President Donald Trump promotes Jason Kearns to chairman, International Trade Commission with term as chief ending June 16, 2022, succeeding David Johanson, whose term as chairman ended Tuesday; Randolph Stayin named vice chairman for similar term; outgoing chair and vice chair remain commissioners ... Voice of America Director Amanda Bennett and Deputy Director Sandy Sugawara resign ... MCNC appoints Tracy Doaks, leaving July 31 as North Carolina state chief information officer, president-CEO, effective Aug. 1, replacing Jean Davis, stepping down from this North Carolina Research and Education Network operator to care for her elderly parents.
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Ferdinand Kayser, CEO of SES Video, decides to retire at year-end; Steve Collar, CEO of SES, assumes responsibility for Video business from July 1; Kayser remains chairman, SES Astra and GovSat; and Thai Rubin moves up to chief legal officer, succeeding John Purvis, "decided to step back from his current role for personal reasons" and remaining on SES legal team part time ... LegalShield appoints Lori Ann Fox, ex-consultant for Wolters Kluwer, general counsel.
Amkor promotes Giel Rutten to president-CEO and a director, succeeding Steve Kelley, leaving company ... Rubicon Project President-Chief Operating Officer Mark Zagorski resigns at month's end "to pursue a new opportunity"; CEO Michael Barrett again also becomes president ... John Tzioufas from Hitachi Vantara joins CloudBees as chief revenue officer ... VeriToll tolling-as-a-service provider appoints from Team Verso Devaki Baker as CEO ... FireEye names Brad Maiorino, ex-Thomson Reuters, chief strategy officer.
Senate confirms 51-42 Kentucky U.S. District Judge Justin Walker to U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ... FirstNet board adds DOJ designee Darrin Jones, FBI Science & Technology Branch, replacing Christopher Piehota ... Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum board adds directors: Yuan-Kuang Tu, Chunghwa Telecom, John Roese, Dell, and Gerald Degrace, Microsoft ... Intel board now includes Dion Weisler, ex-HP CEO ... Broadcasters Foundation of America directors promote Scott Herman, SHH Media Management, to chair; Dan Mason remains a director; Steve Jones, Skyview Networks, elected a board member.
After Advent International bought it, Cobham's "newly comprised" board has Robert Weiss, ex-Lockheed Martin; Mark Sirangelo, ex-Sierra Nevada; Kevin Chilton, ex-U.S. Strategic Command; Bob Hitt, chairman of Advent affiliate Laird; Shawn Black, CEO of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions; CAES Chief Financial Officer Mark Santamaria; Shonnel Malani, chairman of Cobham Ltd. and managing director, Advent; Michael Marshall, Advent director; and Wayne Berman, Blackstone Group.