PERRY BAKER was appointed public information officer for the Arizona Corporation Commission. Baker is a former public information officer for both the city of Phoenix and Maricopa County.
The American Public Power Association named Walter R. McGrath president at its annual conference. McGrath, general manager of the Baintree Electric Light Department, served as APPA's president-elect during the past year and as vice president from 1996 to 1997.
William Irby was named director of the communications division at the Virginia State Corporation Commission. He succeeds Edward C. Addison, who is retiring. Irby joined the SCC in 1980 as a senior engineer in the communications division.
Michael Ambrosio joined Deloitte & Touche LLP as director of its telecommunications group. Previously, Ambrosio served as executive director of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
Kim Allen, former chief executive officer of Scarborough Public Utility Commission, has been named president of DTE/Probyn Energy Solutions. Allen had worked for the Scarborough PUC since 1990.