Office of Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, adds Nate Beltran, ex-Dewey Square, as tech policy adviser ... President Joe Biden plans to nominate Dimitri Kusnezov for undersecretary-science and technology, Department of Homeland Security; he's a theoretical physicist at the Department of Energy, working on emerging tech ... FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces that Amy Nathan, most recently senior counsel-Office of Economics and Analytics, is retiring.

Gray Television picks general managers to lead TV stations it's buying from Meredith, effective at the deal's closing, expected in December: In Atlanta, Erik Schrader for WGCL-TV and WPCH-TV; for Phoenix, Debbie Bush runs KPHO-TV and KTVK; for Nashville, it's Jasmine Hatcher Hardin at WSMV-TV; Kansas City, Missouri, market is under Andrew Stewart, KCTV and KSMO-TV; Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, with Bryce Caldwell, WHNS Greenville; and Mobile, Alabama, has Eric Duncan, WALA-TV; Gray recently got FCC OK for the $2.7 billion takeover, see here.

Disney hires Bryan Noon, ex-Netflix, as president-entertainment, Walt Disney Television ... Starz adds from Sony Pictures Television Kathryn Busby as president-original programming ... Entravision promotes Deborah Flores to senior vice president-integrated marketing solutions, South Texas media cluster.

Inseego, 5G and IoT firm, announces Ritesh Mukherjee from Reliance Jio as senior vice president-general manager, enterprise networking business ... LiveRamp hires Sharawn Tipton from Micron Technology as chief people officer ... Teradata announces Jacqueline Woods from NielsenIQ as chief marketing officer, effective Dec. 6, succeeding Martyn Etherington, stepping down but remaining with Teradata through December ... Nutanix adds Poly’s Anja Hamilton as chief people officer, effective Jan. 4.

Senate OKs Willie Phillips for member, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, term ending June 30, 2026 (see this section, Sept. 10 issue of this publication); he had been chairman, District of Columbia Public Service Commission, where there's no word Thursday on who will succeed him ... Infineon Technologies joins Connectivity Standards Alliance board as a promoter member and names Distinguished Engineer Skip Ashton as its delegate.