwinowski, retiring; and Justin Chang promoted to senior managing director-Asia Pacific ... Cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies names former Hitachi executive Ray McCay chief revenue officer.
Roku elects Jeff Blackburn, former Amazon senior vice president-global media and entertainment, to its board ... DocuSign adds Anna Marrs, American Express group president-global commercial services and credit and fraud risk, to its board ... E-commerce tech company Rokt names Srishti Gupta, ex-Amazon, chief product officer, and Flatiron Health’s Josh DeFrain chief information security officer; Rokt also promotes Craig Galvin to chief revenue officer ... Ad tech platform TripleLift adds Tony Wells, former Verizon senior vice president-marketing and chief media officer, and Adolfo Villagomez, former Home Depot chief marketing officer-U.S. retail, to its board ... Tint, social content and community platform, promotes Susan Frech to CRO.
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Warner Bros. Discovery announced immediate departure of Chris Licht as CNN Worldwide chairman-CEO; "interim leadership team" installed until Licht’s replacement is found includes Amy Entelis, executive vice president-talent and content development; Virginia Moseley, executive vice president-editorial; Eric Sherling, executive vice president-U.S. programming; and Chief Operating Officer David Leavy ... Slate of newly elected NAB officers includes Nexstar Chairman-CEO Perry Sook as chairman of NAB joint board; Collin Jones, Cumulus Media executive vice president-strategy and development, as radio board chair; Gray Television President and co-CEO Pat LaPlatney as NAB television board chair; Kristopher Jones, Fox executive vice president and head-government relations, appointed to the designated TV network seat on NAB board's executive committee.
Summit Broadband names FirstLight Fiber’s Kurt Van Wagenen CEO ... Wedbush Securities names former Stifel Financial and Morgan Stanley executive Scott Devitt managing director-equity research, internet, e-commerce and online travel ... Big Ten Conference promotes Kerry Kenny to chief operating officer, responsible for broadcast and media rights negotiations and oversight of content, digital and social media strategy ... IFA Management names former Samsung Electronics Germany executive Leif-Erik Lindner managing director, effective Oct. 1, replacing Oliver Merlin, interim managing director since November ... Digital Reality promotes Colin McLean to chief revenue officer; former CRO Corey Dyer departs, June 30 ... Dynatrace, digital transformation software company, names VMware’s Dan Zugelder CRO, effective July 5, replacing retiring Steve Pace, remaining advisor through Sept. 30 ... Skillburst Interactive, on-demand learning platform for law professionals, taps former UnitedLex and Eversheds Sutherland executive Anusia Gillespie as chief strategy and growth officer ... Digimarc elects Salesforce executive LaShonda Anderson-Williams, also former Microsoft and IBM, to its board, effective June 12 ... Logistics services company C.H. Robinson names Ford’s Dave Bozeman, also ex-Amazon, CEO and adds him to its board, effective June 26; Scott Anderson, interim CEO since January, will remain in that role until Bozeman’s start date and will continue on the board ... Clio, provider of cloud-based legal technology, taps ServiceTitan’s Hemant Kashyap as chief product officer ... Augmented reality company ImagineAR adds Gurdip Panaich, Star Navigation Systems Group, to its board ... AI security company Cranium adds Kodiak Robotics Chief Security Officer Gerhard Eschelbeck, also ex-Google and Qualys, to its board ... 8x8 promotes former Senior Vice President-Finance Kevin Kraus to chief financial officer; he was interim CFO since November ...