Caitlin Barbas, ex-FCC, and Morgan Schick, ex-Wilkinson Barker, join DLA Piper as associates in the firm’s Telecom Practice ... Information management software and services company OpenText appoints Fletcher Previn, Cisco Systems, to board.

Samhitha Medatia, previously Fidelity Information Services, joins Ballard Spahr’s intellectual property department and intellectual property litigation group as counsel ... Cegeka Group company CTG promotes Chad Alessi to managing director-cybersecurity.

Advanced Warning and Response Network Alliance founder John Lawson steps down as executive director, succeeded by Dave Arland, Arland Communications ... The Rural Broadband Association elects Roxie Jorgenson, MTA, as board chair; Ben Foster, ISG Technology, as vice chair; Ross Petrick, Alliance Communications Cooperative, as secretary/treasurer; and Terry Nelson, Woodstock Communications, to board.

Jessica Greffenius will be FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez's acting legal adviser for wireline and public safety.

FCC staff changes: Wireless Bureau’s Jessica Campbell becomes acting legal adviser-public safety for Commissioner Anna Gomez, stepping in for Hayley Steffen, on maternity leave, and Cierra Nokes, ex-NTT Data, joins Gomez’s office as executive assistant; Howard Parnell retiring as division chief-Web and Print Publishing; Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal becomes special adviser, with Deputy Bureau Chief Peter Hyun becoming acting bureau chief; Office of Economics and Analytics Deputy Bureau Chief Catherine Matraves becoming acting bureau chief with Bureau Chief Giulia McHenry’s departure … Cloud security provider Sysdig appoints William Welch, previously Talkdesk, as CEO.

Latham Watkins promotes Ashley Fry and Alex Grabowski to partner-intellectual property practice, Yi Sun and David Zucker to counsel-intellectual property practice, Bradley Baglien to counsel-connectivity, privacy and information practice, and Stephanie Adams and Caitlin Fitzpatrick to partner-antitrust practice ... Cybersecurity, cloud and IT managed services provider Thrive promotes Kristina O’Connell to chief marketing officer.

Comtech Telecom promotes Daniel Gizinski to president-satellite and space communications segment ... Digital infrastructure investment firm DigitalBridge appoints Yoshiaki Fujimori, ex-Oracle, as senior executive adviser, Japan and Asia-Pacific region ... Fiber provider Light Source Communications hires Joe Patton, ex-Sifi Networks, as chief revenue officer, and Dan Enright, previously GW Communications, as COO ... GeoLinks appoints Kevin Hetrick, ex-Strategic Venue Partners, as CEO ... Kathryn Ford, previously Armstrong Teasdale, joins digital network services provider Congruex as general counsel ... ISP software provider Airties appoints John Lancaster-Lennox, ex-Nokia, as executive vice president-general manager-Asia.

Comtech appoints Michael Hildebrandt, Freshford Capital Management, to board.

Hallmark Media hires Jesse Wallace, ex-Google, as senior vice president-head of distribution ... Cox Media Group promotes Darren Moore to senior vice president-chief sales officer, CMG Television ... Former Vermont Public Utility Commissioner Sarah Hofmann named to state's Community Broadband Board.

TechNet appoints Katie Kelly, ex-Manson Bolves, as executive director-Florida and Southeast ... Nexstar Media appoints Bill Sammon, previously Fox News, as senior vice president-Washington, D.C.-editorial content for The Hill and NewsNation ... Comporium promotes Karl Skroban to vice president-marketing, media services and video strategy ... President Joe Biden to nominate to CPB board Carol Kellerman, ex-president, New York Citizens Budget Commission, and Adam White, American Enterprise Institute senior fellow.