MPAA appoints Gail MacKinnon, ex-Time Warner Cable, now part of Charter Communications, executive vice president-government affairs, effective Nov. 13, succeeding Joanna McIntosh, hired by NCTA (see this section of the July 14 issue of this publication) ... Intelligent Transportation Society of America hires Shailen Bhatt, ex-Colorado Department of Transportation, as president-CEO, succeeding David St. Amant, who did those jobs on interim basis ... More promotions (see 1710250012) at Univision Communications: Adam Shippee to senior vice president-corporate business development/head-investor relations; Shippee succeeds Rainey Mancini, who left the company; and also moved up Jenna Silver to vice president-ad sales marketing.

DLA Piper Telecommunications practice adds Ian Forbes, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau Telecom Access Policy Division, as associate ... FCC's Holly Saurer returns to Media Bureau as associate bureau chief from Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's office, where she was acting media adviser ... Univision Communications promotes: Jennifer Rogers to senior vice president-Creative Services; Ronald Estrada to senior vice president-corporate social responsibility and community empowerment; Stephen Keppel to vice president-social impact and general manager, Rise Up.

Franklin Square Group hires from Information Technology Council Sarah Beth Jansen, with cybersecurity and intellectual property expertise, as partner ... Sony Pictures Entertainment hires Hulu's Mike Hopkins as chairman, Sony Pictures Television, effective late November; heads of SPT domestic and international TV production, distribution, advertiser sales and research, marketing and Sony Pictures Worldwide Networks will report to him; Hulu hires board member Randy Freer to succeed Hopkins as CEO.

Shentel Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Adele Skolits resigns, effective Nov. 7, to work as chief financial officer at Buckeye Broadband, living closer to family; Shentel Chief Operating Officer and ex-CFO Earle MacKenzie delays retirement to be interim finance chief ... Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., hires Kate Forscey, ex-Public Knowledge, as senior tech policy adviser ... Terah Lyons is founding executive director of the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, hired from Mozilla Foundation ... Warner Music Group adds Mark Baker, ex-Diageo, as vice president-public policy and government affairs ... General Electric Chief Communications Officer Deirdre Latour expands responsibilities to also be strategy and leadership adviser, reporting directly to Chairman-CEO John Flannery; also reporting to him is GE Ventures CEO Sue Siegel, named GE chief innovation officer ... LiveXLive Media moves advisory board member Tim Spengler, ex-Simulmedia, to the board of directors.

Satellite Industry Association Senior Director-Policy Charity Weeden leaving at start of 2018 "to develop a private space consulting practice," she tells us ... Viacom expands role of Senior Vice President Jennifer Zaldivar-Clark to oversee talent for Paramount Network and she remains in that post for talent and communications at TV Land ... Agencies under Department of Commerce announce Performance Review Board members, appointed for two years, including NTIA Associate Administrator-Spectrum Management Paige Atkins, career Senior Executive Service; and FirstNet Chief Administrative Officer Frank Freeman, also career SES.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai hires Thomas Johnson, now deputy solicitor general for West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R), as general counsel; acting General Counsel Nick Degani moves back to senior counsel in Pai's office, as expected (see 1709210012) ... 8x8 now has Small Business & eCommerce and Midmarket & Enterprise units, led respectively by new Senior Vice Presidents Samuel Wilson, ex-MobileIron, and Scott Sampson, ex-NewVoiceMedia, with vice presidents including Rick Boyd, ex-ShoreTel, North America midmarket sales, and Kyle DiPentima promoted for North America ... Sandvine adds Samir Marwaha, ex-Netscout, as chief marketing officer.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) names ex-state Rep. Justin Olson, now at Apollo Education Group, an Arizona corporation commissioner ... Moon Express hires Ben Roberts, ex-White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, as vice president-government affairs ... Qualcomm hires Penny Baldwin, ex-Intel, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer ... Comcast Ventures names Gil Beyda, ex-Genacast Ventures, managing director and promotes Daniel Gulati to partner ... Xperi adds Murali Dharan, ex-IPValue, as president-Tessera Intellectual Property ... ComScore names NFL's Michelle McKenna-Doyle to board; Executive Vice President-Finance Gregory Fink moves to chief financial officer; interim CFO-Treasurer David Kay resumes full-time job at CrossCountry Consulting.

Dish Network appoints Senior Vice President Tim Messner general counsel, effective Monday, succeeding Executive Vice President Stanton Dodge, who will join DraftKings as chief legal officer ... Townsquare Media promotes Bill Wilson and Dhruv Prasad to co-CEOs; they succeed founder Steven Price, named executive chairman; Erik Hellum moves up to chief operating officer-local media ... MetTel names consultant Diana Gowen general manager/senior vice president-federal program ... President Donald Trump's nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen as secretary, homeland security, sent to the Senate.

ZwillGen adds information security and incident response lawyer Allison Bender, ex-Hogan Lovells, as counsel ... Monument Policy Group additions include Matt McAlvanah, ex-assistant U.S. trade representative, as principal ... Mintz Levin intellectual property practice adds Marc Morley, ex-Foley & Lardner, as member ... House Commerce Committee's Matt Schumacher moves to Democratic Caucus as digital director ... Neustar Chief Financial Officer Paul Lalljie retiring, effective Oct. 23 ... CBS' Jed Kapsos moves to chief financial officer at CBS/Lionsgate's Pop.

NAB taps ex-Joint Board Chairman Steve Newberry, communications consultant, as executive vice president-strategic planning/special projects ... House Science, Space and Technology Committee's Jennifer Brown departs as chief of staff to manage federal affairs for the Texas Tech University System and is succeeded by Mark Marin, promoted ... Samsung Electronics CEO-Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun to resign, effective March, to allow company to “start anew with new spirit and young leadership”; no successor named ... Haug Partners names ex-Patent Trial and Appeal Board Judge Brian Murphy partner and chair, Post Grant Review practice group.