Fiber network solutions provider DC Blox promotes Melih Ileri to chief investment officer … Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) nominates Thomas Wiehl, formerly Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, as interim chair of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, replacing Marissa Gillett, who resigned Oct. 10; Lamont also nominates as interim commissioners, subject to legislative confirmation in February: Janice Beecher, ex-Michigan State University; Holly Cheeseman, formerly Niantic Children’s Museum; and Everett Smith, ex-GoldenSet Capital; Commissioner Michael Caron plans to retire later this year.
American Press Institute names Robyn Tomlin, formerly McClatchy, executive director, effective Dec. 1, replacing Senior Vice President Samantha Ragland, who was interim executive director after Michael Bolden departed to lead University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism … Wiley adds Erin Joe, ex-Google, as special counsel in its privacy, cyber and data governance practice.
Fiber firm Zayo taps Chris Brown, ex-Brown Equity Group, as president and COO … Voice and Wi-Fi solutions provider Velocity adds Don Moore, formerly TekSecute, as chief experience officer, and Derrick Brian, also ex-TekSecute, as sales vice president, both newly created positions.
CTIA adds Elmar Weber, Google, to its board … Rural broadband advocacy group WTA elects Matt Johnson, Shawnee Communications, as president; Kent Schimke, Dickey Rural Networks, as vice president; Jason Williams, Blackfoot Communications, as secretary-treasurer; and Pat McElroy, Northeast Nebraska Telephone, as past president; elected to the executive committee are: Larry Jones, Chickasaw Telephone; Kristi Lee, Valley TeleCom; Daniel Meszler, Tularosa Communications; Jimmy Todd, Nex-Tech; Rick Vitzthum, Tenino Telephone; and Eric Votaw, Varcomm; Schimke, McElroy, Lee and Vitzthum are also elected to the board, along with: David Adams, Green Hills Communications; Lennie Blakeslee, CoBank (associate); Janet Britton, REV; Volodymyr Chornodolsky, Nokia (associate); Sara Cole, TDS … The nonprofit T. Howard Foundation names Glenn Goldsmith, Mediacom, to its board.
Laura Stefani, formerly Mintz Levin, opens telecom law firm Trailfinding Regulatory Solutions … Mike O’Rielly, ex-FCC Commissioner, joins Crest Hill Advisors as a special advisor and remains at MPORielly Consulting.
Paramount Skydance taps Jay Askinasi, formerly Roku, as chief revenue officer ... Austin Schlick, ex-FCC and Consumer Product Safety Commission, joins Covington as senior of counsel ... Fletcher Heald adds Ryan McClafferty, formerly FCC Media Bureau, as an associate attorney.
The Rural Wireless Association names Peter Gregory, ex-Public Knowledge, as legislative and policy counsel, a newly created position … CTIA adds Cristina Rodriguez, Intel, to its board … Satellite technology firm Carillon Technology names Jim Cathey, formerly Qualcomm, to its board … Wireless communications firm IotaComm appoints Derek Brosseau, ex-Panasonic, as vice president of sales; Wael Guibene, formerly Silicon Labs, as senior vice president of product and technology; and Miguel Jackson, ex-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as marketing manager.
Verizon names Dan Schulman, formerly PayPal, as CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg, who remains on the board for a year as special adviser; Mark Bertolini, Oscar Health, becomes chairman ... Paramount acquires The Free Press and names its co-founder and CEO, Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, a newly created position … Altitude Group appoints Stephanie Lynch-Habib, ex-euNetworks, as managing director of French wireless and 5G supplier Covage, replacing Aymeric de Cardes … Digital infrastructure provider Vertiv promotes Scott Armul to chief product and technology officer, replacing CTO Stephen Liang, effective Jan. 1.
Paramount names Josh Silverman, ex-Mattel, president of global products and experiences … Rocket manufacturer Phantom Space adds president to Chief Technology Officer Chris Thompson’s title … Rocket technology firm Ursa Major appoints Ronald Sugar, formerly Northrop Grumman, and Gilman Louie, Alsop Louie Partners, to its board.
American Association for Public Broadband adds Joshua Edmonds, DigitalC, to its board ... Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appoints Public Service Commission Chief Policy Adviser Ana Ortega and former state Rep. Bobby Payne (R) as PSC commissioners, effective Jan. 2, replacing Art Graham and Andrew Giles Fay, whose terms are expiring; the appointments are still subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate ... Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) names Christopher Boswell, ex-University of Wyoming, to the state's PSC, replacing Mary Throne, who resigned in August.