Cox Enterprises hires Rachel Welch, ex-Time Warner Cable, as vice president-government affairs ... Yahoo moves in Washington office: Alyssa Gowens Betz, ex-TwinLogic Strategies, hired as senior director-public policy, focusing on Senate and House Democrats; Leah Harrelson Graham moves to expand portfolio to handle Republican relationships; and Kevin Kramer moves within the company to join global public policy team and named head-IP policy ... Charter Communications names Rhonda Crichlow, ex-Novartis Pharmaceuticals, senior vice president-chief diversity officer, new position ... Rivada Networks appoints Karen Freitag, ex-Sprint Enterprise, executive vice president-sales.

FCC hires Rachael Bender, leaving Mobile Future, as attorney-adviser, Wireless Bureau, effective in mid-October ... Millicom welcomes Rodrigo Diehl, ex-McKinsey & Co., as executive vice president-chief strategy officer ... Blancco Technology appoints Keith Butcher, ex-PaySafe Group, as chief financial officer; next month he joins the board, at which time CFO Jog Dhody resigns from company and board ... Sigma Designs promotes Sal Cobar to chief operating officer ... Zebra Technologies promotes Tom Bianculli to chief technology officer, new position ... National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative's NeoNova, which works with broadband providers, ups Jason McGinnis to president, succeeding Ray Carey, who has been CEO.

Disney|ABC Television Group joined by Bruce Rosenblum, ex-Warner Bros., who's named president-business operations, new position ... Whitepages elevates Rob Eleveld to CEO; he joins board; and ex-CEO Alex Algard remains executive chairman there, and continues as CEO, Hiya ... Benchmark Electronics names board member Paul Tufano, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, president-CEO, succeeding Gayla Delly, resigned from those positions and from board to pursue other interests ... Towerstream expands role of Ernie Ortega to consult on sales and marketing strategy.

U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute board promotes Jim O’Connor to president ... PCTel said: Chairman-CEO Marty Singer retiring from those positions, effective Jan. 2, and will be vice chairman until later in 2017; David Neumann, leader of company's RF Solutions business, promoted to CEO, effective in January; at that time, board member Steve Levy becomes chairman; and Jeff Miller, senior vice president-global sales and services, RF Solutions, promoted to succeed Neumann as its general manager ... Palo Alto Networks hires David Colberg, ex-EMC, which was bought by Dell, as senior director-government affairs ... Electronic Frontier Foundation promotes Camille Ochoa to coordinator-grassroots advocacy.

Society for Science & the Public hires Gayle Hope, ex-Harbour Group, as chief communications officer ... CompTIA names Stefanie Holland, ex-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, director-international government and regulatory affairs ... Internap announces Peter Aquino, ex-Primus Telecommunications, as president-CEO-board member; he succeeds Michael Ruffolo, a board member who stepped in as CEO; and joining board is Peter Rogers, Stroudwater Group ... WiTricity hires as vice presidents Mayur Mehta, ex-Intersil, for semiconductor products, and Kristina O’Connell, ex-Korrio, marketing ... Sanmina appoints Rita Lane, Hajime, to board ... IRobot Corp. adds Andrew Miller, PTC, to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Charter Communications, McBee Strategic Consulting, effective Sept. 1 ... Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Stanton Park Group on spectrum allocation matters, effective July 5.

FCC hires Deborah Broderson, ex-EchoStar, as attorney-adviser, Office of General Counsel ... Charter Communications hires Adam Weinstein, ex-Cablevision, which Altice bought, as senior vice president-programming acquisition ... International Women's Forum hires Stephanie Mathews O’Keefe, ex-CTIA, as CEO ... Morrison & Foerster announces Katie Thomson, ex-DOT general counsel, as partner in Washington, D.C., and chairwoman, Transportation group, working on cybersecurity among other issues ... Google hires Flint Waters, ex-Wyoming chief information officer, to undisclosed post ... IMRI appoints Brian Berger, ex-IBM and elsewhere, executive vice president-commercial cybersecurity.

Frontier Communications rejoined by Perley McBride, ex-Cable & Wireless, named executive vice president-chief financial officer, following a transition, succeeding John Jureller, to pursue other opportunities ... Falcon Cyber Investments adds Luis Aguilar, ex-SEC commissioner, as partner ... Gibson Dunn names Stuart Delery, ex-acting associate attorney general, partner ... Glen Echo Group adds Wren Dillingham, ex-Internet Association, as senior associate ... Lugar Hellmann Group hires Nicole Alexander Mortier, ex-Yahoo ... Flex names Scott Offer, ex-Lenovo, general counsel ... Jaunt, cinematic virtual reality company, appoints George Kliavkoff, ex-Hearst Corp., CEO, succeeding interim CEO Arthur van Hoff, returning to chief technology officer. ... Accenture Federal Services hires Gus Hunt, ex-Bridgewater Associates and former CIA chief technology officer, to lead cybersecurity practice.

BakerHostetler hires Scott Patrick, leaving FCC Wireless Bureau, as of counsel, focused on cable, wireless, broadcast and technology ... White House names Gregory Touhill, retired brigadier general, federal chief information security officer, new position; he's Department of Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary-cybersecurity and communications, Cybersecurity and Communications Office ... Brownstein Hyatt announces Brian McKeon, ex-aide to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and before that an aide on telecom, tech and other issues to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., as senior policy adviser, Government Relations Department ... Infosys hires Anurag Varma, ex-Squire Patton, as vice president-government affairs.

Jenner & Block names antitrust lawyer Lee Van Voorhis, ex-Baker & McKenzie, partner, Antitrust and Competition Law practice and Corporate and Private Equity practices ... Crown Media adds Kathleen Charapata, ex-Charter Communications, as vice president-legal, new position involving new media and intellectual property among other areas ... National Governors Association announces Tiffany Shackelford, ex-Association of Alternative Newsmedia, as chief strategic officer/director-communications and strategic planning ... WOW promotes Cash Hagen to chief operating officer and Scott Russell to chief marketing & sales officer; ex-COO Cathy Kuo named executive vice president-strategy & engagement

Charter Communications hires Elizabeth Biley Andrion, ex-FCC, as senior vice president-regulatory affairs, and moves in government affairs Senior Vice President Alex Hoehn-Saric to newly created position of senior vice president-policy and external affairs ... Wiley Rein promotes David Gross and Kathleen Kirby to co-chairs, Telecom, Media & Technology practice ... Covington & Burling hires Jadzia Butler, Center for Democracy & Technology privacy, surveillance and security fellow, as associate, effective Oct. 10 ... Goodwin law firm adds Karen Neuman, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as partner, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, and as privacy lead in Washington office ... Wilkinson Barker hires Mark Settle, ex-FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, as senior engineering adviser, and Danielle Thumann, Catholic University graduate, as associate.