America’s Public Television Stations promotes Jennifer Kieley to vice president-government and public affairs ... Alaska Communications appoints Paul Fenaroli, ex-Examinetics, as president-CEO ... Grain Management, investors for broadband and digital infrastructure, names managing directors Jenny Kashdan and Raghav Nayar as heads-U.S. investment, Ted Manvitz as head-international investment, and Ricardo Rodriguez as head-firm operations and portfolio dynamics; promotes Tanner Goode to principal-investment team, Kathlika Fontes to managing director-capital formation and investor relations, Gerard Ashmore to principal-portfolio dynamics group, and Vanessa Gil to principal-capital formation; promotes Michael Rhine, William Waesche and Kevin Xu to vice presidents; and promotes Charlie Cope, Jan Ebelt, Tyler Lee and Nick Schulkin to senior associates.
Liberty Media promotes Derek Chang to president-CEO, effective Feb. 1, with Liberty Chairman John Malone as interim CEO until then ... Karina Bohorquez leaves Wilkinson Barker to join Bandwidth as regulatory policy counsel ... John Frantz, ex-Verizon, joins DLA Piper as partner in its telecom practice ... Library of American Broadcasting Foundation elects Sam Bush, Saga Communications; Heather Cohen, the Weiss Agency; Mike McVay, McVay Media Consulting; and Ernesto Mourelo, Hearst Television, to board ... Cogeco appoints Caroline Jamet, ex-Radio-Canada, as president-Cogeco Media, effective Feb. 3 ... CoreWeave appoints Sandy Venugopal, ex-SentinelOne, as chief information officer and Peloton's Karen Boone to board.
Former FCC Adviser Evan Swarztrauber launches telecom public affairs firm CorePoint Strategies ... The Nebraska Public Service Commission elects Tim Schram chair and Kevin Stocker vice-chair for 2025 ... Montana Public Service Commission elects Brad Molnar president and Jennifer Fielder vice-president ... E.W. Scripps promotes Lyn Plantinga to senior vice president-local media.
Gov. Kelly Armstrong (R) appoints North Dakota Public Service Commission Business Operations Manager Jill Kringstad as commissioner, succeeding Julie Fedorchak (R), elected to Congress ... Elizabeth Cuttner, ex-legal adviser to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, named FCC detailee to Senate Commerce Committee minority staff ... Futurum Group names Dan O’Brien, ex-IBM, as president-COO ... Telesat names Charles Cynamon, ex-LinQuest, president-Telesat Government Solutions.
Data center and cloud infrastructure provider Applied Digital welcomes Laura Laltrello, ex-Honeywell International, as COO ... Brian Alexander, ex-C2C SmartCompliance, joins Marashlian & Donahue as of counsel-AI and cybersecurity practices ...
The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission names Amy Reynolds, ex-Washington Department of Labor and Industries, as communications director.
Communications law firm Lerman Senter promotes Jeff Carlisle to managing member, succeeding Sally Buckman, transitioning to senior counsel, and elevates Steve Berman to member ... Cloud communications company Bandwidth promotes Devesh Agarwal to COO ... Cross-channel TV and connected TV advertising company Simulmedia hires Jonathan Steuer, ex-VideoAmp, as chief scientist ... Pamela Coe retires from board of fiber optic-based technology provider Luna Innovations ... Anterix appoints Tom Kuhn, ex-Edison Electric Institute, as chairman; Morgan O'Brien retiring as executive chairman and remaining as adviser ...
The Judicial Council of the U.S. Courts of the D.C. Circuit appoints Spencer Hallett, ex-chief deputy clerk for the District Court, as circuit executive-U.S. Courts of the D.C. Circuit, succeeding Betsy Paret, retiring ... Paul St. Clair, ex-Windstream, joins call center solutions company Convoso as head-compliance ... Bradford Briner resigning from board of Boston Omaha, holding company including for broadband telecom, effective Tuesday, becoming North Carolina state treasurer.
Glenn Canales, ex-Viasat, starts Satellite Insights, consulting firm for satellite communications ... Ken Fellman retiring from Wilson Williams ... Aureon appoints George O'Neal, ex-GVTC Communications, as CEO, succeeding Scott Behn, effective Jan. 13 ... Quebec Film and Television Council names Stephane Cardin, ex-Netflix, president-CEO.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) reappoints Public Utilities Commission Chair Eric Blank to a second four-year term, effective Jan.12 … Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announces state Bureau of Audits’ Kelly Monaghan as deputy executive director … Ballard Partners hires Patrick Kilcur, ex-Motion Picture Association, as executive vice president-U.S. government affairs.