Disney promotes Alexia Quadrani to executive vice president-investor relations ... Nexstar promotes Larry Cottrill to vice president-general manager, WCMH-TV Columbus, succeeding Ken Freedman, retiring, and hires Mitzi Coleman, from KTVL Medford, Oregon, as vice president-general manager, WTRF-TV Wheeling, West Virginia, succeeding Roger Lyons, retiring … CBS News and Stations names Kim Voet, ex-WDIV-TV Detroit, president-general manager of its businesses in Miami, including WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV, effective Aug. 14.
Comcast moves Jeff Buzzelli to senior vice president-Florida region ... Regional management changes at Salem Media Group: Terry Fahy, regional vice president-general manager, Los Angeles, to also oversee Oxnard; Steve Brodsky, general manager-San Diego, to also manage Honolulu; Dennis Hayes, general manager-Portland, Oregon, to also oversee Seattle; Kevin Isaacs, general manager-Cleveland, will also manage Pittsburgh; and Mark Durkin, regional vice president-general manager-Sacramento, to also manage Phoenix.
Stormbreaker Ventures, investor in mobility sector startups, names Durham Black’s Patrick Shutt a venture partner … Cybersecurity seed stage venture capital firm YL Ventures, taps Dave Reed, ex-PowerPlant Partners, as chief financial officer … AI company Peak names Aiven’s Jani Asikanius chief revenue officer ... NeuReality, Israeli-based AI semiconductor company, names former Intel executive Ilan Avital chief R&D officer ...Terraform Labs, open-source blockchain, names former Chief Operating Officer Chris Amani interim CEO and adds him to its board, after recent departure of ex-CEO and board member Do Kwon ... Chia Network, open-source public blockchain, adds former Barclays executive Effie Datson to its board.