North American Broadcasters Association appoints Summit Ridge Group’s Rebecca Hanson, ex-Sinclair, director-general, beginning April 15 as designate alongside Director-General Michael McEwen before taking full responsibility July 1; McEwen retiring this summer.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces senior counsel Julie Kearney as chief of the agency's newly launched Space Bureau; Rosenworcel also names legal adviser Ethan Lucarelli as Office of International Affairs chief and moves Office of Engineering and Technology acting Chief Ronald Repasi and Wireless Bureau acting Chief Joel Taubenblatt into those permanent spots (see 2304110002).

Mintz appoints member Angela Kung to co-lead the firm’s Technology, Communications & Media practice along with existing Chair Tara Corvo ... Disney moves Hulu President Joe Earley to Disney Entertainment president-direct-to-consumer, succeeding Michael Paull; Earley continues leading Hulu until a successor is identified … IDirect Government satellite applications company names Tim Winter, from company’s ST Engineering iDirect parent, interim president, replacing John Ratigan … IHeartMedia names Amazon’s Jon Kurland executive vice president-business affairs and chief entertainment counsel ... Nexstar names Operative’s Jamie Calandruccio executive vice president-platform monetization and strategy, newly created role.

NEC America rehires Kris Ranganat from Paravision.ai as senior vice president-digital platform ... AI semiconductor company Tenstorrent adds former Intel Chief Architect Raja Koduri to its board; Tenstorrent co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Ljubisa Bajic scaling back his full-time role, will remain involved with the company as advisor ... Business-only fiber network Everstream names Wipro’s Ken Fitzpatrick, also ex-Charter Communications and Time Warner Cable, president-CEO, succeeding Bill Major, who was acting president-CEO since February ... Electric vehicle developer Rivian Automotive hires 30-year Mercedes Benz veteran Martin Huelder as vice president-commercial, Europe ... Cloud database company MariaDB names Conor McCarthy, ex-Ideanomics, chief financial officer ...

Disney names Asad Ayaz its first chief brand officer, in addition to his continuing role as president-marketing, Walt Disney Studios ... Communications and software company Windstream promotes Genesis White to vice president-investor relations ... Arrcus, hyperscale networking software company, adds former Vodafone Chief Technology Officer Johan Wibergh to its executive advisory board ... Internet connectivity company Bigleaf Networks names company investor and adviser Steve Braverman chief sales officer ... International Association of Privacy Professionals adds ZoomInfo Chief Compliance Officer Simon McDougall to its board ... Sidus Space appoints former McKinsey & Co. consultant Leonardo Riera to its board ... Electric vehicle developer Rivian Automotive hires Fastly’s Mike Johnson as chief information security officer ... NinjaOne, unified IT management platform, hires Vyopta’s Joe Lohmeier, also former VMware, Cisco and Avaya, as its first global channel chief ... Cybersecurity compliance solutions company A-Lign names Ryan Grace, ex-mobile app company Hero, chief revenue officer and SAP’s Giles House chief marketing and product officer ... IoT tokenization company True I/O adds Crypto.com Vice President-North America Karl Turner to its board of advisers ...

FedEx taps President-CEO Raj Subramaniam to assume those roles when its operating companies are consolidated into a single organization by June 2024; John Smith named FedEx Express president-CEO, U.S. and Canada ground operations, and Richard Smith named FedEx Express president-CEO, airline and international, both effective April 16 ... Zayo Group, communications infrastructure platform, names Verizon’s Jeffrey Noto chief financial officer ... Conversational AI company Marchex hires Govplace’s Troy Hartless as chief revenue officer ... Web3 company Tokens.com promotes Eric Abrahams to chief operating officer and Jonathan Okihiro to chief investment officer ... Cathedra Bitcoin names Drew Armstrong chairman, in addition to his role as president, replacing Roy Sebag, resigned ... Typeform, conversational data collection platform, names MessageBird’s Michael Bannon president-CFO ... Zayo names Verizon veteran Jeff Noto chief financial officer.

Silversmith Capital Partners, equity firm with tech focus, adds former Absorb Software CEO Mike Owens as senior adviser ... Database and analytics company Neo4j names former Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure executive Sudhir Hasbe chief product officer, succeeding Philip Rathle, who becomes chief technology officer ... SiriusXM promotes Senior Vice President-Controller Thomas Barry to chief financial officer, effective April 28, succeeding Sean Sullivan, leaving ... NetApp names F5's Haiyan Song executive vice president-general manager, cloud operations business ... Cybersecurity company VikingCloud names Workforce Logiq’s Jim Burke CEO and adds him to its board; former CEO Robert McCullen remains board chairman ... Socure, digital identity verification company, hires Jennifer Kerber, ex-Grant Thornton, as senior director-government affairs.

Tech-focused think tank Lincoln Network announces Samuel Hammond, ex-Niskanen Center, as senior economist … Motion Picture Association hires two former Mexican government officials: Cesar Castillejos as vice president-communications, public affairs and advocacy for the region and Carlos Monroy as advocacy director-Mexico … Endeavor CEO Ariel Emanuel named to additional role as CEO of new company that combines UFC and WWE brands in which Endeavor will be 51% owner; WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon assumes that additional role at new company; Mark Shapiro, will be president-chief operating officer of both Endeavor and the new company; and Dana White and Nick Khan will continue in their roles as presidents of UFC and WWE, respectively.

Broadband ISP Calix names John Durocher, ex-Salesforce, chief customer officer, succeeding Martha Galley, transitioning to executive vice president-corporate social responsibility … Social media platform T2 names Discord’s Michael Greer its first chief technology officer ... Direct-to-consumer hearing aid company Hearing at Home taps former Coca-Cola and Pepsi executive David Burke as CEO ... Kentucky Senate confirms former state Rep. Angela Hatton to the Public Service Commission after Gov. Andy Beshear (D) named her vice chairman … Belden adds former Anaplan Chief Strategy Officer Vivie Lee to its board.

Adtran Holdings promotes Adva’s Uli Dopfer to chief financial officer, effective May 1, to succeed Mike Foliano, retiring effective June 28 ... Communications & Power Industries promotes Andrew Ivers to CEO, effective May 31, succeeding Bob Fickett, who becomes executive chairman and strategic adviser ... Comcast names EmployBridge’s Quiana Pinckney, also ex-Home Depot, vice president-employee communications at its Central Division headquarters in Atlanta.Zebra Technologies promotes Joe White to chief product and solutions officer, filling role vacated when Bill Burns became Zebra’s CEO earlier this month ... Cyber resilience company Immersive Labs names Eric Johnson, ex-Interos, chief revenue officer, and Julie Chapman, former IBM and Adobe, senior vice president-customer experience ... Entertainment technology company Solotech taps Mels Studios & Postproduction’s Martin Carrier as president-live productions, Canada, effective April 24 ... Freedom Technologies promotes Jay Chauhan and Colin Alberts to senior vice president ... Twilio adds Charlie Bell, Microsoft executive vice president-security, compliance identity and management, to its board; Richard Dalzell, former Amazon chief information officer, won’t seek reelection to Twilio’s board ... Thunderbird Entertainment adds Nobul Technologies CFO Lisa Coulman to its board.