Former Rep. Brad Carson, D-Okla., and Eric Gastfriend, DynamiCare Health co-founder, formally launch Americans for Responsible Innovation advocacy group focused on emerging technologies including AI, with Carson as president; Gastfriend as executive director; Douglass Calidas, ex-office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., as senior vice president-government affairs; Canoe Collective’s Kristina Banks as chief operating officer consultant; and Sanice Arrington, also Canoe Collective, as human resources manager … C-SPAN announces departures of co-CEOs Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain this year, with Kennedy, also chief financial officer, retiring in May and Swain’s departure date not determined; network names Vice President Matt Deprey to replace Kennedy as CFO …

Liberty Global promotes Severina Pascu to senior vice president-commercial and operations, newly created role ... True Wind Capital, private investment firm for tech companies, hires HMI Capital Management’s Emily Brakebill as partner and head-investor relations ... Cyber Defense Group hires Gus Anagnos, former chief information security officer at the University of Southern California, as chief operating officer ... As part of its expansion into the U.S. market, Hanwha Phasor, a U.K.-based satellite communications company, hires Richard LePage, ex-Ultra Intelligence and Communications, as business development director-U.S. government and Scott McCobb, Raytheon Technical Services, as commercial director-aviation.

ACA Connects elects Schurz Communications CEO John Reardon, as vice chairman, completing the term of Cable One Chief Growth Officer Mike Bowker, retiring this year; also appoints John Walburn, Cable One vice president-operations, to board.