Hispanic Information Telecommunications Network board elects Eduardo Bhatia, Princeton University visiting professor in public and international affairs, chairman ... Semtech, cloud connectivity services provider, names Paul Pickle, ex-Lantronix, president-CEO and adds him to its board; Semtech also adds Hong Hou, Brooks Automation Semiconductor Group president, to its board ... Rivian Automotive taps Meta’s Sarah O’Brien, also ex-Tesla, as chief communications officer ... Dollar General adds David Rowland, former Accenture executive chairman, to its board, effective Aug. 5, expanding it to 10 members ... Dfns, Web3 wallet infrastructure and security company, names Gemini’s Noah Cornwell chief technology officer, and John Conneely, ex-Genesis and Bakkt, vice president-business development and sales.

APCO promotes Chief Technology Officer Melvin Maier to executive director, as Derek Poarch relinquishes that title, but remains CEO for a several-month transition; upon Poarch’s departure, Maier will become CEO-executive director … Information Technology and Innovation Foundation hires Dave Effross, from AFL-CIO’s Labor Energy Partnership, as director-Center for Clean Energy Innovation, succeeding Ed Rightor, becoming consultant … Shumaker Advisors appoints Chris Salemme, who as Salemme Strategies founder provided strategic counseling in the telecommunications and technology sector, as senior vice president-federal affairs … Teleste names Joe Godas, former Charter Communications senior vice president-network engineering and technology, to advisory board for North American cable broadband market.