Samuel Towell, former Smithfield Foods associate general counsel, is sworn in as a commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, filling an unexpired term ending Jan. 31, 2028 … Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) nominates Jerry Fenn, ex-CenturyLink, as a member of the Utah Public Service Commission, subject to Utah Senate approval … Energous, developer of RF-based wireless power networks, announces that Cesar Johnston is no longer president-CEO, but he remains a board member; board establishes office of the chair composed of Chair Reynette Au and Chief Financial Officer Mallorie Burak, who has been named interim principal executive officer while the board seeks a permanent successor to Johnston.

Momentus, commercial space infrastructure company, hires Ziteo Medical’s Lon Ensler as interim chief financial officer, effective April 2, replacing current CFO Eric Williams, resigning, effective April 1 ... Contentstack, digital experience platform provider, hires Zuora’s Gurdeep Dhillon, also former Adobe, as chief marketing officer ... Vast Data appoints Rick Scurfield, ex-NetApp, as chief revenue officer … Corning announces Michaune Tillman, ex-Worthington Steel, as senior vice president-general counsel ... DirectDefense, information security services company, names former Cisco executive Patty Wright as inaugural member of its newly formed advisory board.