Ronald Klain, Case Holdings, joins TechNet’s executive council ... IHeartMedia names Sara Morris, ex-FCC, senior director-government affairs in Washington office ... Cox Enterprises promotions: Jon Gamble to senior director-benefits; Scott McLane to director-corporate services; Angela Leung Wasmer, ex-Gap Inc., becomes senior director-corporate responsibility and public affairs ... Lobbyist registrations: Spotify, Baker & Hostetler, Forbes-Tate, Peck Madigan Jones, all effective March 1.
Wacom Technology hires Jeff Mandell, ex-Brightstar and Ericsson, as executive vice president-branded business ... Lobbyist registrations: Amazon Web Services, Cyrrus Analytics, effective April 1 ... NAB, Epplin Strategic Planning, effective Jan. 30.
Sony Pictures Entertainment hires Sanford Panitch, ex-Fox International Productions, as president-international film and TV ... Starz promotes to senior vice presidents: Eric Becker, corporate communications; Shannon Buck, programming publicity; and Colleen Curtis, consumer and digital publicity ... Genband names Patrick Joggerst, ex-BroadSoft, executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... Comptel election results: Deb Ward, TSI, chairwoman; Chris Murray, EarthLink, vice chairman; Jim Butman, TDS, treasurer; board members Greg Palser, CoastCom; Steven Dorf, Kansas Fiber Network; Eric Bender, Wilcon; Dale Schmick, YourTel America; Ron Beaumont, HyperCube; Robert Beaty, Impact Telecom; Dane Jasper, Sonic; Grey Humphrey, Spirit Communications; Milo Medin, Google; Russell Shipley, TelePacific Communications; Lisa Youngers, XO Communications ... Lobbyist registrations: Association of Public Television Stations, Keith Kennedy, effective March 1 ... Comcast, Cove Strategies, effective Feb. 24 ... Cox Enterprises, BGR Group, effective Feb. 1 ... eHealth, Foley Hoag, effective Feb. 18 ... National Telecommunications Institute, Cyrrus Analytics, effective Jan. 26.
Andre Fernandez, ex-Journal Communications, named president of CBS Radio, succeeding Dan Mason, who announced his retirement ... Frontier Communications promoted Kevin Wallick to senior vice president-general manager, West Virginia market ... Matt Mandel, ex-Glover Park Group and House Communications Subcommittee, becomes PCIA head of legislative affairs, effective immediately ... Anthony Molaee was promoted to director-digital programming and operations, iHeartMedia New York ... Lobbyist registrations: the Data Transparency Coalition, registering on behalf of itself, effective April 1 ... MicroLink Devices, Strategic Marketing Innovations, effective Jan. 1 ... Millennium Films, Heather Podesta + Partners, effective March 16 ... Motorola Solutions, The Glover Park Group, effective March 2.
Echelon Vice President Mike Marszewski also named chief financial officer, effective April 24, succeeding William Slakey, executive vice president-CFO, leaving for another company ... Starz promotes to senior vice presidents Eric Becker for corporate communications, Shannon Buck, programming publicity, and Colleen Curtis, consumer and digital publicity ... Shutterstock adds to board Paul Hennessy, priceline.com ... Bob Bowman, president-MLB Business & Media, was to keynote NAB Show's Future of TV workshop Sunday, 5 p.m., Room N235, Las Vegas Convention Center.
Voice of America Director David Ensor resigning, effective end of May ... Perkins Coie hires from K&L Gates Marc Martin as partner and chairman, Communications practice, which also adds Brendon Fowler as senior counsel ... Transaction Network Services names Clayton LiaBraaten, ex-Cartesian, senior vice president-sales, delivery and business development, Telecommunication Services Division ... Zynga CEO Don Mattrick leaving company and board, being succeeded by Chairman Mark Pincus, returning as CEO ... Qualcomm's Michelle Sterling promoted to executive vice president-human resources, joining executive committee, effective May 4; Dan Sullivan, who holds that job, retiring, to be in an advisory role until retirement effective at year's end ... AMC Networks promotes Michael Cagnazzi to senior vice president-digital product development ... 21st Century Fox hires Michael Galante, ex-NBA, as vice president-creative partnerships, Home Team Sports.
Frontier Communications promotes John Lass to executive vice president-field operations and Shayne Zwiener to general manager, Nebraska market ... AMC Networks promotes Courtney Thomasma to vice president-research, BBC America ... GlobalOutlook, cloud unified communication and collaboration services provider, hires Rajeev Vij, ex-Microsoft, as CEO, and Brett Coover, ex-Intellys, as chief technology officer ... Newly named to CEA Board of Industry Leaders: Craig Birmingham, Ingram Micro; Henry Chiarelli, Gibson Brands; Ximena Hartsock, Phone2Action; Carmichael Roberts, MC10; Sean Stapleton, Warrantech; Fred Towns, New Age Electronics.
Integra hires Christopher Camut, ex-Ajubeo, as president-Integra Business, and Scot Oslund, ex-tw telecom, as vice president-premier channel, Electric Lightwave, and promotes Jason Koenders to newly formed office of chief technology officer, as CTO and senior vice president ... Panasonic North America hires Damien Atkins, ex-AOL, as general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding Robert Marin, retiring ... Library of Congress promotes Erik Bertin to deputy director-registration policy and practice, new position ... Pandora hires Casey Hastings, ex-Motorola Solutions, as head-community relations, government relations team ... Comcast moves Comcast Business Senior Vice President Jeff Buzzelli to that role in the Central Division.
Fletcher Heald hires David Janet, ex-own law practice, as member, and promotes to member Davina Sashkin, Tony Lee and Cheng-Yi Liu ... Cablevision promotes Matthew Grover to senior vice president-sales operations and commercial sales ... Interactive Telecom Solutions hires Kevin Errity, ex-Windstream, as senior vice president-sales and operations ... Media General names Julio Marenghi, ex-District Six Media Consulting, chief revenue officer-broadcast operations ... Wiley Rein's McBee Strategic Consulting hires Erin Neal, ex-Orbital ATK, as executive vice president-advocacy unit ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers hires Alice Kim, ex-DigiConsult, as executive vice president-chief strategy & development officer ... Consumer Reports hires Jason Fox, ex-Reuters, as vice president-digital ... Concurrent hires Clay McCreery, ex-Arris, as senior vice president-worldwide sales and service ... RingCentral names to board Mike Kourey, ex-Khosla Ventures, as David Weiden, Khosla Ventures, resigns from board ... Lobbyist registration: VMware, registering on behalf of itself, effective April 1.
Sidley Austin adds Michael Bettinger as a partner in the San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice ... Additions to Wipro Group Executive Council: Abid Ali Neemuchwala, group president-chief operating officer, Wipro Limited; Anand Padmanabhan, president-CEO, Energy & Utilities, Wipro Limited; G K Prasanna, president-CEO, Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited; and Bhanumurthy B.M., president-CEO, Business Application Services, Wipro Limited ... Broad Green Pictures names Steve Nickerson, ex-Millennium Entertainment, president-home entertainment.