Small Business Administration hires Tracy Terrill, ex-LegalZoom, as chief digital officer, new position ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires Ernesto Omar Falcon, ex-Public Knowledge, as legislative counsel ... Lionsgate hires James Marsh, ex-Piper Jaffray, as senior vice president-investor relations ... ChannelAdvisor hires Lance Phillips, ex-Youth Digital, as U.S. vice president-services ... Lobbyist registrations: Google, Swan Creek Strategies, effective Feb. 1 ... SpaceX, Harbinger Strategies, effective Feb. 1 ... Bitmanagement Software, interactive, real-time 3D and multimedia software developer, McLarty Inbound, effective Feb. 1.
Garvey Schubert hires cable and communications lawyer Art Harding, ex-Locke Lord, as of counsel ... Returning to AT&T is Peter Jacoby, ex-UnitedHealth Group, as vice president-federal relations and director-legislative strategy ... Raycom promotes Pat LaPlatney to president-CEO, succeeding Paul McTear, retiring effective at the end of June, and promotes Susana Schuler to executive vice president-content & operations ... Shaw Communications promotes Jay Mehr to president and adds "accountabilities" for regulatory and government relations for Peter Johnson, executive vice president-chief legal and regulatory officer ... Disney promotes to vice presidents Lauren Kisilevsky for original movies, Disney Channel, and Jonas Agin for original series, Disney Channel and Disney XD.
Financial Services Roundtable hires Adam Rice, aide to Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, as communications director, and Jon Evans, ex-Targeted Victory, as senior manager-digital strategy ... Brightstar hires Cassio Calil, ex-J.P. Morgan, as head-global financial solutions ... Tremor Video hires Andy Morley, ex-Grapeshot, as managing director, U.K. and head, London office ... Panasonic System Communications hires Brian Rowley, ex-Verizon, as director-marketing and product management, responsible for Toughpad tablets, Toughbook laptops and related products and services ... Lobbyist registrations: telemedicine firm Higo, American Defense International, effective March 1 ... telemedicine firm Zeriscope, American Defense International, effective Feb. 1.
FCC Incentive Auction Task Force adds Erin Griffith, Wireless Bureau Auctions & Spectrum Access Division attorney-adviser, as legal adviser, succeeding Mary Margaret Jackson, leaving the agency to pursue professional interests outside of Washington ... Univision Communications hires Jed Meyer, ex-Omnicom Media Group's Annalect, as executive vice president-corporate research ... Jim Hackett, ex-Steelcase CEO, relinquishes his seat on Ford board to become chairman of Ford Smart Mobility, new subsidiary formed "to design, build, grow and invest in emerging mobility services" ... Amazon Vice President-Digital Video Michael Paull to keynote NAB Show’s Online Video Conference April 18, 10:30 a.m., Las Vegas Convention Center, Room N249 ... Autodesk, which reached deals with Eminence Capital and Sachem Head Capital Management, adds to board Scott Ferguson, Sachem Head, Rick Hill, Tessera Technologies, and Jeff Clarke, Kodak ... Lobbyist registrations: Entertainment Studios Networks and the National Association of African American Owned Media, Emmer Consulting, effective March 10 ... SpaceX, S.O. Witt and Associates, effective Feb. 12.
Crown Castle hires Daniel Schlanger, ex-Exterran, as chief financial officer, effective June 1, and as senior vice president, effective April 1 ... National Foreign Trade Council board names Rufus Yerxa, ex-World Trade Organization and previously at Akin Gump, with clients including AT&T, president, effective May 9 and succeeding Bill Reinsch ... Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group hires Christine Birch, ex-Focus Features, as executive vice president-domestic creative marketing strategy, new post ... Luminus Networks hires Darius Goodall, ex-Dell, as vice president-product marketing and business development ... Connected Vehicle Trade Association elects to board Terry Hughes, AppCarousel ... Yahoo adds to board Catherine Friedman, ex-Morgan Stanley, and Eric Brandt, ex-Broadcom ... Cloud Native Computing Foundation names to Technical Oversight Committee Jonathan Boulle, CoreOS, Bryan Cantrill, Joyent, industry expert Camille Fournier, Benjamin Hindman, Mesosphere, Ken Owens, Cisco, and Alexis Richardson, WeaveWorks ... Lobbyist registrations: Comcast, Cox Enterprises, Farragut Partners on behalf of 21st Century Privacy Coalition, NCTA and T-Mobile, Rivendell Group, all effective Jan. 1 ... IT consulting firm Wilco Technologies, Kit Bond Strategies, effective March 1.
Mintz Levin hires Alyssia Bryant, ex-Keller and Heckman, as associate, Communications Section, focusing on wireless and accessibility issues ... Univision Communications promotes Daniel Coronell to president-news ... Starry hires Kristen Morrissey Thiede, ex-Metamorphic Ventures, as senior vice president-business development and corporate strategy ... Quantcast promotes Stephen Collins to president-chief financial officer, and said it recently promoted Phil Macauley to global vice president-sales and hired Sandra McDevitt, ex-Google, as vice president-people & places ... Russell Reynolds Associates hires industry experts for Technology Practice: Jeff Yolen, running Software Practice, East Coast, and Başak Ozer, working on IoT, mobile, digital, wearables, Internet and big data issues.
FCC confirms it hired David Grossman, ex-aide to House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., as chief of staff and media policy adviser to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; it also named Daudeline Meme, ex-Enforcement Bureau, aide to Clyburn for wireless, international and public safety issues; Louis Peraertz leaving as Clyburn's senior legal adviser ... Discovery Communications promotes David Leavy to chief corporate operations and communications officer, with oversight of technology and other areas ... Internet Association hires S.Y. Lee, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as communications director, succeeding Nika Nour, hired previously by Entertainment Software Association.
Sidley Austin hires Jonathan Nuechterlein, ex-FTC general counsel, as partner and co-leader, Communications Regulatory practice, and adds him to Antitrust/Competition practice ... Debevoise & Plimpton hires Luke Dembosky, ex-DOJ official focused primarily on cybersecurity investigations and prosecutions, as partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice and Litigation Department ... Comcast hires Luis Fernández, ex-Real Madrid, as executive vice president-network news, Telemundo, succeeding Luis Carlos Vélez, named news anchor and senior correspondent, Telemundo News; and hires Noopur Davis, ex-Intel, as Comcast Cable senior vice president-product security and privacy, Technology and Product team.
Ann Bobeck leaves NAB, where she had been senior vice president-deputy general counsel ... Subject Matter, private firm, hires Jennie Westbrook, ex-communications director to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking member Tom Carper, D-Del., as senior public affairs associate ... Sard Verbinnen & Co. hires Andy Duberstein, ex-House Commerce Committee under Chairman Fred Upton, D-Mich., as vice president ... Charter Communications hires Rob Klippel, ex-Comcast, as senior vice president-advanced advertising products and strategy, Spectrum Reach ... Univision Communications hires Margaret Lazo, ex-GE Capital, as chief human resources officer, effective April 11; Roberto Llamas, formerly executive vice president-human resources and community empowerment, resigned to pursue other opportunities.
Comcast NBCUniversal hires Dalila Wilson-Scott, ex-JPMorgan Chase, as senior vice president-community investment and president, Comcast Foundation, new position, effective April 4 ... Globecomm Systems CEO Keith Hall stepping down; Jason Juranek named interim CEO and remains chief financial officer ... Tegna promotes Risa Omega to president-general manager, KXTV Sacramento, succeeding Maria Barrs, retiring ... Snell Advanced Media hires accountant Paul Horton as chief financial officer ... Atlantic Tele-Network board elects Bernard Bulkin, scientist who has worked in the oil industry, as a director ... Lobbyist registration: Tech manufacturer Deep Springs Technology, Corus Federal Strategies, effective Dec. 1.