Ziff Davis adds GroupM North America CEO Kirk McDonald to its board; McDonald was chief business officer at WarnerMedia’s Xandr when it was part of AT&T ... NetApp adds Zebra Technologies Executive Chair Anders Gustafsson to its board, expanding it to 10 members ... Baretz+Brunelle, advisory firm to the legal industry, hires former Green Kaminer attorney Brooke Camhi as senior managing director in its New York office; Camhi also was former assistant district attorney in Nassau County, New York.

Mattel hires Michelle Mendelovitz, ex-HiddenLight Productions and also former Disney’s 20th Television and Apple TV+, as head-Mattel Television Studios ... Dorsey & Whitney adds Gary Locke, commerce secretary and later U.S. ambassador to China under President Barack Obama, plus Washington governor (D) from 1997 to 2005, as a senior adviser ... Collective Audience, digital media advertising company, adds Elisabeth DeMarse, former chair-CEO at TheStreet, and onetime Bloomberg chief marketing officer, to its board ... NASA promotes Jim Free to associate administrator for the agency at NASA headquarters in Washington, effective when his predecessor Bob Cabana retires Dec. 31; NASA also promotes Free’s deputy, Catherine Koerner, to succeed him as the next associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces retirement of Wireless Competition Bureau's Joseph Sorresso; Commissioner Anna Gomez hires Harsha Mudaliar, ex-Senate Commerce Committee, as policy adviser … NAB TV Board Chair Pat LaPlatney appoints Jeffery Liberman, Entravision Communications president-chief operating officer, to board … NAB Leadership Foundation elects Circle City CEO DuJuan McCoy chair … The FCC’s newly created Office of International Affairs announces leadership team, including for front office: Jared Carlson, Nese Guendelsberger and Thomas Sullivan as deputy chiefs; Michele Wu-Bailey, assistant chief-chief of staff; and Olga Madruga-Forti as special counsel; for Telecommunications and Analysis Division: Denise Coca, chief; Francis Gutierrez, deputy chief; and David Krech, assistant chief; and for Global Strategies and Negotiation Division: David Hu, acting chief; and Roxanne McElvane-Webber, deputy chief ... TechNet promotes Carl Holshouser to executive vice president-corporate secretary.

America’s Public Television Stations elects former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, now a partner at Searchlight Capital Partners, to its board of trustees for a three-year term as an at-large member, effective Feb. 24 ... Cox Enterprises hires VF Corp.’s Craig Hodges as senior vice president-corporate affairs, replacing Bob Jimenez, retiring at year-end ... Aviat Networks, wireless transport solutions company, adds Cognite Chief Delivery Officer Laxmi Akkaraju to its board, replacing Jim Stoffel, retiring ... New York Times Co. adds Bumble Chief Financial Officer Anuradha Subramanian, also former Scripps Networks, to its board ... Virgin Galactic adds Luigi Brambilla, Virgin Group managing director-investments and capital markets, to its board, filling seat vacated by the death in June of Evan Lovell ... IoT platform LocatorX names Octo’s Laura Garrison chief technology officer ... MacStadium, private Mac cloud provider, hires Domino Data Labs’ Kenneth Tacelli as president-CEO, succeeding co-founder Gregory McGraw, moving to executive chair ... Haymarket Media, specialist content and information company, hires Chris Borella, ex-VMLY&R, as CFO, succeeding Donna Santarpia, retired; leadership changes in Haymarket’s Business Media Group include moving Steve Madden to vice president-business media content and the hiring of Denise Robbins, ex-New York Times Co. and former Gannett, as vice president-digital publishing and media.

Dish Network names Hamid Akhavan president-CEO in addition to his current role as EchoStar president-CEO ... Comcast promotes Shawn Adamson to Senior Vice President-Comcast Business for Comcast Cable’s northeast division ... HWG adds former FCC General Counsel Sean Lev as a partner ... Chamber of Progress adds Todd O'Boyle, ex-Twitter, as senior director-technology policy ... Intelsat taps Raytheon’s David Broadbent as president-government solutions ... Entravision hires Jack Randall, ex-T-Mobile Advertising Solutions, as executive vice president-political and strategic sales ... Arm hires Nvidia's Ami Badani as chief marketing officer ... Charge Enterprises, broadband infrastructure and telecom company, promotes Matthew Chee to senior vice president-growth ... Social networking platform eResonate adds rock artist manager Doc McGhee to its advisory board ... Grindr, social network for LGBTQ+ community, taps Lyft’s Tolu Adeofe as director-investor relations ... Marketing consultancy Creativ Strategies hires Biz 3's Sara Yazdani, also formerly with the Recording Academy and Disney, as director-media and entertainment PR ... Newly named Latham & Watkins partners: Blake Davis and Brett Sandford, intellectual property litigation; Alicia Jovais, antitrust and competition; and Liliana Ranger, entertainment, sports and media; newly promoted to Latham & Watkins counsel are Allison Harms, intellectual property litigation, and Max Mazzelli, connectivity, privacy and information.

Tegna hires Vox Media’s Lauren Fisher, also former Hulu, as senior vice president-chief legal officer, effective Nov. 27 ... Anterix, 900 MHz licensed spectrum holder, taps Wassim Akhdar, former GE Digital Energy, Sentient Energy and Varentec executive, as senior vice president-product and innovation ... ScanSource announces retirement of Charles Whitchurch from its board, effective when his current term expires at Jan. 25 annual meeting ... Identity security company CyberArc adds former Ciena Chief Strategy Officer Mary Yang to its board, replacing departing board member David Schaeffer ... Aptum, cloud solutions provider, hires Michael Stephens, ex-Rackspace Technology and ex-CenturyLink, as vice president-partnerships and strategic alliances, and taps EOS Network Foundation’s Patty Fisher as vice president-marketing, and David Long, ex-Dell Technologies, as vice president-North America sales; Aptum also promotes Marc Pare to vice president-product from general manager-advisory and consulting services ... Integral Ad Science names Kumaresh Singh, ex-Meta, senior vice president-data science ... Newly elected to board of trustees of Internet2, university-founded advanced technology nonprofit, for three-year terms that began Nov. 1 are Jennifer Cowley, president, University of Texas at Arlington, and Michele Norin, Rutgers University senior vice president-chief information officer; outgoing Internet2 board of trustees members are Klara Jelinkova, Harvard University vice president-chief information officer; and Satish Tripathi, president, University at Buffalo ... Jamie Barnett, Viasat’s vice president-global communications solutions, says he’s leaving the company, continuing as adjunct professor at the University of Mississippi Center for Intelligence and Security Studies.

Family entertainment company WildBrain hires eOne’s Nick Gawne as chief financial officer; named to new WildBrain executive vice president roles in senior management team realignment are Stephanie Betts, content creation; Kate Smith, audience engagement; and Maarten Weck, global partnerships and licensing ... 3M elects Tom Sweet, retired Dell Technologies CFO, to its board, expanding it to 12 members ... Consilio, provider of legal tech consulting services to law firms and corporations, promotes Chief Revenue Officer Meredith Kildow to president ... Web3 tech company OKX hires Rain’s Rifad Mahasneh, also former Uber, as general manager, Middle East and North Africa region, based in Dubai ... Online security platform Aura names retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Moore chief military adviser and adds him to its advisory board ... Washington State Broadband Office Director Mark Vasconi announces his retirement, effective Dec. 31; Deputy Director Erika Henry will be interim director ... Skyhawk Security appoints Appgate’s Barry Field as chief revenue officer … Clarifai, AI platform for developers, hires Jonathan Padgett, ex-UIPath, as vice president-public sector sales.

Streaming Video Technology Alliance announces Fastly’s Alicia Pritchett, also founder-president, Women in Streaming Media, as new board president, replacing Glenn Goldstein, named latest honoree to SVTA fellow program ... Satellite Industry Association appoints, Aline McNaull, ex-Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, as director-policy … CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures announces John Kelly, from ABC, as vice president-data journalism, heading newly structured data journalism team, effective Monday … Quickplay cloud providers hires Endemol Shine Group’s Wim Ponnet, also ex-Yahoo, for new European office as president-Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Disney hires PepsiCo Vice Chairman-Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston as senior executive vice president-CFO, effective Dec. 4 ... Sinclair moves Jason Wildenstein to vice president-general manager, WHP Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and promotes Jason Chavis to replace him as vice president-general manager, WJAC-TV Johnstown, Pennsylvania ... Fortress Solutions, provider of infrastructure management and support for telecom carriers and private wireless networks, hires Sungard Availability Services’ Scott Bowman, also former IBM, as chief revenue officer.

F5, multicloud application services and security company, adds Tami Erwin, former Verizon Business executive vice president and CEO, to its board, expanding it to 12 members ... Box taps Olivia Nottebohm, ex-Notion, also former Dropbox and Google, as chief operating officer, succeeding Stephanie Carullo ... Wire 3, fiber optic internet provider in Florida, hires Clearwave Fiber’s Kayla Houde as vice president-government affairs ... Oaktree Solutions, public affairs strategy firm, hires outgoing New York Supreme Court Justice Esther Morgenstern as managing director of its litigation support practice, effective after her retirement from the bench at the end of December.