News Media Alliance affiliate American Press Institute hires Michael Bolden as executive director-CEO; he's from the San Francisco Chronicle and starts at API by Feb. 14 ... National Emergency Number Association taps Brooks Shannon as interoperability program manager; he was vice president-geographic information systems, RapidDeploy ... CommScope hires Markus Ogurek from Cisco as senior vice president-segment leader, Venue and Campus Networks business ... Strategic Venue Partners taps former AT&T executive Kevin Hetrick as chief operating officer of the provider of in-building wireless-connectivity-as-a-service.

Appointed to newly created posts at Hearst Media Production Group, which was formed in September "to expand Hearst Television’s original program production and distribution, incorporating existing resources from Litton Entertainment," where these executives come from, are Bryan Curb, who becomes executive vice president-general manager, educational/informational programming; Angelica Rosas McDaniel, executive vice president-general manager, entertainment; and Chris Matthews, chief financial officer.

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel appoints to Communications Equity and Diversity Council working groups: for Innovation and Access WG, members are Matthew Bauer, Wireless Research Center; Caroline Beasley, Beasley Media; Milton Clipper, Clipper and Co.; representing America’s Public Television Stations is Anna Gomez with Wiley Rein; repping Hispanic National Bar Association is Cecelia Gordon at Starz; David Honig, JulGlo Productions; Sherman Kizart, Kizart Media Partners; Henry Rivera from Wiley Rein and for the Emma Bowen Foundation; Steven Roberts, Roberts Cos.; Joycelyn Tate, Black Women’s Roundtable, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Barbara Ciara at WTKR, Norfolk, Virginia, and for the National Association of Black Journalists; Susan Corbett, National Digital Equity Center; Tripp Crouse, KNBA(FM) Anchorage and on behalf of the Native American Journalists Association; Monica Desai from Facebook and advocating for Incompas; Jorge Figueredo, Edu-Futuro; Charles Harrell, IT Architect; Howie Hodges, Centri Tech; Jennifer Jackson at Stellar TV and Central City Productions; Leticia Latino-van Splunteren, Neptuno USA; and Eve Lewis, Coconut Creek, Florida, assistant city attorney; and independent subject matter experts are Jon Gant, School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University, and Dianne Lynch of Stephens College; additional appointments to other WGs are here and will be included in a coming communications personals section of this publication.