Verizon's Craig Silliman, executive vice president-public policy and general counsel, also named strategic policy adviser with retirement later this month of Randy Milch, executive vice president and strategic policy adviser to CEO Lowell McAdam ... Sphere Consulting hires Edward Wyatt, ex-New York Times, as senior vice president, public policy research and intelligence practice ...Windstream promotes Jeffery Howe to executive vice president-enterprise sales, succeeding John Leach, leaving to pursue other career opportunities ... RF Digital, maker of wireless modules for the IoT, hires Rod Landers, wireless inventor, as chief operating officer.
TCH Group hires Doug Wiley, ex-Wiley Rein, as partner ... Facebook hires Kevin Martin, ex-FCC chairman who had been consulting for the company for two years, as vice president-mobile and global access policy, and promotes Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan to also be vice president-U.S. public policy, leading Washington office ... Time Warner promotes Doug Shapiro to executive vice president-chief strategy officer, Turner Broadcasting System, effective in July ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers hires Clara Kim, ex-National Geographic, as executive vice president-general counsel, effective June 1, succeeding Elizabeth Matthews, promoted to CEO in January ... Verizon hires Melissa Garlick, ex-Fiat Chrysler, to lead new Brand Creative organization ... Shomi streaming service hires David Asch, ex-Redbox, as senior vice president-general manager ... Link Labs, low-power, wide-area IoT network firm, hires Bryan Eagle, ex-Multi-Tech Systems, as vice president-business development and marketing.
Comcast hires Michael Cavanagh, leaving Carlyle Group, as senior executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective early this summer, as Comcast Vice Chairman and CFO Michael Angelakis still plans to start and become CEO of a company focused on investing in and operating growth-oriented companies and becomes Comcast senior adviser ... Telecommunications Industry Association hires as senior vice presidents James Reid, ex-aide to then-Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., for government affairs; and Patty Higginbotham, ex-Global Business Travel Association, as general counsel; and also hires Franklin Flint, ex-Dell, as chief technology officer ... AT&T Senior Vice President-Compliance Jeffrey Lewis adds chief accessibility officer post.
Disney promotes Rob Elmore to vice president and news director, KABC-TV Los Angeles ... Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute hires Ruben Gonzales, ex-United Cerebral Palsy, as vice president-philanthropy ... Disney promotes Leslie Ferraro to president, Disney Consumer Products ... BSA/The Software Alliance hires Jen Beltz, ex-Evan Falchuk for Governor, as vice president-global communications ... Graham Holdings names Michael Englehaupt, ex-KQED public media organization, vice president-chief technology officer, Graham Media Group, effective June 1 ... Time Warner hires Rob Bradley, ex-IDG UK, as head-digital advertising sales and data, CNN International Commercial, new position ... Lobbyist registration: American Tower, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective April 1.
Univision Communications hires Frank Lopez-Balboa, ex-Goldman Sachs, as chief financial officer, and names Peter Lori, interim CFO, as deputy CFO, and he continues as executive vice president-finance and chief accounting officer ... Alibaba Group promotes Daniel Zhang to CEO, succeeding Jonathan Lu, remaining on the board as vice chairman, and names Börje Ekholm, Investor AB, to board, effective June 1 ... Internap names Michael Ruffolo, who is on its board, president-CEO, succeeding Eric Cooney, who resigned from those jobs and from board ... National Cyber Security Alliance adds to board Bill Rosenthal, Logical Operations.
Comcast names Ana Salas Siegel, ex-21st Century Fox, general counsel, NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content, effective June 1 ... National Emergency Number Association hires Christopher Blake Carver, ex-New York City Fire Department, as PSAP (public safety answering point) operations director ... Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hires Ralph Everett, ex-Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, as senior industry and innovation fellow working on USF, broadband and other technology issues ... F5 Networks hires Kristen Roby Dimlow, ex-Microsoft, to lead global human resources organization as executive vice president ... LogRhythm, cybersecurity company, hires James Carder, ex-Mayo Clinic, as chief information security officer and vice president, LogRhythm Labs ... USTelecom names Robert Hunt, GVTC, board chairman, succeeding CenturyLink Executive Vice President Steve Davis, who retired and is being succeeded on the board by the telco's John Jones, who succeeded Davis at the company (see 1504020030).
Entercom promotes Louise Kramer to chief operating officer; hires Stephanie Callihan, ex-iHeartMedia, as vice president-general manager, Austin; and adds David Levy, Turner Broadcasting System, to board ... Crown Media promotes Lisa Barroso to senior vice president-distribution ... Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., hires Chandler Smith, American Hotel & Lodging Association, as communications director for Thune’s leadership office, the Senate Republican Conference, effective May 11, and promotes Ryan Wrasse to communications director, Thune’s personal office, effective May 18, succeeding Rachel Millard, leaving for Glover Park Group ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers elects board member Doug Wood, composer and producer, writer vice chairman, and as publisher member Jody Gerson, Universal Music Publishing Group.
Cisco adds Chuck Robbins to board, and promotes him to CEO, effective July 26, when John Chambers becomes executive chairman ... Birch Communications promotes Vice President Scott Murphy to also be chief financial officer, and names Rhand Williams, ex-Gentiva, to succeed him as company controller ... Nuance Communications adds to board Robert Finocchio, Santa Clara University ... Hawaiian Telcom hires Dan Bessey, ex-Cesca Therapeutics, as chief financial officer, and adds to board Meredith Ching, Alexander & Baldwin ... Rovi hires Dave Longaker, ex-Alcatel Lucent, as chief revenue officer ... iHeartMedia moves Robert Russell to senior vice president-sales, Seattle market ... Named to two-year NAB radio board terms, effective in June: Caroline Beasley, Beasley Broadcast; John Dickey, Cumulus Media; Steve Fisher, Entercom; Scott Herman, CBS Radio; and Jeff Warshaw, Connoisseur Media.
In Recording Academy restructuring of Advocacy and Member Services divisions, Daryl Friedman promoted to chief industry, government & member relations officer, new position, and Nancy Shapiro, who had headed Member Services, named senior vice president-special projects ... Concurrent hires Dale Gonzalez, ex-SecureWorks, as chief technology officer ... PCIA elects Tam Murray, Community Wireless Structures, board chairman, Steven Marshall, American Tower, vice chairman and secretary, and David Weisman, Insite Wireless Group, treasurer ... Lobbyist registration: Broadnet, Alpine Group, effective April 1.
Media General hires Henry Gola, ex-Wiley Rein, as associate general counsel ... Hearst Television promotes Pamela Barber to president-general manager, WMOR-TV Lakeland, Florida, succeeding Kenneth Lucas, who said he will retire in June (see 1504270033) ... VeriSilicon hires Bob Brown, ex-Cadence Design, as chief financial officer, succeeding Shannon Gao, resigned for personal reasons.