Nexstar Media Group extends employment agreement of CEO Perry Sook through March 2026; Sook is also chairman and a top Nexstar shareholder ... Consumer Cellular hires EverQuote’s Craig Lister, also ex-NortonLifeLock, as chief marketing officer ... Carolyn Renzin adds position of Fanduel chief legal officer, continuing as chief compliance officer.
Paramount Global promotes Pamela Kaufman to newly created position of president-CEO of international markets, global consumer products and experiences, effective immediately; Raffaele Annecchino to leave the company in his role as president-CEO of Paramount international networks, studios and streaming ... Avaya taps Vonage’s Alan Masarek as president-CEO, effective Monday, succeeding Jim Chirico, being “removed” from those roles and resigning from the board but remaining employed with Avaya through Aug. 16 ... Chipmaker Renesas promotes Julie Pope to senior vice president and names her as its first chief human resources officer, effective Sept. 1.
Meta announces Chief Financial Officer David Wehner takes on newly created role as chief strategy officer, effective Nov. 1, with Vice President-Finance Susan Li moving up to CFO … Entravision promotes Karina Cerda to executive vice president-global marketing, newly created position ... Sonic Foundry, video capture and streaming company, assigns former Senior Vice President-Sales Duane Glader to new role as general manager-operations, sales and business development for new Global Learning Exchange business ... Zash Global Media and Entertainment hires bitcoin entrepreneur Erik Finman as CEO.
FCC appoints Allen Hill, from the General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service, chief information officer … Minnesota Office of Broadband Development hires Hannah Buckland, from the Minnesota Department of Education, to lead state’s digital equity efforts.
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist (D) announces Eric Frederick, from Connected Nation Michigan, as Michigan High-Speed Internet Office’s first chief connectivity officer … SoundExchange promotes Luis Bonilla to chief technology officer, effective Aug. 1 ... Data privacy platform DataGrail adds ex-Shopify executive Cathy Polinsky as CTO and Sam East, ex-Sendoso, as chief revenue officer.
White House appoints Camille Stewart Gloster, from Google, as deputy national cyber director- technology and ecosystem security (see 2207250058) … The Software and Information Industry Association moves Chris Mohr to interim president, with President Jeff Joseph stepping down at month’s end to join the BCW communications agency as president-Washington, D.C., effective Aug. 8, succeeding Michael Fleischer (see 2207250053).
Cloud company Samsara names Kiren Sekar its first chief strategy officer, and hires ServiceNow’s Jeffrey Hausman to replace Sekar as chief product officer, adding Hausman to its executive management committee ... Data privacy company Skyflow recruits LaunchDarkly’s Tammy Sexton as chief revenue officer ... AEG Global Partnerships promotes Kate Sheets to senior vice president-strategy and business affairs, newly created role.
National Association of Attorneys General names Brian Kane, from the Idaho AG’s Office, executive director, effective Sept. 19 … President Joe Biden announces intent to nominate ex-ITS America CEO Shailen Bhatt for Federal Highway Administration administrator.
The Semiconductor Industry Association said Stewart Barber, ex-Corley Consulting, and Molly O’Leary, ex-NTCA, joined the association as directors-government affairs ... Brightcove adds former Oracle executive Dan Freund as chief revenue officer, effective Aug. 1 ... Customer data platform BlueConic taps ex-Mastercard executive Patrick Reynolds as its first chief marketing officer ... ZoomInfo recruits Chad Herring from Snapdocs as chief human resources officer.
FCC Wireline and National Security Adviser Justin Faulb becomes FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks’ chief of staff; former Covington & Burling attorney Hannah Lepow named legal adviser-media and consumer protection; acting Chief of Staff and Media Adviser Austin Bonner is detailed to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (see 2207190046) … Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden names David Shaw, a former International Trade Commission administrative law judge, chief copyright royalty judge and head of the Copyright Royalty Board, replacing Suzanne Barnett, who returned from retirement in November to be interim chief copyright royalty judge.