Squire Patton hires Bridget McGovern, former Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary, as partner-public policy … Motion Picture Association names Jonathan Powell, ex-State Department adviser, as senior vice president-strategic communications ... LegalShield hires company adviser Robert Toevs, ex-Dish Network executive and also ex-Qwest Communications, as chief communications officer ... Angie Salas returns to Nexstar Media Group, becoming vice president-general manager of its broadcasting and digital operations in Champaign and Springfield, Illinois; she was director-sales in 2012-2019 for Nexstar’s media businesses in Quad Cities, Iowa, before working for WRTV, ABC’s affiliate in Indianapolis ... Anti-ransomware company Halcyon adds former SentinelOne executive Nicholas Warner to its board.

Maine Public Utilities Commission promotes Amy Dumeny to administrative director … Comcast promotes Ricky Frazier to senior vice president-Keystone region, encompassing parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland ... Alphawave Semi, supplier of high-speed connectivity infrastructure silicon, hires Charlie Roach, ex-Inphi, as chief revenue officer ... Thunderbird Entertainment taps Simon Bodymore, ex-Tasktop Technologies, as chief financial officer, effective March 4, succeeding Barb Harwood, departing March 1 ... Telemundo Station Group moves Jose Suarez to president-general manager, Florida’s WTMO Orlando, WRMD Tampa and WWDT Naples … New York Amsterdam News hires PBS NewsHour’s Aaron Foley as news editor, and promotes Damaso Reyes to executive editor.

Mattel hires Christopher Farrell, ex-Ahold Delhaize, as executive vice president-chief strategy officer ... GoDaddy taps Jared Sine, ex-Match Group and also former Expedia Group, as chief strategy and legal officer, effective March 18 ... EZ Texting, text communications platform, hires Karbon’s Frank Colich as chief financial officer and adds him to its executive leadership team ... National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Julie Fedorchak appoints new board members: Michigan Public Service Commissioner Katherine Peretick, Kentucky PSC Commissioner Kent Chandler, Wyoming PSC Commissioner Mary Throne, Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner John Hammond, New Hampshire PUC Commissioner Carleton Simpson, Hawaii PUC Commissioner Leo Asuncion, District of Columbia PSC Commissioner Emile Thompson, Rhode Island PUC Commissioner Ron Gerwatowski and Ohio PUC Commissioner Jenifer French … Connectivity cloud company names board member Mark Anderson, former Alteryx CEO, as president-revenue.

Public policy firm Klein/Johnson Group acquires media, tech and telecom advocacy firm Perry Bayliss Government Relations, with the latter’s Steve Perry and Kim Bayliss becoming Klein/Johnson principals (see 2402080057) … Geospatial intelligence company Maxar Intelligence hires former Meta, Apple and Google executive Arvind Srinivasan as chief technology officer ... The Futurum Group, technology advisory, media and research firm, names Techstrong Group's Shira Rubinoff president of its newly formed cybersecurity practice after acquiring her branded cybersecurity assets, including her video series, speakerships and consulting activities.

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announces leaders of U.S. AI Safety Institute, to be established at the National Institute for Standards and Technology: White House National Economic Council’s Elizabeth Kelly as director and NIST’s Information Technology Laboratory Elham Tabassi as chief technology officer (see 2402070069) … Slingshot Aerospace, satellite tracking and space modeling platform, hires Dun & Bradstreet’s Tim Solms, also former Microsoft, as CEO ... Cybersecurity vendor SoSafe names Andrew Rose, ex-Proofpoint, chief security officer ... Digital communications company IDX hires Scott Paterson, ex-Trend Networks, as chief financial officer.

Crowell & Moring names Pillsbury’s Rafi Azim-Khan to lead its digital law practice-Europe ... Nexstar Media Group board adopts new policy that bars the same individual from serving as board chair and CEO, effective only after Chairman-CEO Perry Sook, Nexstar’s founder and currently its third-largest shareholder, leaves Nexstar and the board; Sook’s current employment agreement runs through March 2026 ... Lumen Technologies names Dave Ward, ex-PacketFabric, as chief technology officer … RS Technologies, manufacturer of composite utility poles, taps board member John Higgins, also former MasTec, as CEO, replacing departed George Kirby ... YL Ventures, cybersecurity venture capital firm, adds longtime YL adviser Justin Somaini, former chief information security officer at Unity, SAP, Yahoo and Symantec, as a full-time partner.

E.W. Scripps hires AMC Networks’ Tony Song as head-network sales and advanced TV, newly created role, effective Wednesday ... Davis Wright hires Brown Rudnick’s Julia Bennett as chief marketing and business development officer, based in the firm’s D.C. office ... Frontier Communications adds Woody Young, ex-Perella Weinberg Partners and also former Lazard, to its board.

NAB radio board adds Jeanna Berge, president of iHeart Media in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and Rochester, Minnesota, filling seat vacated by iHeart Media’s Joel McCrea ... Public Service Commission of Wisconsin announces Commissioner Summer Strand as chairperson … Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) names LionHeart Cybersecurity Advisors founder John Godfrey as state’s chief information security officer ... S&P Global promotes Christopher Craig to interim chief financial officer, effective Feb. 12, replacing current CFO Ewout Steenbergen, departing in March ... Velos IoT hires Semtech’s Colin Chew, also ex-Sierra Wireless, as CEO, succeeding Graeme Millar ...DXC Technology moves board member-interim CEO Raul Fernandez, vice chairman-co-owner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, to permanent CEO spot ... SBA Communications announces retirement of Jason Silberstein as executive vice president-site leasing, promoting Senior Vice President-Services Donald Day to succeed him and Vice President-Site Development Services Nichole Thomas to replace Day, all effective Aug. 1.

Freshfields Bruckhaus announces former FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson as senior adviser-antitrust practice … Porter Wright expands government affairs practice for services related to AI, data privacy and geopolitics, with new principals Raul Alvillar, Neil Simon and Adam Wilczewski, all from Resolute, and Todd Elmer, ex-Blaine Street … Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission promotes Allison Kaster director-chief prosecutor, Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, succeeding Richard Kanaskie, retired … Colorado’s Governor’s Office of Information Technology hires Jefferson County Chief Information Security Officer Jill Fraser as state’s CISO.

Internet & Television Association hires Inova Health System’s Robert Cantu, also ex-CTIA, as vice president-cybersecurity and broadband technology … SpacePath Communications appoints Eric Schmidt, ex-Comtech, as vice president-sales and marketing, North America ... Michael Bange, ex-New Jersey American Water, joins New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, replacing MaryAnna Holden as commissioner … Orbital Outpost X, startup for space and terrestrial technology, announces Negar Feher, ex-Maxar, as CEO …Radcom 5G tech company appoints Guy Shemesh, ex-Nokia, as CEO, effective Feb. 14, succeeding Eyal Harari, retiring … Web accessibility platform AudioEye hires Mike Paciello, former co-chair of U.S. Access Board's Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee, as chief accessibility officer.