Windstream Holdings, Inc. announced that it has named Ron Beer as vice president of channel sales South division and Michael Brennan as head of national and strategic programs. Beer has more than 15 years in channel and partner sales in the network services industry including positions as vice president of partner sales at Earthlink and vice president of channel sales at PAETEC/Windstream. Brennan has held key leadership roles over inside channel sales, account management, and most recently within the national partner program for the past nine years.