Crosscut Strategies hires Charlie Meisch, ex-SKDKnickerbocker and ex-FCC, as senior vice president; Simon Brown, from Small Business Majority, as director; and Caitlin Krutsick, Bipartisan Policy Center, as account specialist; promotes Courtney Lamie to chief operating officer ... In closing buy of Tribune (see 1909200048), Nexstar appoints from there as executive vice presidents Sean Compton, for WGN America and WGN Radio, also director-content acquisition; Dana Zimmer, also chief distribution and strategy officer; and Gary Weitman, chief communications officer.

Dolan family-founded 605 TV measurement firm co-founder Ben Tatta stepping down as president, continuing as strategic adviser ... Amazon Web Services names Michelle Lee, ex-Patent and Trademark Office, vice president-Machine Learning Solutions Lab ... IHeartMedia taps Drew Lauter, ex-Sony, for market president-Madison, Wisconsin ... Akamai acquires KryptCo, with the latter’s CEO Alex Grinman becoming buyer’s senior product architect.

White House sends to Senate nomination of Washington County, Oregon, Presiding Judge Danielle Hunsaker to 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, replacing Diarmuid O’Scannlain, retired; and William Nardini to 2nd Circuit (see this section Aug. 30); withdraws nominations of Jeffrey Byard as Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator (see this section, May 15) and Heidi King as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration administrator (see this section, April 8).

FCC announces members Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council VII working groups: Alert Originator Standard Operating Procedures Chair Craig Fugate, America’s Public Television Stations; Brentt Blaser, Napa County, California; Terri Brooks, T-Mobile; Sulayman Brown, Fairfax County, Virginia; Wade Buckner, International Association of Fire Chiefs; Dana Carey, Yolo County, California; Edward Czarnecki, Digital Alert Systems; Brian Daly, AT&T; Ashruf El-Dinary, Xperi; Matthew Gerst, CTIA; Robert Gessner, America’s Communications Association; Dana Golub, PBS; Mark Hess, Comcast; Antwane Johnson, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System-Federal Emergency Management Agency; Chandra Kotaru, Gaian Group, Advanced Warning and Response Network Alliance; Jeff Littlejohn, iHeartMedia and Michelle Mainelli-McInerney, National Weather Service.

And, Alex McHaddad, Blue Mountain Translator District, Oregon; Joe Meyer, Sprint; Michael Nix, Georgia Emergency Communications Authority; Donna Platt, Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina; Pat Roberts, Florida Association of Broadcasters; Tim Romero, Sonoma County, California; Craig Saari, Charter; Francisco Sanchez, Harris County, Texas; Mark Schutte, Cox; Leslie Stitch, Minnesota Department of Public Safety; John Williamson, Nez Perce Tribal Police Department; and Jeff Wittek, Motorola Solutions.

Also, Managing Security Risk in the Transition to 5G Chair Lee Thibaudeau, Nsight; Brandon Abley, National Emergency Number Association; Nicholas Arconati, AT&T; Jason Boswell, Ericsson; Paul Diamond, CenturyLink; Charlotte Field, Charter; Mohammad Khaled, Nokia Bell Labs; Farrokh Khatibi, Qualcomm; John Marinho, CTIA; Susan Miller, ATIS; Drew Morin, T-Mobile; Travis Russell, Oracle; Greg Schumacher, Sprint; Sandeep Shrivastava, Orchestra Technology; Brian Trosper; Verizon; David Villyard, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security; and Fei Yang, Comtech.

Plus, Managing Security Risk in Emerging 5G Implementations Chair Khatibi; Blaser, Napa County; Billy Bob Brown, CISA, DHS; Brian Daly, AT&T; Christopher Joul, T-Mobile; Khaled, Nokia Bell Labs; Kotaru; Michael Liljenstam, Ericsson; Marinho, CTIA; Danny McPherson, Verisign; Miller; Richard Perlotto, Shadowserver Foundation; Russell, Oracle; Schumacher, Sprint; D.J. Shyy, Mitre; Thibaudeau, Nsight; Trosper; Steve Watkins, Cox; Jeffrey Wirtzfeld, CenturyLink; and Yang, Comtech.

For 911 Security Vulnerabilities During the IP Transition, Chair Mary Boyd, West Safety; Abley, NENA; Daryl Branson, Colorado State 911 Program; Tom Breen, Comtech; Jay English, APCO; Laurie Flaherty, National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration; Jay Gerstner, Charter; James Goerke, Texas 9-1-1 Alliance; Jeanna Green, Sprint; Stacy Hartman, CenturyLink; Michael Hooker, T-Mobile; William Leneweaver, Washington State 9-1-1 Coordination Office; Tim Lorello, SecuLore Solutions; Theresa Reese, Ericsson; Jeff Robertson, RapidSOS; Charlie Sasser, National Association of State Technology Directors; Andre Savage, Cox; Dorothy Spears-Dean, National Association of State 911 Administrators; Leslie Stitch, Minnesota Department of Public Safety; Gregory Stone, CISA, DHS; Mark Titus, AT&T; Trosper, Verizon; Jeff Wittek, Motorola; and Jackie Wohlgemuth, ATIS.

At Improving Broadcast Resiliency, chair is Roberts, Florida Association of Broadcasters; Mark Annas, Riverside Fire Department, California; Buckner, IAFC; Brown, Fairfax County; Fred Engel, UNC-TV Public Media, North Carolina; Fugate, APTS; Gessner, ACA; Golub, PBS; Hess, Comcast; Johnson, IPAWS-FEMA; Kotaru; Brian Lawlor, E.W. Scripps; Littlejohn, iHeart; Mainelli-McInerney, NWS; Alex McHaddad, Blue Mountain Translator District, Oregon, Michael Raap, T-Mobile; Sanchez, Harris County; Matthew Straeb, Global Security Systems; and Williamson, Nez Perce Tribal Police Department.

The SIP Security Vulnerabilities chair is McPherson, Verisign; Jamal Boudhaouia, CenturyLink; Pierce Gorman, Sprint; Hess, Comcast; Zeeshan Jahangir, T-Mobile; Miller, ATIS; Thomas Nachbar, University of Virginia School of Law; Jitendra Patel, AT&T; Perlotto, Shadowserver; Jon Peterson, Neustar; Brian Rosen, NENA; Spears-Dean, NASNA; John Totura, Comtech; Trosper, Verizon; Watkins, Cox; and Vladimir Wolstencroft, Twilio.