Freshfields Bruckhaus announces former FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson as senior adviser-antitrust practice … Porter Wright expands government affairs practice for services related to AI, data privacy and geopolitics, with new principals Raul Alvillar, Neil Simon and Adam Wilczewski, all from Resolute, and Todd Elmer, ex-Blaine Street … Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission promotes Allison Kaster director-chief prosecutor, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, succeeding Richard Kanaskie, retired … Colorado’s Governor’s Office of Information Technology hires Jefferson County Chief Information Security Officer Jill Fraser as state’s CISO.

Internet & Television Association hires Inova Health System’s Robert Cantu, also ex-CTIA, as vice president-cybersecurity and broadband technology … SpacePath Communications appoints Eric Schmidt, ex-Comtech, as vice president-sales and marketing, North America ... Michael Bange, ex-New Jersey American Water, joins New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, replacing MaryAnna Holden as commissioner … Orbital Outpost X, startup for space and terrestrial technology, announces Negar Feher, ex-Maxar, as CEO …Radcom 5G tech company appoints Guy Shemesh, ex-Nokia, as CEO, effective Feb. 14, succeeding Eyal Harari, retiring … Web accessibility platform AudioEye hires Mike Paciello, former co-chair of U.S. Access Board's Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee, as chief accessibility officer.

MPA announces Patrick Wolf, ex-Cinq Music Group, as senior vice president-chief accounting officer …SolarWinds hires Brian Goldfarb, ex-Tenable, also former Google, as chief marketing officer ... Telecoming, distributor of sports entertainment and information services through mobile consumption, promotes Roberto Monge to chief business officer ... Defense technology company Reticulate Micro forms Reticulate Space, new satellite communications business segment, and promotes David Horton to the segment’s president and Mark Steel to chief technology officer in addition to his continuing role as Reticulate Micro executive vice president-product and services; company also hires Comtech’s Paul Scardino, also former L3 Harris Technologies, for dual role as Reticulate Micro executive vice president-sales and Reticulate Space chief strategy officer ...Nexstar Media appoints Bill Dallman, ex-KARE Minneapolis, as vice president-general manager, Grand Junction and Montrose, Colorado, designated market area … LeddarTech automotive software names Sylvie Veilleux, ex-Dropbox chief information officer, and ASG Renaissance co-founder Lizabeth Ardisana to board.

FCC Enforcement Bureau announces Alice Suh Jou, ex-DOJ, as assistant bureau chief and Jolina Cuaresma, former Common Sense Media, as senior policy counsel, with both to participate on Enforcement Bureau-led Privacy and Data Protection Task Force … Future of Privacy Forum appoints Anne Flanagan, ex-World Economic Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as vice president-AI … Incompas hires Keith Matthews, Mortgage Bankers Association, as digital media manager.

NPR announces Web Summit’s Katherine Maher as president-CEO, succeeding John Lansing, effective March 25 … Alteryx, analytics cloud platform, appoints Chief Financial Officer Kevin Rubin interim CEO, replacing departed Mark Anderson ... USTelecom elects Kristi Moody, Windstream executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer, and Amy Holcroft, Twilio chief privacy officer, to its board, and adds Lightcurve President-CEO Anand Vadapalli to its leadership committee ... LG Ad Solutions, connected TV and cross-screen advertising platforms, restores Alphonso founders Ashish Chordia and Lampros Kalampoukas to the board after successful legal challenge to their December 2022 removal, and names Alphonso early investor Paul Falzone, managing partner-CEO of venture capital firm Manifest, as an additional director.

FCC commissioners announce staff changes: Sanford Williams moves from special adviser to deputy chief of staff in Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel’s office; Arpan Sura, from Wireless Bureau, becomes legal adviser to Commissioner Brendan Carr; Milla Anderson, from office of Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., named policy adviser to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks; and acting staffers in Commissioner Anna Gomez’s office taking permanent spots are Deena Shetler as chief of staff-legal adviser for media and international, Edyael Casaperalt as legal adviser for wireless, public safety and consumer protection, Hayley Steffen as legal adviser for wireline and space, Harsha Mudaliar as policy adviser for media and tech and Anna Holland, as executive assistant.

Public Knowledge hires Stephen Bennett, ex-Institute for Palestine Studies-USA, as director-development and external affairs; Alisa Valentin, ex-National Urban League and ex-FCC, as broadband policy director; Nat Purser, former Center for Economic and Policy Research, as government affairs policy advocate; and Georgetown Law Communications and Technology Law Clinic’s Lauren Harriman as fellow … Free State Foundation announces former FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly as adjunct senior fellow, launching video podcast, TMT With Mike O’Rielly.

Former FTC Consumer Protection Bureau Director Jessica Rich, ex-Kelley Drye, joins Consumer Product Safety Commission as general counsel, succeeding Austin Schlick, ex-FCC general counsel, who elevates to executive director … Bureau of Industry and Security hires Microsoft’s Elizabeth Cannon as first executive director-Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services … Qualcomm promotes Chief Financial Officer Akash Palkhiwala to expanded role of CFO and chief operating officer ... LG Ad Solutions, connected TV and cross-screen advertising platform, names GumGum’s Angela Barnett head-corporate communications.

Newly promoted at Indie Semiconductor: Peter Gulden to executive vice president-radar systems and software; Abhay Rai to chief product officer; and Michael Wittmann to chief operating officer ... Resilio, file synchronization solutions company for content creation workflows, hires Signiant’s Thomas Bush as vice president-strategic accounts, media and entertainment ... ViewLift, digital content distribution platform for sports and entertainment streaming, adds John Rose, Boston Consulting Group managing director and senior partner, and also former EMI Group, and Steve Byrd, former Sportradar head-global strategic partnerships, to its board.

Montana Public Service Commission announces David Sanders, ex-U.S. Department of Transportation, as executive director … Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appoints Thomas Gleeson, Public Utility Commission executive director, as a commissioner for a term expiring Sept. 1, 2029, and designates him PUC chair … E.W. Scripps Chief Legal Officer Bill Appleton retiring at end of 2024, with Deputy General Counsel Dave Giles to replace him.