Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appoints Matthew Homsher as secretary, effective April 19, replacing Rosemary Chiavetta, retiring … Correction: Retiring from FCC Wireline Bureau is Suzanne Yelen (see 2503270070).
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced retirements, including: Carr’s longtime confidential assistant Drema Johnson; Wireline Bureau: Victoria Goldberg (22 years of service), Al Lewis (19), Todd Mitchell (30), Suzanne Yelen, Sue McNeil, Terri Natoli, Ted Burmeister (25); Public Safety Bureau: Nikki McGinnis (20), Rochelle Cohen; Wireless Bureau: Kevin Holmes; Enforcement Bureau: David Strickland (25), Jeremy Marcus (23), Jane Kelly, Kimberly Cook (24), Greg Hermes (25), Luke Kessinger, Brian Wondrack (24); Media Bureau: Bobby Baker (50), Dale Bickel (41), Radhika Karmarkar, Karen Kosar (42), Raelynn Remy (30), Gary Schonman (40); Space Bureau: Kal Krautkramer (34); Office of International Affairs: Francis Gutierrez (25), Sumita Mukhoty (30), Larry Olson (62).
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson appoints Taylor Hoogendoorn, ex-Susman Godfrey, as deputy director, Bureau of Competition; and Katherine White, ex-Kelley Drye, as deputy director, Bureau of Consumer Protection ... Mediacom promotes Tom Larsen to senior vice president and general counsel … Space launch provider Starfighters Space adds Michael Smith, formerly U.S. Air Force and Southwest Airlines, as vice president-operations … Mobile Communications America names John Navarro, ex-Stanley Security, president-security division.
Crown Castle promotes Dan Schlanger to interim CEO, replacing Steven Moskowitz; Schlanger continues as CFO until April 1, when Sunit Patel, ex-Ibotta, becomes CFO and executive vice president; once a permanent CEO is appointed, the board intends to name Schlanger chief transformation officer … Alex El-Fakir, America’s Frontier Fund Foundation, is on assignment as senior adviser-strategic operations, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy … Carbyne adds Jim Bugel, former FirstNet/AT&T, to its advisory board … Tinae Bluitt, ex-office of Rep. Emilia Sykes, D-Ohio, joins Fiber Broadband Association as public policy manager.
Sinclair Executive Vice President and CFO Lucy Rutishauser will retire after her successor is named and transitions to the role; after retirement, Rutishauser is expected to remain as senior adviser … Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International names Nicole McGinnis, formerly FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, as chief counsel … Austin Bonner, ex-White House and FCC, returns to HWG as a partner in its telecommunications, issues and appeals, and AI and emerging technologies practice groups … Shane Portfolio, Congruex and formerly Comcast, joins Teleste’s advisory board … CoreWeave adds Jean English, ex-Juniper Networks, as chief marketing officer, new post ... Emergency response center data supplier Carbyne appoints Colby Proffitt, formerly Shift5, as chief marketing officer ... Space service company Spire Global names Alison Engel, formerly LeaseAccelerator, as CFO, replacing Thomas Krywe, interim CFO, who remains as executive adviser through April … Morgan Murphy Media promotes Brian Burns to president-CEO, replacing retiring Elizabeth Murphy Burns, who becomes board chair.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr names Carlos Minnix, staff assistant to Commissioner Nathan Simington, to a similar post in his office.
Comcast taps David Novak, co-founder and former chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, as board chairman of SpinCo, its spinoff of media brands and digital businesses.
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks plans resigning this spring ... President Donald Trump appoints Adam Cassady, formerly chief of staff to FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington, as acting assistant secretary of commerce-communications and information and acting NTIA administrator; once an assistant secretary is sworn in, Cassady becomes NTIA principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy administrator ... Broadcasters Foundation of America elects to board: Kristin Cantrell, Seven Mountains Media and CapCity Communications; Kate Riley, America’s Public Television Stations; and Peter Smyth, formerly Greater Media … Synthetic aperture radar firm Synspective names Kumar Navulur, formerly GeoCognition, CEO and president, Synspective USA … Crest Hill Advisors taps Victoria Flood, ex-Mehlman Consulting, as partner.
Departures at NTIA: BEAD Director Evan Feinman and Jennifer Manner, senior adviser-space and satellite policy ... Morgan Lewis names Loyaan Egal, ex-FCC official, as partner-telecommunications, media and technology practice ... AI and cloud firm CoreWeave appoints Meg Whitman, ex-CEO of eBay and Hewlett Packard, as independent board member, chair-nominating and corporate governance committee, and member-audit committee ... MediaJustice names Jacinta Gonzalez, formerly Mijente, head of programs, a new post.
House Communications and Technology Subcommittee names Parul Desai, formerly NTIA, chief minority counsel … Connecticut’s Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee approves nomination of David Arconti Jr., ex-Avangrid, as a commissioner of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, subject to General Assembly approval.