Paramount Skydance appoints Makan Delrahim, formerly Latham & Watkins, as chief legal officer, effective Oct. 6, replacing acting Chief Legal Officer Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon, who will continue as general counsel ... Comcast names Sonya Callahan, ex-Comcast Business, regional vice president of residential sales and marketing for its Heartland region, replacing Michelle Muniz, who becomes vice president of sales and marketing in the company's California region ... Salem Media Group promotes Linnae Young to chief revenue officer and Jamie Cohen to chief digital officer, a newly created position … Washington state's Utilities and Transportation Commission names Michael Furze, formerly U.S. Department of Energy, as policy director, effective Oct. 1, replacing interim Policy Director Amy Andrews, who will serve as an analyst ... Leroy Williams, ex-Optimum, joins the advisory board of TechSee, a telecom customer service technology supplier.

NextNav names Tim Gray, formerly Anterix, CFO, replacing Chris Gates, who becomes executive vice president of corporate development … Verizon adds Merissa Velez, ex-FCC Space Bureau, as director of international spectrum policy and regulatory counsel ... Mediacom promotes Fuad Alnajjar to group vice president of business engineering; Pradeep Kanda to group vice president of network security; Belinda Maldonado to group vice president of human resources; Joseph Michulski to group vice president of corporate finance; Ruben Martino to vice president of finance; and Manvinder Singh to vice president of data warehouse.

Newly created positions at ISP tech provider Plume: Mik Cox, ex-Ubiety, named senior vice president of technology innovation; Gavin Rawson, formerly Bitdefender, becomes vice president of engineering for the EU market; and Sean Lutner, ex-Klaviyo, is appointed vice president of operations.

T-Mobile elevates COO Srini Gopalan to CEO, effective Nov. 1, replacing Mike Sievert, who becomes vice chairman of the company and board, a newly created position, and remains on the management team … Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, names Phoebe Keller, ex-Senate Finance Committee, as communications director … Jay Cho, formerly VMware, joins USTelecom as director of government affairs, replacing Nicole Henry, who's now with Siemens.

NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield will retire March 31, after 15 years leading the group ... Paramount Skydance adds Dennis Cinelli, Scale AI, to its board … Nokia names Pallavi Mahajan, ex-Intel, as CTO and AI officer, and Konstanty Owczarek, formerly KJO Advisors, as chief corporate development officer, with both joining the Group Leadership Team, effective Oct. 1; Nishant Batra will step down as chief strategy and technology officer and from the Group Leadership Team, effective Sept. 30 … Changes at Computer & Communications Industry Association: Burke Kappler, ex-FTC, becomes deputy director of the Litigation Center, a new position; Yaswant Devarakonda, formerly State Department, joins as manager of the Space & Spectrum Policy Center, another new position; and Caroline Palmer, ex-National Journal, named trade policy manager, replacing Amir Nasr, who joined Amazon … Competitive Carriers Association reelects Maureen McCabe Moore, GCI, as board chair and Jonathan Foxman, MTPCS, as chair emeritus; also elected are Chris Champion, C Spire, vice chair; Jon Lightle, Nex-Tech Wireless, treasurer; and Ron Whaley, IDI Billing Solutions, secretary … Broadcast technology firm FOR-A America names Jo Aun, formerly Riedel Communications, senior manager of product management and engineering, a new position.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation promotes Daniel Castro to president, effective May 2026, replacing Robert Atkinson, retiring April 30 … ACA Connects taps Jack Latzer, ex-NCTI, as COO and executive vice president, effective at the end of September, succeeding John Higginbotham, who will retire in March; the two will serve together during the transition ... Network services provider GTT Communications names Andrea Genschaw, ex-Lumen, as CFO, replacing Tim Medina, retiring ... Space technology provider Aegis Aerospace adds Matt Ondler, formerly Axiom Space, as chief strategy officer.

The Global Satellite Operators Association appoints Ali Al Hashemi, Space42, as board chair, replacing Dan Goldberg, Telesat; new vice chairs are Adel Al-Saleh, SES, and Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen, NigComSat … Sidus Space names Lawrence Hollister, ex-Anduril Industries, chief business officer, a newly created position … Communications technology supplier Ribbon Communications taps Steve McCaffery, formerly Halo, as executive vice president of global sales, effective Oct. 31, replacing Dan Redington, who leaves Sept. 30 to pursue other opportunities.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Allison Howell, a former FCC intern, as a law clerk in his office … Eduardo Ruiz Sanchez, Televisa, joins the North American Broadcasters Association board … Satellite telecommunications provider Kepler Communications taps Beau Jarvis, ex-Phase Four, as chief revenue officer, a new position.

NTIA elevates FirstNet Authority board acting Vice Chair Michael Adkinson, sheriff of Walton County, Florida, to acting chair, replacing Renee Gordon, whose term expired … Inseego names Donna Johnson, formerly Ericsson, chief marketing officer, and promotes Vishal Donthireddy to chief technology officer … Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn will step down by mid-2026, remaining for the transition through early summer; a replacement is expected next spring … Mike Ward, ex-Amazon, rejoins TechNet as senior vice president for federal policy and government relations … Municipal fiber network owner and operator Pavlov Media promotes Dorothy Kallmayer and Wendy Burr to senior vice presidents of sales-student housing.

SiriusXM appoints Dave Stephenson, Airbnb, to its board … The Global Satellite Operators Association adds to its board: Abel Avellan, AST SpaceMobile; Ramu Potarazu, Lynk; Badr Alsuwaidan, Arabsat; Dunay Badirkhanov, Azercosmos; and Jean-Francois Fallacher, Eutelsat Group ... Paramount names Kenneth Weinstein, ex-Hudson Institute, ombudsman for CBS News ... Crest Hill Advisors adds Steve Lang, a former ambassador and U.S. Coordinator of International Communications and Information Policy, as senior adviser.