Personnel Appointment

New York – September 21, 2026 -- Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ) has appointed Matt Spence as Head of Defense Technology and Emerging Technology within its Technology Group, based in San Francisco.

Spence brings a defense-tech banking franchise he built at Barclays

Spence most recently served as Managing Director and Global Head of Venture Capital Banking at Barclays, where he established and led the firm's defense-tech and dual-use technology investment banking practice. He will advise defense, security, and emerging technology companies on M&A transactions and financings at Lazard.

Career spans government, venture capital and banking

Before Barclays, Spence held senior roles at Guggenheim Partners and served as a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He spent seven years in senior U.S. national security positions, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy and on the White House National Security Council.

Boston – September 21, 2026 -- Cellular Intelligence, a Boston-based AI company building a universal foundation model of cell signaling, has appointed Turing Award laureate Yann LeCun, Moderna co-founder Robert "Bob" Langer, BioInnovation Institute CEO Jens Nielsen and Helmholtz Munich computational health director Fabian Theis to its Scientific Advisory Board. Langer also joins the company's Board of Directors as an observer.

Franklin, Tennessee – September 20, 2026 -- Adora Life Science has appointed Dr. Clinton D. Morgan, MD, as its full-time Chief Medical Officer, effective September 20, 2026, the company announced.

Neurosurgeon exits clinical practice to lead human trials for veterinary-derived drug

Dr. Morgan previously served on Adora's Board of Directors and consulted part-time on the company's human therapeutic strategy. In his new role, he will direct Adora's human clinical development, regulatory strategy, and scientific research network, and will chair a newly assembled Scientific Advisory Board spanning glycobiology, osteoarthritis, and radiation injury experts.

New York – September 19, 2026 -- OutKick has signed Matt Calkins, the former Seattle Times sports columnist who resigned in August after the paper declined to publish his column on two female student-athletes opposing competition against biological males.

Calkins brings eleven years of Seattle Times coverage and three National Sports Columnist of the Year titles to OutKick

Calkins covered local college and professional sports plus national events including the Super Bowl and World Cup during his tenure at The Seattle Times. He previously worked as a preps writer at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and as a columnist at the San Diego Union Tribune. He joins OutKick immediately as a columnist covering sports and culture.

New York – September 19, 2026 -- DanAds, a SaaS provider of automated self-service advertising tools for publishers, has promoted Michael Gelb to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Growth & Product. Gelb will now control the company's product roadmap and AI strategy while simultaneously leading commercial growth across its enterprise accounts.

DanAds merges commercial and product leadership under a single executive

Peo Persson, Chief Commercial Officer at DanAds, said the decision to combine growth and product functions under one leader ensures the company's roadmap is driven directly by publisher needs rather than internal silos. Gelb joined DanAds in New York as a Senior Account Manager before rising to Head of Account Management, working with major media companies to grow advertising revenue through the platform.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) has appointed Taylor Reinhardt as Head of Investor Relations, reporting directly to Chief Financial Officer Tony Paquette.

Reinhardt brings a decade of Wall Street investor communications experience to Galaxy

Reinhardt joins from Perella Weinberg, where she served as Head of Investor Relations, Marketing and Communications since 2021, a role she took on alongside the firm's Nasdaq listing. She previously spent six years in investor relations and corporate communications at Apollo Global Management, and began her career at Teneo Holdings in the same function.

Boston – September 17, 2026 -- Outcomes4Me Inc. has appointed Jim Longley, formerly Senior Vice President of AI Partnerships at OpenEvidence, as its new Chief Revenue Officer to lead commercial expansion across pharma, provider, and diagnostic partnerships.

Longley brings two decades of health tech revenue scaling to the role

Before OpenEvidence, Longley spent nearly five years at GoodRx, rising to Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial, and prior to that spent over six years at Doximity as Vice President for Business Development and Product Innovation. Outcomes4Me CEO Maya R. Said, Sc.D., said Longley has a track record of scaling health tech companies to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

San Mateo – September 17, 2026 -- Notable, a healthcare AI platform provider deployed at more than 12,000 sites of care, has appointed Dr. Nicholas Desai as Chief Medical Officer, tapping a former Houston Methodist executive to bridge enterprise technology and hospital operations.

Desai brings two decades of dual clinical and operations leadership from Houston Methodist

Desai joins Notable from Houston Methodist, where he held roles as system Chief Medical Information Officer and hospital Chief Operating Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and Chief Quality Officer. He most recently helped lead the development, opening, and growth of Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, overseeing culture, clinical operations, and technology from the outset. His background spans more than 20 years connecting enterprise technology with clinical practice, with accountability for technology, people, growth, quality, and financial performance.

Frankfurt – September 16, 2026 -- Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint has appointed Marcus Holzapfel as Director for its Transportation & Logistics practice, effective September 16, 2026, to expand its digital transformation advisory capacity for an industry under mounting operational pressure.

Holzapfel brings more than two decades of Deutsche Bahn leadership experience

Prior to joining BearingPoint, Holzapfel spent over 20 years in senior management roles across the Deutsche Bahn group, most recently at DB Systel. He led large organizational units responsible for business-critical digitalization and technology projects spanning passenger and freight transport, managed significant revenue volumes, and directed multiple interdisciplinary teams. His remit also included strategic portfolio development, long-term client and partner relationship building, and the rollout of company-wide performance management systems.

Miami – – September 16, 2026 -- WLRN Public Media has named Carlton Gillespie, a 2026 National Edward R. Murrow Award winner, as the new permanent host of The Florida Roundup, its flagship weekly public affairs program, as the show enters its second decade on air.

Gillespie rises from newsroom intern to lead statewide weekly program

Gillespie began his WLRN career as an intern before becoming the station's Broward County Bureau Reporter, covering government, elections, education, housing, public safety and culture. He had already served as a recurring contributor, guest and fill-in host on The Florida Roundup before taking the permanent host role.