Published mark
EchoStar
EchoStar CORP
NASDAQ: ECHO. EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) is a premier provider of technology, networking services, television entertainment and connectivity, offering consumer, enterprise, operator and government solutions worldwide under its EchoStar®, Boost…
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78
- SEC CIK
- 0001415404
- Website
- www.echostar.com Open
- Record version
- vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 19, 2026
- Newest evidence
- May 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Charles W. ErgenChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 7 / 1010 directors published
- Published claims
- 437 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 120 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 7 distinct sources and 12 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
DIRECTOR APPOINTED
Cantey M. Ergen seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2023E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | Charles W. Ergen | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE4 |
| Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | Dean A. Manson | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE5 |
| Chief Executive Officer of EchoStar Capital & Director | Hamid Akhavan | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE6 |
| President, Technology and Chief Operating Officer | John W. Swieringa | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE7 |
| Executive Vice President of Corporate and Business Development | Kenneth G. Carroll | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE8 |
| Chief Operating Officer, Hughes | Paul Gaske | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE9 |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Paul W. Orban | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE10 |
Board of directors
Evidence10 directors published. 7 of 10 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantey M. Ergen | Not independent | 2023 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Charles W. Ergen | Not independent | 2007 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| George R. Brokaw | Independent | 2023 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE3 |
| James DeFranco | Not independent | 2023 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Kathleen Q. Abernathy | Independent | 2023 | Compensation, chairCompensation · Chair; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE3 |
| Lisa W. Hershman | Independent | 2021 | AuditAudit; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE3 |
| R. Stanton Dodge | Independent | 2009 | CompensationCompensation; Nominating and Governance · ChairNominating and Governance, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Stephen J. Bye | Independent | 2023 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Tom A. Ortolf | Independent | 2023 | AuditAudit; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE3 |
| William D. Wade | Independent | 2017 | AuditAudit; Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance | Source reportedE3 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | George R. Brokaw | George R. Brokaw, Lisa W. Hershman, Tom A. Ortolf, William D. Wade | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Compensation | Not published | George R. Brokaw | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation | Not published | Lisa W. Hershman | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Nominating and Governance | Not published | Tom A. Ortolf, William D. Wade | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Kathleen Q. Abernathy | Kathleen Q. Abernathy, George R. Brokaw, Lisa W. Hershman, R. Stanton Dodge | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance | Not published | Kathleen Q. Abernathy | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair | Not published | R. Stanton Dodge | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance | R. Stanton Dodge | R. Stanton Dodge, Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Tom A. Ortolf, William D. Wade | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair George R. Brokaw; Members George R. Brokaw (Chair); Lisa W. Hershman; Tom A. Ortolf; William D. Wade
Committee AppointmentGeorge R. Brokaw: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentLisa W. Hershman: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentTom A. Ortolf: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentWilliam D. Wade: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Kathleen Q. Abernathy; Members Kathleen Q. Abernathy (Chair); George R. Brokaw; Lisa W. Hershman; R. Stanton Dodge
Committee AppointmentKathleen Q. Abernathy: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentGeorge R. Brokaw: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentLisa W. Hershman: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentR. Stanton Dodge: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair R. Stanton Dodge; Members R. Stanton Dodge (Chair); Kathleen Q. Abernathy; Tom A. Ortolf; William D. Wade
Committee AppointmentR. Stanton Dodge: chair, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentKathleen Q. Abernathy: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentTom A. Ortolf: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentWilliam D. Wade: member, Nominating and Governance
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerCharles W. Ergen, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceIndex MembershipS&P 500 (SPX)
Security ListingECHO (NASDAQ)
Security ListingSATS (NASDAQ)
Index memberships1 membership attached to a specific security and listing.Announcements, effective dates, and removals remain distinct states; Alpha does not infer membership from company size, exchange, or reputation.
SPX
Source reportedAs of Oct 19, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
| Index | Security | Status | Effective | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (S&P Dow Jones Indices) | NASDAQ: ECHO | current | Mar 23, 2026 | inferred | Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license) |
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameEchoStar CORP
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Official Websitehttps://www.echostar.com
Published FactUS
Published FactNV
Published FactCommunication Services
Published FactTelecommunications
Published Facthttps://www.echostar.com
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Charles W. ErgenChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Directorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:20, company:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:11
- Dean A. MansonChief Legal Officer and Secretarycompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:21
- Hamid AkhavanChief Executive Officer of EchoStar Capital & Directorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:22
- John W. SwieringaPresident, Technology and Chief Operating Officercompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:23
- Kenneth G. CarrollExecutive Vice President of Corporate and Business Developmentcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:24
- Paul GaskeChief Operating Officer, Hughescompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:25
- Paul W. OrbanExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officercompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:26
- Cantey M. ErgenDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:10
- George R. BrokawDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:12
- James DeFrancoDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:13
- Kathleen Q. AbernathyDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:14
- Lisa W. HershmanDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:15
- R. Stanton DodgeDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:16
- Stephen J. ByeDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:17
- Tom A. OrtolfDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:18
- William D. WadeDirectorcompany:47e43fb3-cd9b-4277-8e99-93f9267a7c78:leadership_role:19
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 12 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
- E2EchoStar Form 10-K. SEC filing. Retrieved Aug 29, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Mar 21, 2025. Retrieved Apr 25, 2026. Cited by 10 Claims.
- E4SATS executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5SATS executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6other. Published Apr 22, 2026. Retrieved Apr 22, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E7SATS executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E8other. Published Apr 22, 2026. Retrieved Apr 22, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E9SATS executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E10SATS executive roster sourcesec filing. Published May 3, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E11board_seats. board seats. Cited by 15 Claims.
- E12Slickcharts S&P 500 constituent table (public observation, not S&P DJI license). index provider. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
What changed in version public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 19, 2026- Cantey M. Ergen seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- George R. Brokaw seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- James DeFranco seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- Kathleen Q. Abernathy seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- Stephen J. Bye seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- Tom A. Ortolf seat on EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Compensation committee of EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- George R. Brokaw member of Audit · Chair; Compensation, effective 2023-01-01.
- Audit; Nominating and Governance committee of EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- Tom A. Ortolf member of Audit; Nominating and Governance, effective 2023-01-01.
- Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance committee of EchoStar, effective 2023-01-01.
- Kathleen Q. Abernathy member of Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance, effective 2023-01-01.
- Lisa W. Hershman seat on EchoStar, effective 2021-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation committee of EchoStar, effective 2021-01-01.
- Lisa W. Hershman member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2021-01-01.
- William D. Wade seat on EchoStar, effective 2017-01-01.
- William D. Wade member of Audit; Nominating and Governance, effective 2017-01-01.
- R. Stanton Dodge seat on EchoStar, effective 2009-01-01.
- Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair committee of EchoStar, effective 2009-01-01.
- R. Stanton Dodge member of Compensation; Nominating and Governance · Chair, effective 2009-01-01.
- Charles W. Ergen seat on EchoStar, effective 2007-01-01.