Communications Personals
With Senior Vice President of News-Editorial Director Mike Oreskes resigning "because of inappropriate behavior" (see report) at request of NPR CEO Jarl Mohn, Vice President-News Programming and Operations Chris Turpin named interim leader of the newsroom ... Comcast names California vice presidents, moving within the company: David Brown for business services; Ted Girdner for strategic initiatives and business development; Beth Hester for external affairs; and Jeff Votaw for technical operations ... IHeartMedia hires Michele Madansky, ex-Yahoo, as executive vice president-insights, research and data analytics, effective Nov. 27.
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AT&T shifts/expands responsibilities for Mike Leff, as vice president-defense, a business he now leads, and Chris Smith, to vice president-strategy, operations and technology, both in public sector organization ... Element AI hires Linda Bernardi, ex-IBM, as chief product and strategy officer ... Simmons Research taps Andrew Feigenson, ex-Nielsen Catalina Solutions, as CEO; previous President-Chief Research Officer Pat Pellegrini leaving ... Univision Communications extends contract of President-CEO Randy Falco for two years, through Jan. 31, 2020.
Incoming Foundation for Rural Service board members, effective Jan. 1 for one-year terms: Northwest Region Director Richard Swartz, Triangle Telephone Association; Southeast Region Director Ruth Conley, Foothills Communications; At-Large Directors Keith Gabbard, Peoples Rural Telephone Cooperative; and Cheryl Rue, Tri-County Communications Co-op; andAssociate Directors Lennie Blakeslee, CoBank; and Robin Reed, Rural Telephone Finance Cooperative.