Department of Commerce leadership (see this section, Jan. 27) expands to include Deputy Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning Nell Abernathy; White House Liaison Cynthia Aragon; Counselor to the Secretary Matthew Bucci; Director-Public Affairs Gabriela Castillo; Director-Oversight, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Rachit Choksi; Deputy Assistant Secretary-Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Christopher Day; Senior Adviser-Upskilling and Broadband Kevin Gallagher; Deputy White House Liaison Calynn Jenkins; Deputy Chiefs of Staff Luis Jimenez and Kim Peyser; Director-Intergovernmental Affairs Stephanie Sykes; and Deputy Director-Public Affairs and Director-Digital Strategy and Engagement Bradley Williams; at Bureau of Industry and Security, Chief of Staff Steven Emme and Senior Adviser Sahar Hafeez; at International Trade Administration, Deputy Assistant Secretary-Services Christopher Hoff; and at NOAA, Chief of Staff Karen Hyun; Senior Adviser Letise LaFeir and General Counsel Walker Smith.

DLA Piper hires Tony Lin from Hogan Lovells (see this section, Jan. 10, 2020, here) as partner, Telecom practice in the global Intellectual Property and Technology practice; he works on communications issues including satellite ... Nexstar promotes Chris McDonnell to vice president-general manager, New York City operations, overseeing WPIX-TV New York under local programming and marketing agreement with WPIX owner Mission Broadcasting.

IHeartMedia revamps operating structure, separating Digital Audio Group, led by CEO Conal Byrne, Chief Operating Officer Darren Davis, President-Digital Revenue Carter Brokaw and Executive Vice President-Digital Distribution and Platform Partnerships Jessica Jerrick; iHeartMedia Multiplatform Group is led by CEO Greg Ashlock and Chief Revenue Officer Tim Castelli, with President-Premiere Networks Julie Talbott joining this group and Hartley Adkins becoming president, Markets Group.

Hylan communications engineer and construction services provider adds Joe Cooney, ex-Verizon, and Leon Markham, ex-UniTek Global Services, to executive leadership, Cooney as president, Hylan Datacom and Electrical and Markham joining Hylan as vice president-business development; ex-HDE President John DiLeo moves to vice chairman of the Hylan board.

Lumen appoints IBM veteran Quincy Allen to its board ... Gray Television board expands by one seat and elects Georgia Power Senior Vice President-General Counsel-Corporate Secretary Sterling Spainhour as an independent director to fill that position ... Velodyne Lidar names Nikon Corporate Vice President Hamid Zarringhalam, an observer of its board, to the board itself.