Meredith board elects Patrick McCreery to move up to president, Local Media Group, effective July 1, succeeding Paul Karpowicz, retiring then ... Cogeco/Cogeco Communications boards promote Philippe Jetté to president-CEO of both, effective Sept. 1, succeeding Louis Audet, named executive chairman; outgoing Chairman Jan Peeters becomes lead director ... Aerospace Industries Association elevates Jason Yaley to vice president-membership and strategic development ... Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden promotes Mark Sweeney to principal deputy librarian of Congress ... Radio Television Digital News Association and Foundation hire Tara Puckey, ex-Society of Professional Journalists, as director-strategic initiatives, new post.
Enterprise Wireless Alliance hires Bette Rinehart, ex-Motorola Solutions, as director-spectrum solutions ... Linux Foundation retains Lisbeth McNabb, ex-Match.com and now on the Nexstar board, as chief financial officer/chief operating officer ... Cologix hires Lisa Guillaume, ex-Relay Network, as chief marketing officer ... Threat Stack moves up Pete Cheslock to vice president-technical operations ... Crown Media Family Networks adds from Paulist Productions Marybeth Sprows as vice president-development.
Comcast's NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations' Telemundo Station Group promotes Matthew Lobdell to chief financial officer ... Gray Television names Andrew Stewart, ex-Sinclair, vice president-general manager, WOWT Omaha, and Don Davis, ex-Gabriel Media, general manager, KOSA-TV Odessa, Texas ... L3 Technologies promotes James Blair to vice president-treasurer, succeeding Stephen Souza, retiring.
CTA promotes Steve Koenig to vice president-market research ... Neustar adds Marjorie Bailey, ex-CACI, as senior vice president-human resources ... Shentel hires David Heimbach, ex-Rise Broadband, as executive vice president-chief operating officer, responsible for wireless, cable and wireline units; Executive Vice President-COO Earle MacKenzie becomes executive vice president-special projects, staying for a transition (see 1712050021) period ... EStruxture data center firm adds as senior vice presidents James Beer, ex-Q9 and Bell Canada, for operations and Nicolas Vanasse, ex-Lumenpulse, as chief legal officer-corporate secretary.
CenturyLink promotes Dave Young to senior vice president-strategic government ... TechFreedom names James Dunstan its first general counsel; he has been senior adjunct fellow since group began and keeps practice at Mobius Legal Group ... Squire Patton hires Matthew Kirk, ex-Vodafone, as international affairs adviser, International Public Policy Practice ... New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine (see 1804240040) hires Megan Powers, ex-Executive Office of the President, as press secretary ... CTA signs Eric Schwartz, ex-Napco, to a "consulting partnership" agreement through his new firm, Catapult Communications, and promotes Steve Koenig to vice president-market research.
New FTC Chairman Joseph Simons names senior staff: Cathy MacFarlane is director, Office of Public Affairs, a job she had 2001-03; Tara Isa Koslov named interim chief of staff, she recently moved from acting director, Office of Policy Planning (see the May 1 personals section of this publication); Randolph Tritell continues as director, Office of International Affairs; Jeanne Bumpus remains director, Office of Congressional Relations; David Robbins stays executive director; Donald Clark continues as secretary; and Kevin Williams still is director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Workplace Inclusion ... New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigns after assault allegations he denies; New York Solicitor General Barbara Underwood named acting AG.
Entertainment Software Association hires Andrew Bowins, ex-KPMG US, as senior vice president-communications and industry affairs, and moves up Nika Nour to head-public affairs and be strategic adviser to CEO Michael Gallagher; Bowins succeeds Richard Taylor, hired by T-Mobile (see this section of this publication's May 7 issue) ... NRTC hires Greg Bartolomei, ex-Eaton, as president-utility solutions, working on broadband and smart grid issues ... At National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Sharp Things founder Adam Sharp is a temporary employee acting as interim president-CEO until June 30.
Fox News names Lily Fu Claffee, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, general counsel; Dianne Brandi, executive vice president-legal and business affairs, remains on voluntary personal leave ... T-Mobile hires Richard Taylor, ex-Entertainment Software Association, as director-corporate communications.
Marcelo Claure adds titles of chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. and CEO of SoftBank Group International, in addition to other personnel moves at Sprint (see this section of the May 3 publication), which is seeking regulatory OK to be bought by T-Mobile ... Sony Electronics hires Adam Goldberg, ex-Pioneer and Sharp Labs, as director-technical standards, based in its U.S. Technology Standards Office in Fairfax, Virginia ... BMI promotes Rafael Martinez to executive director-business affairs, creative ... LG Electronics USA promotes David VanderWaal to senior vice president-marketing with responsibility for mobile communications, home appliances and home entertainment brand marketing ... Salem Media names Carolyn Cassidy, ex-Salem's Denver stations, general manager for the Columbus, Ohio, market ... Dietrich von Klaeden of Axel Springer SE joins board of News Media Alliance.
Sprint promoted Marcelo Claure to executive chairman and Michel Combes to CEO ... Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter, and Rohit Chopra sworn in Wednesday as FTC commissioners ... Helmut Reisinger promoted to CEO of Orange Business Services, replacing Thierry Bonhomme, becoming special advisor to chairman and CEO before retirement later this year ... Geeks Without Frontiers names as CEO David Hartshorn, ex-Global VSAT Forum and ex-Warren Communications News, effective July 1; Angie Mar takes on new role of Geeks' International program director ... Accompany founder-CEO Amy Chang joins Cisco as senior vice president-Collaboration Technology Group, following Cisco acquisition of Accompany ... Wireless History Foundation picks Jenifer Snyder, ex-Fluid Market, as executive director ... Orbcomm names Aly Bonilla, ex-Office Depot, vice president-investor relations ... Data center operator NJFX names Roy Hilliard, ex-Reliance Global Cloud Exchange, vice president-business development ... New Regulatory Commission of Alaska member Antony Scott (see 1805010028) succeeded Rebecca Pauli, who departed Tuesday and had term expiring in 2022.