I am pleased to announce that Brennan Price, N4QX has accepted the position of ARRL Technical Relations Manager effective Monday, September 15. This fills the vacancy created by Paul Rinaldo’s retirement last month. (Paul continues to make himself available to us on an hourly consulting basis.)

Brennan holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Vanderbilt University, M.S. in Chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology, and J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law. Equally significant, Brennan worked for the ARRL for four years in 2000-2004, as Field & Regulatory Correspondent and Assistant Technical Editor. He began law school while working for us but decided he had to leave the staff when he was appointed Executive Editor of Connecticut Law Review. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 2005 and has been in private practice with a firm in Hartford. Brennan is an ARRL Volunteer Counsel and has stayed current with our regulatory issues.

As Technical Relations Manager, Brennan will be responsible for representing the ARRL’s interests to federal government agencies, the ITU and other international organizations, and OAS/CITEL and other regional telecommunications organizations, personally and through the supervision of other Technical Relations Office staff. Until January, he will be working out of the Newington office and will travel to Washington/Fairfax as needed.

Paul’s title of Chief Technology Officer was bestowed by election by the Board, and Paul will retain that title until the current term expires in January 2010 unless he decides to relinquish it before then.

Finally, I want to acknowledge Joel Harrison’s assistance in the selection process. Since the  ARRL Bylaws give the President the responsibility for government representation, it was important that we find someone in whom Joel has confidence.

David Sumner, K1ZZ

Chief Executive Officer

P.S. We are going to wait until closer to Brennan’s actual starting date to make a public announcement.