NCTA taps former Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., as president and CEO, replacing Michael Powell, retiring, effective Sept. 22 … British telecommunications network provider CityFibre promotes Greg Mesch to vice chairman; Group COO Simon Holden to replace him as CEO … Venus Aerospace appoints Pamela Melroy, formerly NASA, to its board … Womble Bond adds Jill Canfield, ex-NTCA, as senior counsel in its corporate and securities practice group … Wireless solutions firm Aviat Networks names Andrew Fredrickson interim CFO, replacing Michael Connaway, who's leaving to pursue another position … Qualcomm appoints Zico Kolter, Carnegie Mellon University, to its board.
Ericsson's Stella Medlicott is leaving as senior vice president, chief marketing and communications officer, and head of corporate relations on March 31, 2026; a transition plan is underway ... Scott Alcott, formerly Comcast, joins regional broadband software provider Innovative Systems as CEO … Telesat names Donald Tremblay, formerly Champion Iron, CFO, replacing Andrew Browne, retiring … Wireless solutions provider Cambium Networks promotes John Waldron to acting CFO, replacing Jacob Sayer, leaving Sept. 5 to pursue another position … Public policy consultancy Raynor Ave. promotes Bradley Sinkaus to director and names Jonathan Weinberg, formerly Department of Health and Human Services, as an associate.
Leadership changes at T-Mobile: Board member Andre Almeida leaves that role to become president of growth and emerging businesses, effective Monday; Callie Field, president of the business group, departs Sept. 30 but remains as an adviser through March; John Saw is promoted to president of technology, replacing Ulf Ewaldsson, retiring … Morgan Murphy Media Vice President and General Manager Danny Aguilar retires in early September, succession plans to come … Starlab Space names Marshall Smith, ex-Voyager Technologies, as CEO, replacing Tim Kopra, promoted to chief human exploration officer at Voyager.
Wi-Fi firm RouteThis names Tom Lieu, formerly Webware.io, as CFO, replacing Lauren Greig, who left the company ... Cloud connectivity company Connectbase appoints Shivani York, ex-Ookla, COO ... American Tower elects Gene Reilly, ex-Prologis, to its board.
Chad Winters named COO of Cass Communications, Cass Cable TV and Cass Telephone, replacing Thomas Allen, who's retiring Aug. 31 but remaining on the boards of all three companies … Dean Ball, ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, joins Foundation for American Innovation as senior fellow ... James Dodd retires as Viasat senior vice president and president of commercial services, effective on or about Nov. 1, but will continue as a non-executive employee through Dec. 31 ... Newsmax adds David Gandler, FuboTV, to its board.
Vyve Broadband names Kevin Hodits, ex-Comcast, as regional vice president of operations for the southeast region, replacing Mark Hood, who moved to the same role for the midsouth region … Gray Media promotes Bob Kroeger to chief technology officer, replacing David Burke, who retires but remains an adviser through Dec. 31 … Southeast Asia telecommunications provider ViewQwest taps Peter Molloy, ex-Cisco, as chief growth officer, a new position.
Kelly Grier, formerly Ernst & Young, joins AT&T’s board, effective Sept. 1, replacing Scott Ford, Westrock Coffee, retiring … FCC Chairman Brendan Carr adds Courtney Cowper, ex-Honeywell, as special assistant in his office … Salem Media Group names Richard von Gnechten, WaterStone, as chairman of the board, replacing Executive Chairman Edward Atsinger in running board and stockholders meetings; Atsinger will retain his title through Dec. 31 and continue overseeing company operations.
CTIA names Kyle Malady, Verizon, as chairman, replacing Laurent Therivel, UScellular … Comcast promotes Nick Kask to vice president of finance and business operations for the Big South Region … Sinclair moves Billy Robbins to vice president of station sales operations, a newly created position … Wireless tech firm Sivers names Heine Thorsgaard, ex-Naptech, CFO, effective Sept. 1, replacing Lottie Saks, who remains for the transition but steps off the board.
ACA Connects elects Greg Wheeler, altafiber, to its board and reelects Patricia Jo Boyers, Boycom Cablevision (chair), John Reardon, Schurz Communications (vice chair), Marty Carollo, All West Communications, Paul Cowling, Cogeco/Breezeline, Carla Framil, Liberty Puerto Rico, Ed McKay, Shentel, and Drew Petersen, TDS … Mollie Timmons, ex-American Petroleum Institute, joins NTIA as senior adviser for public affairs.
Marcus Maher, ex-FCC Office of General Counsel, joins Commissioner Olivia Trusty's office as senior legal adviser; William Holloway, her acting legal adviser, takes that role permanently; Fatimah Brown, Space Bureau, joins as her staff assistant; Jessica Kinsey steps down as acting legal adviser … Consulting firm Kepler’s Nick Spina steps down as director of launch and regulatory affairs, plans unannounced.