Doug Krile becomes Arkansas Broadcasters Association executive director April 1, replacing Jim McCall, who'll become consultant to the group … Randa Minkarah promoted by Fisher Communications to senior vice president of business development …

CompTel election results: Chair Joe Ambersley, PaeTec; Vice Chair Julia Strow, Cbeyond; Treasurer, Jim Burman, TDS Metrocom; Executive Commmittee members Dan Dooley, Sprint, Sherman Henderson, Lightyear Network Solutions, Deborah Ward, TSI, and Jerry Watts, Deltacom …

New Broadband Forum officers: President and Chairman Tom Starr, AT&T; Vice Presidents Marcin Drzymala, Telekomunikacja Polska, and Andrew Malis, Verizon; Secretary David Sinicrope, Ericsson; Treasurer Frank van der Putten, Alcatel-Lucent …

Comcast’s Catherine Avgiris becomes senior vice president and general manager of communications and data services for Comcast Cable …

Hank McMonigle, ex-KPLX(FM) Dallas, hired by NextMedia as market manager for its North Dallas radio stations.

Comcast Spotlight promotions: Bill Haase to vice president, finance and administration, and Kevin Smith to group vice president, Spotlight integrated media sales … Country Radio Broadcasters names Bill Mayne, ex-KZLA(FM) Los Angeles, executive director …

Rural Telecommunications Group names Tanya Sullivan, ex-National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, executive director … ComStar Media names Pete Thomson, ex-FamilyNet, vice president/general sales manager … Changes at The Hub: Joshua Meyer, ex-Cookie Jar Entertainment, becomes senior vice president, business and legal affairs; Jordan Beck, ex-ReelzChannel, named vice president, creative services and on-air promotions; Lou Fazio, ex-Game Show Network, vice president, scheduling, acquisitions and planning; Greg Heanue, ex-Weather Channel, vice president, marketing and promotions; Fred Poston, ex-ReelzChannel, vice president-operations; Michael Ross, ex-Disney Baby, vice president, production and post-production …

Illinois Commerce Commissioner Erin O'Connell-Diaz named to National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners board … Edward Randolph becomes director of governmental affairs and senior policy adviser at the California Public Utility Commission. He was chief consultant to the State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce …

Former FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, now with Frontier Communications, joins USTelecom board …

Karen Peltz Strauss, ex-Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology, becomes deputy chief, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau …