Changes in the office of FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington: David Brodian promoted to senior legal adviser and Sara Rahmjoo to legal adviser; policy adviser Michael Sweeney leaves ... Nokia names Justin Hotard, ex-Intel, president and CEO, effective April 1, replacing Pekka Lundmark … Afiniti selects Jerome Kapelus, ex-PWCC Marketplace, as CEO, replacing Hassan Afzal, remaining as strategic adviser … Joseph Cramer, ex-Boeing and former FCC adviser, joins Freedom Technologies as senior vice president-international, new position.
HP appoints Songyee Yoon, Principal Venture Partners, to board … Ametek names Isabel Wells, ex-Kimball Electronics, vice president-information technology and chief information officer; and William Callahan, ex-Amphenol, vice president and general manager-aerospace and defense division.
Changes at chip manufacturer Skyworks Solutions: Philip Brace, formerly Lantronix and Inseego, named CEO, replacing Liam Griffin, who remains an adviser for 90 days; Christine King, Henry Schein One, becomes board chair … DCI Group taps Jayne Millerick, ex-office of New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), as vice president-governors and attorneys general … America’s Public Television Stations elects to board: Dolores Fernandez Alonso, South Florida PBS, chair; Adrienne Fairwell, South Carolina Educational Television, professional vice chair; Garrett King, Friends of OETA, lay vice chair; trustees: Darren LaShelle, Northern California Public Media; Mary Nelson, Nine PBS; Deborah Smith, Alaska Public Media; Sylvia Strobel, Twin Cities PBS.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission elects Edward Lodge, Lodge Cattle, president; promotes Dayn Hardie from lead deputy attorney general to commissioner, replacing Eric Anderson … Ericsson promotes Charlotte Levert to chief people officer, senior vice president and head-group function people, replacing MajBritt Arfert … Socure taps Barrett Young, ex-Netradyne, as chief marketing officer … Changes at Aviatrix: Ken Horner, ex-Cloudflare, named chief revenue officer; Scott Leatherman advanced to chief marketing officer; Mark Anthony, ex-JFrog, becomes vice president-global business value; Russ Gould, ex-Billtrust, appointed vice president-growth marketing; Denise Oliver, formerly Lacework, named vice president-revenue operations; Richard Vienna, ex-Dataiku, becomes global vice president-strategic accounts.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Jay Schwarz, Space Bureau chief, replacing Julie Kearney; Adam Jackman, formerly House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, director-strategic communications, Office of Media Relations ... GSMA names Marc Murtra, Telefonica, to its board, effective immediately, replacing Jose Maria Alvares-Pallete, who left Telefonica; deputy chair Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel Group, becomes acting chair, replacing Alvares-Pallete … Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday promotes Darryl Lawrence, assistant consumer advocate, to interim consumer advocate ... River Advisers promotes Alexis Martin, chief consulting officer, to CEO ... North American numbering plan administrator Somos names Shannon Donohue, Proximus Global, to its advisory board … Cato Networks taps Karl Soderlund, ex-Zscaler, as global channel chief, replacing Frank Rauch, retiring … Waxman Strategies names Sarah Morris, formerly NTIA, as managing director and leader-technology practice, new post … The Computer & Communications Industry Association appoints Karina Perez, ex-Aerospace Industries Association, as director-Space and Spectrum Policy Center, new post; Megan Stokes, formerly ACE-AFSCME, as state director, replacing Khara Boender; and Aneysha Bhat, ex-Small Business Association, as senior manager-federal affairs, new post.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Adam Candeub, ex-Michigan State Law School, general counsel ... Julie Kearney steps down as chief, FCC Space Bureau; Kerry Murray becomes acting chief … Sinclair promotes Linda Greenwald and Matthew Diehlmann to directors of programming, replacing Dave Howitt, retiring March 31.
FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington promotes Adam Cassady from legal adviser to chief of staff ... NARUC President Tricia Pridemore taps for board Katie Anderson, Arkansas Public Service Commission, succeeding Lillian Mateo-Santos, Puerto Rico Energy Bureau; for subcommittee-education and research, Erik Helland, Iowa Utilities Commission, and Doyle Webb, Arkansas PSC, replacing Pridemore and succeeding John Betkoski, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority; for Gas-Electric Alignment for Reliability (GEAR) Task Force, Josh Byrnes, Iowa Utilities Commission.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez staff changes: Hayley Steffen joins Office of International Affairs; Jessica Greffenius returns to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau; Jonathan Uriarte joins as strategic communications and policy adviser from former Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel’s staff ... Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) appoints Brian Rybarik, ex-Microsoft, chair of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission for six-year term starting March 3; he replaces David Danner, retiring … Commercial Space Foundation names Alicia Brown, ex-NASA, executive director … Privacy professionals group IAPP elects to board through 2025: Oliver Draf, Volkswagen; Kristie Chon Flynn, Google; Lara Liss, GE HealthCare; Susan Hintze, Hintze Law and Hintze Data Advisors; elected to the executive committee are: Caroline Louveaux, Mastercard (chair); Barbara Cosgrove, Workday (vice chair); Christina Montgomery, IBM (treasurer), Travis LeBlanc, Cooley (secretary); and Faith Myers, McKesson (past chair).
Incompas elects to board through 2026: For small companies, Gary Watts, Fuse.Cloud; Tom Spackman, Gigabit Fiber; Daniel Friesen, IdeaTek Telecom; Brian Worthen, Mammoth Networks; Elise Brentnall, South Valley Internet; for medium companies, Chris Champion, C Spire; Jill Sandford, FirstLight Fiber; Jon Clopton, Sinch; Ronald Mudry, Uniti Group; for large companies: Jeff Blum, EchoStar; Michael Galvin, Granite Telecommunications; Paula Boyd, Microsoft … MPA hires Josh Rubin, ex-National Security Council, as senior vice president-global strategy and chief of staff, effective Feb. 28, assuming some duties of Urmila Venugopalan, who's advanced to president and managing director-Asia Pacific region ... Associated Press promotes Michael Giarrusso to vice president-news strategy, new post.
2025 Cable Hall of Fame honorees: Ed Breen, General Instrument (retired); Joe Cohen, The Switch Sports Group, West Ridge Associates; Zenita Henderson, Point Broadband; Pat Kehoe, PK Network; Andrew Sorkin, CNBC; Bill Stemper, Comcast … Cybersecurity firm Nile adds Hemant Chaskar, formerly Exabeam, as chief information security officer … Macquarie Capital appoints David Farkas, ex-GE Aerospace, managing director … Data center services and managed cloud hosting firm Summit taps Andre Wu, former Accscient, as CEO.