Executive Appointment

Quarterra Names Jeb Cox to Lead Texas Multifamily Development

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Quarterra Names Jeb Cox to Lead Texas Multifamily Development

CHARLOTTE – October 29, 2026 -- Quarterra has appointed Jeb Cox, whose career spans nearly 14,000 apartment homes and more than $2.1 billion in capitalization, as Managing Director of Development, Texas.

Cox takes charge of the full development cycle across Texas

Cox will oversee new multifamily development initiatives statewide and lead a divisional team through every project phase. Those phases are land sourcing, entitlements, capitalization, design and construction execution, optimizing marketability and operability, lease-up and disposition.

Cox brings nearly 20 years of institutional multifamily experience

Cox has spent nearly 20 years leading development of institutional-quality multifamily communities. He spent more than a decade at Mill Creek Residential before joining Quarterra, and previously served at Trammell Crow Residential and Creekstone Partners.

ImpediMed Names Nicole Stout Chief Clinical Innovation Officer

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ImpediMed Names Nicole Stout Chief Clinical Innovation Officer

Carlsbad – October 29, 2026 -- ImpediMed has appointed Nicole L. Stout, DPT, CLT-LANA, FAPTA, as Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, effective November 1, 2026, to speed adoption of its SOZO Digital Health Platform in cancer survivorship care.

Stout will lead clinical strategy, research, medical affairs and key opinion leader engagement. Her mandate is to expand use of the platform across care settings.

Stout's research helped establish the Prospective Surveillance Model

Stout has spent more than 25 years in cancer rehabilitation and survivorship. Her research helped build the evidence base for the Prospective Surveillance Model (PSM), which pairs pretreatment baseline assessments with risk-stratified interval monitoring. Patients are referred to supportive care when changes appear.

CHC Taps TORCH CEO John Henderson as SVP of Hospital Operations

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CHC Taps TORCH CEO John Henderson as SVP of Hospital Operations

Plano, Texas – October 29, 2026 -- Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) will bring in John Henderson, who has led the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH) since 2018, as Senior Vice President of Hospital Operations in January 2027.

Henderson's TORCH record includes $250M in targeted Medicaid rates

Henderson has spent more than eight years advocating for and supporting all 155 rural hospitals in Texas through TORCH. In 2023 he secured $250M in targeted Medicaid rates. During the 2025 Texas legislative session he led advocacy for the rural OB rate enhancement and HB 18.

On TORCH's own finances, he turned an initial loss into seven consecutive years of gains and quadrupled cash and investments.

Clean Energy Ventures Names Aruna Ramsamy Managing Partner

BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a venture capital firm investing in climate technologies in North America and Europe, has appointed Aruna Ramsamy as Managing Partner to lead its European operations from London.

CEV targets early-growth and growth-stage deals with the new hire

The appointment is meant to expand CEV's capabilities in early-growth and growth-stage investing, deepen its European presence and add experience for its active portfolio companies. Ramsamy will identify, assess and structure new investments, guide portfolio companies through growth inflection points and contribute to the growth of CEV's asset management platform.

Akari Therapeutics Hires Vatnak Vat-Ho as Chief Business Officer

Tampa, FL and London – October 29, 2026 -- Akari Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AKTX) has appointed Vatnak Vat-Ho as Chief Business Officer, adding an executive who has held senior roles in oncology transactions totaling more than $25 billion in aggregate value.

Vat-Ho will run corporate strategy, partnering, licensing and investor engagement

Vat-Ho will lead corporate and business development at the oncology biotech, which is developing antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) built on a novel RNA splicing-disrupting payload called PH1. His remit covers corporate strategy, partnering and licensing, and investor engagement as the company advances its lead TROP2-targeted ADC, AKTX-101, toward the clinic.

He brings more than 20 years of experience across oncology business development, biopharmaceutical strategy, equity research and healthcare investing. His transaction record involves Pfizer, Exelixis, BioNTech, Merck KGaA, Roivant and Roche/Genentech.

Sol Hires A+E Veteran Dan Silberman to Lead Marketing and Comms

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Sol Hires A+E Veteran Dan Silberman to Lead Marketing and Comms

NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Sol, a vendor-neutral AI-enabled business and IT transformation firm, has appointed Dan Silberman, who spent twenty years at A+E Global Media, as Head of Marketing & Communications. He reports to Managing Partner Kaan Aslansan and is based in New York.

Silberman takes end-to-end ownership of Sol's brand and pipeline-linked marketing

Silberman's remit covers positioning and narrative, earned media, content and thought leadership, digital presence, internal communications and reputation management. Sol ties the work directly to pipeline and growth.

Aslansan framed the hire as a shift from delivery to visibility: the firm has built its business on delivery and is now investing in making sure the market knows it. He said Silberman will make sure the market sees "what our clients already do."

EverPeak Names Patrick Daley Chief Underwriting Officer

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EverPeak Names Patrick Daley Chief Underwriting Officer

Denver – October 28, 2026 -- EverPeak Insurance has appointed Patrick K. Daley, CPCU, a underwriter with more than 30 years of experience in large, complex and hard-to-place risks, as Chief Underwriting Officer. He will lead underwriting strategy and quality standards across all EverPeak lines of business.

Daley's first mandate targets workers' compensation and BOP

Daley's first priority is a new value proposition for EverPeak's Workers' Compensation Middle Market business, which has long relied on deep data analysis, technology and service. He will also lead the relaunch of Attune's Business Owner's Policy (BOP) product. He will cross-sell BOP and other products to EverPeak's workers' compensation customers.

EverPeak President Kathy Kranz said his expertise in complex and hard-to-place risk is "exactly what we need" as the company expands its offerings.

LifeLogics Names Former UNOS CTO Ankit Mathur as CEO

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LifeLogics Names Former UNOS CTO Ankit Mathur as CEO

Rossville, Md. – October 28, 2026 -- LifeLogics, a nonprofit technology company serving the organ and tissue donation and transplantation community, has appointed Ankit Mathur as Chief Executive Officer. Mathur, who has more than two decades of experience in technology, healthcare and organizational leadership, most recently served as Chief Technology Officer of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).

Mathur's mandate centers on platform modernization and interoperability

Mathur will lead LifeLogics through what the company calls its next phase of growth and modernization. His priorities are strengthening partnerships with organ procurement organizations (OPOs), advancing the company's technology platforms, improving customer experience and expanding interoperability across the donation ecosystem.

Onward Energy Names Patrick Welch CEO, Promotes Adam Heath to CFO

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Onward Energy Names Patrick Welch CEO, Promotes Adam Heath to CFO

DENVER – October 28, 2026 -- Onward Energy, an independent power producer with a 6.6 GW portfolio, has appointed Chief Financial Officer Patrick Welch as CEO and promoted Adam Heath to CFO, both effective October 29, 2026.

Welch moves from interim CEO to the permanent role and joins the board

Welch, CFO since 2023 and currently Interim President and CEO, will also join Onward's board of directors. He has more than 34 years of energy and power experience, including 18 years in CFO roles at Atlantic Power, JP Energy Partners and Jonah Energy.

Onward initially recruited him to build its finance function. He has since led the company through major financing transactions, built an enterprise risk management program and developed talent and organizational structures meant to support scale.

Corgi Insurance Hires Josh LaRiccia to Lead National Distribution

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Corgi Insurance Hires Josh LaRiccia to Lead National Distribution

SAN FRANCISCO – October 28, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance, an AI-native, full-stack commercial insurance carrier, has appointed Josh LaRiccia as Head of Distribution, a hire who previously onboarded 15,000 users and 13,000 agencies onto a platform at his own firm.

LaRiccia built distribution at First Insurance & Risk Management over four years

LaRiccia co-founded First Insurance & Risk Management and spent four years building its distribution operations from scratch. He developed relationships with agents, wholesalers and industry partners that formed the firm's distribution network and market presence.