Wilkinson Barker taps Matt Gerst, ex-CTIA, as partner focusing on telecommunications and state regulation … California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) appoints Office of Digital Innovation Director Amy Tong to be California Government Operations Agency secretary … NPR hires Will Lee, ex-Meredith, as chief operating officer.
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SiriusXM names Faye Tylee, from Avaya, as chief human resources officer, effective March 1; she succeeds Chief Administrative Officer Dara Altman, retiring but staying through May for transition … Peloton taps ex-Spotify Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy, also former Netflix CFO, as president-CEO and adds him to the board, effective Wednesday, as William Lynch moves from president to a nonexecutive director and co-founder John Foley becomes executive chair; Peloton also expands board to nine members with appointments of former Cisco executive Angel Mendez and Jonathan Mildenhall, ex-Airbnb, while Erik Blachford steps down as a director.
Virgin Galactic names Blair Rich, former president-worldwide marketing for Warner Bros.’ theatrical and home entertainment divisions, as president and chief business officer-commercial and consumer operations ... VMware hires GitHub’s Laura Heisman, also former Citrix, as chief marketing officer, and moves Vice President-Central Europe, Middle East and Africa Sylvain Cazard to general manager-Asia Pacific and Japan, succeeding Duncan Hewett, retiring from that role ... Cybersecurity vendor Trellix taps Michael Alicea from NielsenIQ as chief human resource officer, McAfee’s Tara Flanagan as general counsel, and Adam Philpott, also ex-McAfee, as chief revenue officer.
Meta announces that PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel won’t seek reelection to its board at spring annual meeting ... Arm promotes Rene Haas to CEO and adds him to the board, succeeding Simon Segars, who relinquishes his CEO position and board seat, but remains advisor, after parent SoftBank and Nvidia announce termination of Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm buy amid “regulatory challenges” (see 2202080003).