O-RAN Alliance elects Thomas Lips, Deutsche Telekom, chairman, replacing Abdurazak Mudesir, also Deutsche Telekom … Network infrastructure provider Modirum Platforms promotes Filip Petkov to Middle East general manager … Wyoming Commissioner Mike Robinson named to NARUC board, replacing Mary Throne; NARUC President Tricia Pridemore names to the Federal-State Current Issues Collaborative: Kelsey Bagot, Virginia State Corporation Commission; Kathryn Zerfuss, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; Sarah Martz, Iowa Utilities Commission; Stacey Paradis, Illinois Commerce Commission; Philip Bartlett, Maine Public Service Commission; Pradip Chattopadhyay, New Hampshire PUC; Karen Kemerait, North Carolina Utilities Commission; Gabriella Passidomo Smith, Florida PSC; Nick Myers, Arizona Corporation Commission; and Brian Rybarik, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.
Jean Prewitt steps down at year-end as president of the Independent Film & Television Alliance, working with her successor through the transition; McCormack + Kristel leads the search … Mobile Communications America names Jonathan Nikols, ex-Verizon, as chief revenue officer … The Media Institute taps Patrick Butler, formerly president of America’s Public Television Stations, as its first James Madison fellow.
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy promotes Amit Kshatriya to associate administrator, replacing acting Associate Administrator Vanessa Wyche, who returns to her position as director of Johnson Space Center … Salem Media Group COO David Evans steps down; plans unknown ... Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (R) promotes Abby Gray to commissioner of the Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor.
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.