Incompas names Staci Pies, formerly Crown Castle, as senior vice president-government affairs and policy, effective June 2 ... Telus elects to board: Raymond Chan, ex-Baytex Energy; Hazel Claxton, formerly Morneau Shepell; Lisa de Wilde, York University; Victor Dodig, CIBC; Darren Entwistle, Telus; Thomas Flynn, ex-BMO Financial Group; Mary Jo Haddad, MJH & Associates; Martha Hall Findlay, University of Calgary; Christine Magee, Sleep Country Canada; John Manley, Bennett Jones and Jefferies Securities (chair); David Mowat, formerly ATB Financial; Marc Parent, CAE; Denise Pickett, American Express; and Sean Willy, Des Nedhe Development … Commerce Department adds Christy Lewis, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, to its Office of the General Counsel.
Digital provider Veon reelects board members Augie Fabela, Veon (chairman); Andrei Gusev, LetterOne; former U.K. Parliament member Brandon Lewis; Duncan Perry, LetterOne; former U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo; Michiel Soeting, ex-KPMG; and Kaan Terzioglu, Veon.
Changes at NASA: Matt Anderson, ex-CACI, nominated to be deputy administrator, replacing Pamela Melroy, who stepped down in January; acting Administrator Janet Petro promotes David Gallagher to director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, replacing Laurie Leshin, stepping down June 1 … Spectrum optimization and RF firm Digital Global Systems names Lewis Merletti, ex-Secret Service, to its advisory board … Wireless voice provider and integrator BearCom names Ramnik Kamo, formerly Mavenir, COO.
Nexstar names Bill Nardi, formerly Tegna, as vice president-station operations, replacing Mark Turner, retiring July 1 … Jenner & Block taps Matt Pearl, formerly National Security Council, as of counsel and member of the communications, internet and technology and the critical and emerging technologies practices … Mike Mullen, ex-Empire Consulting Group and NAB, joins Smith-Free Group as senior vice president … Sena Fitzmaurice, senior vice president-corporate communications, leaving Comcast at year’s end … Voice on the Net Coalition names 2025-26 board: Anne Bowling, RingCentral (chairperson); Olive Morris, Telnyx (president); Jessica Jones, Twilio (secretary); Brendan Kasper, 8X8 (treasurer); Darah Franklin, Google; Paula Boyd, Microsoft; John Murphy, Nextiva.
Changes at the Maryland Public Service Commission: Kristin Lawrence promoted to chief public utility law judge, effective July 1, replacing Ryan McLean, who becomes a commissioner, replacing Michael Richard, who is retiring … In-building wireless provider Strategic Venue Partners names David Tokunaga, ex-Boingo Wireless, as COO … Wireless broadband firm Inseego adds George Mulhern, formerly Ericsson, to board.
Eutelsat names Jean-Francois Fallacher, formerly Orange France, as CEO, effective June 1, replacing Eva Berneke, who will assist with the transition ... Hannah Lepow, ex-FCC, becomes senior counsel-regulatory affairs at NBCUniversal (see 2504160020) … The American Telemedicine Association elects Nate Lacktman, Foley & Lardner, as chair.
Wavsys names Tim Courtney as president.
NTIA names Chief Counsel Mike Cannon executive director and CEO, FirstNet Authority ... Alaskan telecom provider MTA CEO Michael Burke is retiring in September; search for replacement is underway … Changes at Corning: Avery Nelson elected executive vice president; he will also become COO when President and COO Eric Musser retires later this year; Lewis Steverson elected vice chairman and executive vice president; John Zhang elected executive vice president and chief corporate development officer.
Sinclair's Tennis Channel names Jeff Blackburn, ex-Amazon, chairman and CEO, replacing Ken Solomon, who left last year … Television Bureau of Advertising President and CEO Steve Lanzano will retire at year’s end; a nationwide search for his replacement is underway … Rivada Space Networks appoints Mustafa Afifi as sales director-Middle East region.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Joseph Calascione, ex-Akin Gump and FCC, Wireline Bureau chief, replacing acting Chief Trent Harkrader ... Vonage promotes Seckin Arikan to COO; Christophe Van de Weyer, formerly Proximus Group, replaces him as president and head of business unit API … Changes at TowerCom: George Davis promoted to CEO; Matt Richard to CFO, replacing Dave Olson, a board member; Chip Bulloch to senior vice president-East, a new position; John Stevens, ex-Boingo Wireless, joins as regional vice president-West, replacing Chris Colton, deceased ... Correction: Trent Harkrader, who has stepped down as acting FCC Wireless Bureau chief, has been at the agency since 1999 (see 2504280019).