New Street analyst Blair Levin ends affiliation with Brookings and joins the Center for Strategic International Studies’ Strategic Technologies Program as a senior associate (nonresident) … Morgan Lewis promotes Danielle Burt and Patricia Cave to partner in the firm’s telecommunications, media and technology practice … Changes at broadband fiber connectivity provider Clearfield: Anis Khemakhem promoted to chief commercial officer, replacing Allen Griser, who becomes executive adviser until he leaves by year-end; Mike Ward, ex-Charles Industries, joins as vice president of sales for broadband; and Marc Temple, formerly Meritec, becomes vice president of channels and strategic alliances ... Correction: Douglas Kyle retires from the FCC's Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau after 36 years of service (see 2509300059).

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces retirements: from the Wireline Bureau, Terrance Judge (34 years of service), Crystal Ceasar (33) and Alex Johns (29); from the Office of the Managing Director, Tim Dates (26) and Celia Lewis (25); from the Public Safety Bureau, Douglas Kyle (36) and Barbara Kunkel (3); Katura Jackson, Office of the Secretary (34); Mika Savir, Consumer Policy Division (32); Kamala Hart, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (29); Chief Information Officer Arecio Dilone (25); Bill Huber, Office of General Counsel (25); Traci Randolph, Disability Services/TRS Fund (23.5); Stephen Hanson, Spectrum Enforcement Division (23); Keith Morgan, Enforcement Bureau (8) ... Vodafone IoT appoints Dennis Nikles, ex-Deutsche Telekom IoT, as managing director of Vodafone IoT Americas … Mozilla taps Raffi Krikorian, formerly Emerson Collective, as chief technology officer, a newly created position ... Nexstar names Adam VerCammen, ex-Washington Times, as senior vice president of revenue for The Hill, a newly created position.

Comcast promotes President Michael Cavanagh to co-CEO, joining co-CEO and Chairman Brian Roberts, effective January; Cavanagh also joins board … New Street names David Barden, formerly Bank of America, as partner and leader of its North America Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure research team, replacing Jonathan Chaplin, who joins Comcast as executive vice president of strategy and investments for the Connectivity & Platforms division … Northrim Horizon acquires ACG Systems, naming Thomas Montalbano, ex-McKinsey, as CEO of that wireless tech provider, a newly created position … University of Colorado Law School’s Silicon Flatirons names Matt Schmit, formerly Illinois Department of Commerce, as executive director, replacing Brad Bernthal.

Paramount Skydance appoints Makan Delrahim, formerly Latham & Watkins, as chief legal officer, effective Oct. 6, replacing acting Chief Legal Officer Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon, who will continue as general counsel ... Comcast names Sonya Callahan, ex-Comcast Business, regional vice president of residential sales and marketing for its Heartland region, replacing Michelle Muniz, who becomes vice president of sales and marketing in the company's California region ... Salem Media Group promotes Linnae Young to chief revenue officer and Jamie Cohen to chief digital officer, a newly created position … Washington state's Utilities and Transportation Commission names Michael Furze, formerly U.S. Department of Energy, as policy director, effective Oct. 1, replacing interim Policy Director Amy Andrews, who will serve as an analyst ... Leroy Williams, ex-Optimum, joins the advisory board of TechSee, a telecom customer service technology supplier.

NextNav names Tim Gray, formerly Anterix, CFO, replacing Chris Gates, who becomes executive vice president of corporate development … Verizon adds Merissa Velez, ex-FCC Space Bureau, as director of international spectrum policy and regulatory counsel ... Mediacom promotes Fuad Alnajjar to group vice president of business engineering; Pradeep Kanda to group vice president of network security; Belinda Maldonado to group vice president of human resources; Joseph Michulski to group vice president of corporate finance; Ruben Martino to vice president of finance; and Manvinder Singh to vice president of data warehouse.

Newly created positions at ISP tech provider Plume: Mik Cox, ex-Ubiety, named senior vice president of technology innovation; Gavin Rawson, formerly Bitdefender, becomes vice president of engineering for the EU market; and Sean Lutner, ex-Klaviyo, is appointed vice president of operations.

T-Mobile elevates COO Srini Gopalan to CEO, effective Nov. 1, replacing Mike Sievert, who becomes vice chairman of the company and board, a newly created position, and remains on the management team … Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, names Phoebe Keller, ex-Senate Finance Committee, as communications director … Jay Cho, formerly VMware, joins USTelecom as director of government affairs, replacing Nicole Henry, who's now with Siemens.

NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield will retire March 31, after 15 years leading the group ... Paramount Skydance adds Dennis Cinelli, Scale AI, to its board … Nokia names Pallavi Mahajan, ex-Intel, as CTO and AI officer, and Konstanty Owczarek, formerly KJO Advisors, as chief corporate development officer, with both joining the Group Leadership Team, effective Oct. 1; Nishant Batra will step down as chief strategy and technology officer and from the Group Leadership Team, effective Sept. 30 … Changes at Computer & Communications Industry Association: Burke Kappler, ex-FTC, becomes deputy director of the Litigation Center, a new position; Yaswant Devarakonda, formerly State Department, joins as manager of the Space & Spectrum Policy Center, another new position; and Caroline Palmer, ex-National Journal, named trade policy manager, replacing Amir Nasr, who joined Amazon … Competitive Carriers Association reelects Maureen McCabe Moore, GCI, as board chair and Jonathan Foxman, MTPCS, as chair emeritus; also elected are Chris Champion, C Spire, vice chair; Jon Lightle, Nex-Tech Wireless, treasurer; and Ron Whaley, IDI Billing Solutions, secretary … Broadcast technology firm FOR-A America names Jo Aun, formerly Riedel Communications, senior manager of product management and engineering, a new position.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation promotes Daniel Castro to president, effective May 2026, replacing Robert Atkinson, retiring April 30 … ACA Connects taps Jack Latzer, ex-NCTI, as COO and executive vice president, effective at the end of September, succeeding John Higginbotham, who will retire in March; the two will serve together during the transition ... Network services provider GTT Communications names Andrea Genschaw, ex-Lumen, as CFO, replacing Tim Medina, retiring ... Space technology provider Aegis Aerospace adds Matt Ondler, formerly Axiom Space, as chief strategy officer.

The Global Satellite Operators Association appoints Ali Al Hashemi, Space42, as board chair, replacing Dan Goldberg, Telesat; new vice chairs are Adel Al-Saleh, SES, and Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen, NigComSat … Sidus Space names Lawrence Hollister, ex-Anduril Industries, chief business officer, a newly created position … Communications technology supplier Ribbon Communications taps Steve McCaffery, formerly Halo, as executive vice president of global sales, effective Oct. 31, replacing Dan Redington, who leaves Sept. 30 to pursue other opportunities.