Frontier Communications hires Jacqueline Kinney, ex-office of California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, as vice president-state government affairs, California ... National Governors Association hires Anna Holmquist Davis, ex-aide to FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, as director-Office of Federal Relations ... Millicom hires HL Rogers, now at Sidley Austin, as executive vice president-chief ethics and compliance officer, effective Aug. 1 ... Nova, which sends personalized product images and videos to mobile and other devices, hires Graham Younger, leaving Box, as president-chief operating officer, effective later this month ... Medialets, mobile measurement firm, starts Asia-Pacific division to be run by Vice President Andrew Dryden, and hires in North America John Ruvolo, ex-CurtCo Media, as senior vice president-sales ... Electronic Arts adds to board Talbott Roche, Blackhawk Network ... Among additions to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board chaired by John Sprouls, Universal Parks and Resorts, are Bruce Charendoff, Sabre; Adam Goldstein, Hipmunk; and Adam Medros, TripAdvisor, Commerce Department said.
Mintz Levin promotes Mo Cowan to president-CEO ML Strategies, succeeding Stephen Tocco, named chairman ... Fletcher Heald hires intellectual property expert Karyn Ablin, ex-Wiley Rein, as member ... Crown Media Executive Vice President-Business Affairs & General Counsel Charlie Stanford retires, succeeded by Deanne Stedem, joining from parent company Hallmark Cards, and Mark Kern, ex-Hub TV Network, rejoins Crown Media as senior vice president-corporate communications & media relations, new position ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission promotes Daniel Mumford to permanent director-Office of Competitive Market Oversight; Megan Good becomes deputy director.
David Dorman, former AT&T chairman-CEO, to lead development of Centerview Capital Technology's relationships in Atlanta and the neighboring regions.
Tribune Broadcasting promotes Greg Easterly to senior vice president-group operations ... Sinclair Broadcast named William Lanesey, ex-WXIX-TV Cincinnati, general manager-KOKH-TV and KOCB Oklahoma City ... Julia Wallace will retire as Cox Media Group vice president-Ohio market at end of 2016 ... Among appointees to Commerce Department's U.S. Investment Advisory Council: Mark Beariault, Kudelski Group ... Elizabeth Satin, Wolters Kluwer, elected to the board of cloud networking firm GTT ... Daniel Glazer, ex-Fried, Frank, joins Wilson Sonsini's technology transactions practice as a partner in New York office ... Doug Aiken, International Municipal Signal Association, re-elected National Public Safety Telecommunications Council vice chair ... New board members and officers at search and digital marketing association SEMPO: Chris Boggs, Web Traffic Advisors; Michael Bonfils, SEM International; Mike Corak, DAC Group; Marc Engelsman, Digital Brand Expressions; John Gagnon, Microsoft; Mike Grehan, Acronym; Michael Gullaksen, iProspect; Krista LaRiviere, gShift; Bill Leake, Apogee Results; Corey Morris, ER Marketing; Cristie Reed, Thomson Reuters; Francis Skipper, 451 Marketing; Dave Tan, Google; Tony Wright, WrightIMC; Michael Yang Xu, Gridsum; Chairman, Mike Grehan; President, Mike Gullaksen; Secretary/Treasurer, Mike Corak; Sponsorship Vice President, Christie Reed; Membership Vice President, Mike Bonfils; Research Vice President, Mark Engelsman; Education Vice President, Chris Boggs; SEMPO Cities Vice President, Krista LaRivière ... Lobbyist registrations: Cybersecurity firm mZeal, Nelson Mullins, effective June 1 ... Cloud computing firm ServiceNow, Hettinger Strategy Group, effective June 1.
Altice USA names Michael Schreiber, ex-Comcast, to the new position of chief content officer … Madison Square Garden Company hires John Abbamondi, ex-NBA, as executive vice president-ticketing, suites and hospitality, effective July 25 … L-3 Communications names Heidi Wood, ex-Spirit AeroSystems and Morgan Stanley, vice president-chief analytics officer ... CBS News promotes Marsha Cooke to vice president-news services … Keith Bowen, ex-Tribune Media, becomes chief revenue officer for Spectrum Reach, Charter Communications' advertising sales and production services division ... Imax hires Patrick McClymont, ex-Sotheby's and Goldman Sachs, as chief financial officer, effective Aug. 8, replacing Joe Sparacio, who will leave the company to pursue other opportunities but stay on through November to help on the transition ... Marvell Technology Group hires Andy Micallef, ex-Intersil, as chief operations officer.
DOJ names Principal Deputy Solicitor General Ian Gershengorn acting solicitor general, effective June 25, a day after Solicitor General Donald Verrilli leaves ... Vrge tech advocacy and strategy firm hires Emily Pierce, ex-DOJ, as senior vice president, to lead communications on legal, antitrust and homeland security matters ... F-Secure promotes Samu Konttinen to president-CEO, effective Aug. 1 and succeeding Christian Fredrikson ... Fingerprint Cards hires Fredrikson as new CEO, also effective in August, and until then, Jörgen Lantto remains CEO ... Rivada Networks adds ex-Govs. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., and Martin O'Malley, D-Md., to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Association of Global Automakers, Paula Timmons, effective May 1 ... Compuware, Grant Consulting Group, effective June 1 ... IT provider Smartronix, Van Scoyoc Associates, effective April 27 ... Online payments company Stripe, Franklin Square Group, effective April 18.
CTIA hires Becky Relic, ex-Live Nation, as senior vice president-public affairs and communications, effective June 20 ... Frontier Communications hires Michael Saperstein, ex-FCC Public Safety Bureau Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, as vice president-regulatory affairs ... Internet Association hires Ari Giovenco, ex-U.S. Trade Representative's office, as director-trade and international policy, and promotes Abigail Slater to general counsel ... Robins Kaplan hires Breton Bocchieri, ex-Novak Druce, as partner, Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group ... IABM hires Fernando Lopez Cisneros, ex-Grass Valley, as director-Europe, new position ... Stratasys CEO David Reis decides to step down, effective June 30, will remain an executive director and is succeeded by board member Ilan Levin.
FCC personnel moves: Jean Kiddoo moves to Incentive Auction Task Force as deputy chairwoman-transition; Kiddoo is succeeded as deputy Wireless Bureau chief by Suzanne Tetreault; Tetreault is succeeded as Office of General Counsel deputy general counsel by Jennifer Tatel, who also remains the office's chief of staff; and at that office John Williams expands role, named senior counselor to the general counsel ... Norm Leventhal, ex-Holland & Knight, now is principal at Leventhal Law Group and counsel to AvaLerroux law firm ... AT&T hires as directors-global public policy Lisl Brunner, ex-Global Network Initiative, to work on privacy issues, and Sarah Geffroy, ex-Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, to work on issues including cybersecurity.
RigNet hires Steven Pickett, ex-21st Century Towers, as CEO-president, succeeding interim CEO-President Marty Jimmerson ... Retarus Group, professional messaging solutions provider, hires Florian Frick, ex-Kabel Deutschland, as general counsel, new position ... Comcast promotes at Comcast Cable Tony Werner to president-technology and product, and Sree Kotay to chief technology officer ... Zayo co-Chief Operating Officer Chris Morley named sole COO, with co-COO Matt Erickson leaving in late July for personal reasons ... Sprint hires Nelly Pitocco, ex-Apollo Education Group, as vice president-enterprise sales ... 21st Century Fox hires Gabe Goodwin, ex-Embassy Row, as vice president-cross-platform content, Fox Sports, new position ... Enterprise Wireless Alliance elects to board Michael Saia, Saia Communications, and Tommy Tomba, Tomba Communications ... Rubicon Technology names to board Timothy Brog, Locksmith Capital.
Caribbean Association of National Telecommunication Organizations names Teresa Wankin secretary general, the first employee at the group to have that role ... Raycom Media promotes John Ware to vice president-general manager, KPLC Lake Charles, Louisiana, succeeding Jim Serra, retiring effective June 30 ... Coalfire promotes Mark Lucas to chief information security officer ... Comstar Supply, distributor of network products and services, hires Dan Clifton, ex-Soleo Communications, as senior vice president-marketing.