FCC retirements: Rosemary Harold and David Snavely, Media Bureau; William Dever, Office of the General Counsel; Joyce Jones, Wireless Bureau, Kim Wild, Lyle Ishida and Brian Ulmer, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; Anthony Serafini, Office of Engineering and Technology; and Katie King, Wireline Competition Bureau... National Content and Technology Cooperative names Christy Drummond, ex-Windstream, vice president-marketing and communications ... Gary Hanson named chairman, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, succeeding Kristie Fiegen, who remains a commissioner; Chris Nelson elected vice chairman ... Warner Bros. Discovery names to board SoFi Technologies CEO Anthony Noto and IAC CEO Joey Levin ... Communications technology firm BCN promotes Ryan Kelly to chief revenue officer, Jeanne Duca to chief marketing officer ... Trellix expands Kurt Mills' role to senior vice president-global channel chief … HP names Carol Surface, ex-Apple, as chief people officer, succeeding Kristen Ludgate, retired; Surface begins March 24.
CTIA promotes Sarah Leggin to vice president-regulatory affairs, Christiaan Segura to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs, Tina Lisenby to assistant vice president-human resources and operations, Anderson Sullivan to director-industry marketing and communications, DeVaughn Joyner to director-desktop and user support and Rebecca Kalant to senior art director ... ACA elevates Brian Hurley to senior vice president-legal and regulatory affairs ... Telstra International names Sarah Mills, ex-Vodafone UK, as global head-wholesale.
Comtech names Kenneth Traub, ex-Delta Value, as president and CEO ... Telesat promotes Michel Forest to chief technology officer, succeeding David Wendling, and hires Asit Tandon, ex-Rogers Communications, as chief network and information officer ... Salem Media Group appoints Richard von Gnechten, WaterStone, and former U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci to its board ... Atkore promotes John Pregenzer to COO, retaining role as president-electrical.
America’s Public Television Stations promotes Jennifer Kieley to vice president-government and public affairs ... Alaska Communications appoints Paul Fenaroli, ex-Examinetics, as president-CEO ... Grain Management, investors for broadband and digital infrastructure, names managing directors Jenny Kashdan and Raghav Nayar as heads-U.S. investment, Ted Manvitz as head-international investment, and Ricardo Rodriguez as head-firm operations and portfolio dynamics; promotes Tanner Goode to principal-investment team, Kathlika Fontes to managing director-capital formation and investor relations, Gerard Ashmore to principal-portfolio dynamics group, and Vanessa Gil to principal-capital formation; promotes Michael Rhine, William Waesche and Kevin Xu to vice presidents; and promotes Charlie Cope, Jan Ebelt, Tyler Lee and Nick Schulkin to senior associates.
Liberty Media promotes Derek Chang to president-CEO, effective Feb. 1, with Liberty Chairman John Malone as interim CEO until then ... Karina Bohorquez leaves Wilkinson Barker to join Bandwidth as regulatory policy counsel ... John Frantz, ex-Verizon, joins DLA Piper as partner in its telecom practice ... Library of American Broadcasting Foundation elects Sam Bush, Saga Communications; Heather Cohen, the Weiss Agency; Mike McVay, McVay Media Consulting; and Ernesto Mourelo, Hearst Television, to board ... Cogeco appoints Caroline Jamet, ex-Radio-Canada, as president-Cogeco Media, effective Feb. 3 ... CoreWeave appoints Sandy Venugopal, ex-SentinelOne, as chief information officer and Peloton's Karen Boone to board.
Former FCC Adviser Evan Swarztrauber launches telecom public affairs firm CorePoint Strategies ... The Nebraska Public Service Commission elects Tim Schram chair and Kevin Stocker vice-chair for 2025 ... Montana Public Service Commission elects Brad Molnar president and Jennifer Fielder vice-president ... E.W. Scripps promotes Lyn Plantinga to senior vice president-local media.
Gov. Kelly Armstrong (R) appoints North Dakota Public Service Commission Business Operations Manager Jill Kringstad as commissioner, succeeding Julie Fedorchak (R), elected to Congress ... Elizabeth Cuttner, ex-legal adviser to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, named FCC detailee to Senate Commerce Committee minority staff ... Futurum Group names Dan O’Brien, ex-IBM, as president-COO ... Telesat names Charles Cynamon, ex-LinQuest, president-Telesat Government Solutions.
Data center and cloud infrastructure provider Applied Digital welcomes Laura Laltrello, ex-Honeywell International, as COO ... Brian Alexander, ex-C2C SmartCompliance, joins Marashlian & Donahue as of counsel-AI and cybersecurity practices ...
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission names Amy Reynolds, ex-Washington Department of Labor and Industries, as communications director.
Communications law firm Lerman Senter promotes Jeff Carlisle to managing member, succeeding Sally Buckman, transitioning to senior counsel, and elevates Steve Berman to member ... Cloud communications company Bandwidth promotes Devesh Agarwal to COO ... Cross-channel TV and connected TV advertising company Simulmedia hires Jonathan Steuer, ex-VideoAmp, as chief scientist ... Pamela Coe retires from board of fiber optic-based technology provider Luna Innovations ... Anterix appoints Tom Kuhn, ex-Edison Electric Institute, as chairman; Morgan O'Brien retiring as executive chairman and remaining as adviser ...