FCC Media Bureau Video Division Chief Barbara Kreisman retires Aug. 1, after 50 years … Nexstar promotes Dan Lanzano to president of national advertising sales, a newly created position … Digital infrastructure firm Equinix names Shane Paladin, ex-Siteimprove, executive vice president and chief customer and revenue officer.
The American Association for Public Broadband taps Lexi Christensen, Utopia Fiber, and Brian Vo, Connect Humanity, for its board … National Wireless Independent Dealer Association adds Matt Zieminski, iFixit, to its board as legislative strategy lead.
Mike Dano, formerly Light Reading, joins Ookla as lead industry analyst … Non-terrestrial network provider Skylo adds Molly Gavin, ex-Omnispace, as vice president of government affairs and compliance and Rayissa Manning Armata, formerly IDnow, as director of data privacy and regulatory compliance.
President Donald Trump adds interim NASA administrator to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s title, replacing acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro, who remains Kennedy Space Center director … Chris Griffiths, ex-Cube3.AI, joins ISP solutions provider Plume as chief technology officer, a new position.
X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down, no reason given … Changes in Comtech's satellite and space communications unit: Ex-General Dynamics executives Steve Black and Brent Norman named COO and CFO, respectively; Mark Dale advanced to chief technology officer ... Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, appoints John Etue, ex-office of Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, as his chief of staff ... ISP Gigstreem promotes Brent McCutchin to COO and Florencio Bulanhagui to CTO, new positions ... Flynn Rico-Johnson, former policy adviser to FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, joins Nvidia as director of government relations for telecom.
Mark Pugerude, formerly Ericsson, joins embedded wireless provider Ezurio as CEO, replacing Bill Steinike, who continues as adviser … Digital infrastructure provider Cirion Technologies promotes Santiago Londono to CEO for connectivity and Nelson Fonseca to CEO for data centers, replacing Facundo Castro, who steps down as CEO and joins the board … Novaspace names Zack Hester, ex-Bluestone Investment Partners, head of its U.S. office, replacing Natalia Larrea Brito, who joined the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as senior director for space.
Sinclair appoints Narinder Sahai, ex-Arcis Golf, as executive vice president and CFO, replacing Lucy Rutishauser, who steps down as CFO and continues as executive vice president until her retirement later this year, when she becomes senior adviser … Henry Liu, formerly FTC, rejoins Covington as co-chair of its antitrust and competition law practice group … NTCA General Counsel and Vice President of Policy Jill Canfield stepping down at the end of August after 27 years, plans unannounced ... MVPD Comporium promotes David Barnes to president and CEO, replacing Bryant Barnes, retiring but remaining as board chair.
Hudson Institute names former FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington a visiting fellow at the Center for the Economics of the Internet … Changes at DirecTV following its sale by AT&T to TPG: Tony Vinciquerra, formerly Sony Pictures Entertainment, joins the board; AT&T board appointees Thaddeus Arroyo, Lori Lee and Jamie Barton step down, as does independent director Steve McGaw … Sara Cicero, ex-Cisco, joins fiber-optics manufacturer AOI as head of communications.
TechNet names Andrew Wood, ex-Colorado Legislative Strategies, as executive director for Colorado and the central U.S. region, replacing Ruthie Barko, who joins OpenAI's global affairs unit for state and local policy … The joint venture Gigapower taps Donna Rattley Washington, formerly Boundless Broadband, as head of strategy, a new position … ISP GeoLinks appoints Sanyogita Shamsunder, ex-NextNav, as chief technology officer, replacing co-founder Ryan Hauf, who continues as strategic technology adviser … SpinLaunch names Massimiliano Ladovaz, ex-SatOne, as CEO, replacing David Wrenn, who becomes chief innovation officer ... The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission promotes Leah Mohr to executive director, replacing Patricia Van Gerpen, retiring after 41 years in state government.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Katie McAuliffe, ex-Information Technology Industry Council, as a policy adviser in his office, overseeing coalitions and external affairs … Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) selects Commissioner Marissa Paslick Gillett to serve another two-year term as chair of the state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority … Telecom infrastructure services provider TriStruX taps Tom Prestwood, formerly InSite Telecom, as CEO, replacing interim CEO Gene Callahan, who remains as a strategic adviser and member of the board of managers ... Correction: Next-generation 911 technology provider NGA adds Ricardo Villafana, formerly AT&T, as field engineer, a new position (see 2506160041).