Communications Personals
BMI appoints Michael Collins, from Mehlman Castagnetti, vice president-government relations ... FirstNet names Flynn Rico-Johnson, ex-office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to government affairs team ... Disney promotes Russell Wolff to executive vice president-general manager of its ESPN Plus direct-to-consumer video service ... Cinedigm names Bill Sondheim president-worldwide distribution; he remains president, Cinedigm Entertainment Group.
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IHeartMedia hires Dave Jansen, ex-Comcast, as vice president-sales, Minneapolis cluster ... Impact Telecom names Bob Imhoff, ex-KDDI Global, vice president-international business development ... Audio Network hires Todd King as vice president-West Coast ... President Donald Trump to nominate Joseph Cuffari, office of Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), as homeland security inspector general ... Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg to keynote CES Jan. 8, 4 p.m., Venetian's Palazzo Ballroom, Las Vegas.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai names to Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee’s new Disaster Response and Recovery Working Group: Chair Red Grasso, North Carolina Department of Information Technology; Vice Chair Jonathan Adelstein, Wireless Infrastructure Association; Andrew Afflerbach, CTC Technology and Energy, representing NATOA; Allen Bell, Southern Co.; Megan Bixler, Association of Public Safety Communications Officials; Skyler Ditchfield, GeoLinks; Patrick Donovan, CTIA; Tony Fischer, city of Germantown, Tennessee; Monica Gambino, Crown Castle; Larry Hanson, Georgia Municipal Association; David Hartshorn, Geeks Without Frontiers; Greg Hauser, North Carolina Emergency Management Division/National Emergency Management Association; Kurt Jacobs, JMA Wireless; Richard Kildow, Verizon; Frank Korinek, Motorola; Wyatt Leehy, Great Plains Communications; David Marshack, Loon; Jim Matheson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association; Kelly McGriff, Uniti Group; Wendy Moser, Colorado Public Utilities Commission/NARUC; Alexandra Fernandez Navarro, Puerto Rico Public Service Regulatory Board; John O’Connor, Department of Homeland Security; Eddie Reyes, Prince William County (Virginia) Emergency Communications Center/National Public Safety Telecommunications Council; Rikin Thaker, Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council; Pete Tomczak, FirstNet; Rocky Vaz, City of Dallas; Joseph Viens, Charter; and Debra Wulff, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.