T-Mobile names Brendan Kelsay, ex-iHeartMedia and House Commerce Committee staff, director-federal affairs ... Nexstar Broadcasting names Judson Beck, ex-Living Social, vice president-general manager of Fox affiliates WLAX La Crosse, Wis., and WEUX, Chippewa Falls, Wis., and digital affiliates ... President Barack Obama names David Recordon, ex-Facebook, director-White House information technology ... Inaugural board members at Interactive Advertising Bureau Digital Video Center of Excellence: Adam Berliant, Microsoft; Brian Boland, Facebook; Jonathan Carson, Vevo; Tal Chalozin, Innovid; Rahul Chopra, Storyful; Kevin Conroy, Univision; Bill Day, Tremor; Joe Dugan, CNN; Scott Ferber, Videology; Chad Gutstein, Machinima; Jeremy Helfand, Adobe Systems; Rebecca Howard, New York Times; Doug Knopper, FreeWheel; Richard Kosinski, Unruly; Ken Lagana, CBS Interactive; Tim Mahlman, Vidible; Marta Martinez, AOL; John McCarus, LIN Digital; Scot McLernon, YuMe; Erin McPherson, Maker Studios; Pooja Midha, ABC Television Network; Peter Naylor, Hulu; Suzie Reider, YouTube/Google; Guy Yalif, BrightRoll; James Smith, Sony Pictures Entertainment; Jeremy Steinberg, Weather Company; Dan Suratt, A+E Networks; Lisa Valentino, Condé Nast; Shereta Williams, Videa ... New board officers at IRTS Foundation: Jack Myers, MyersBizNet, chairman; vice chairs are Bruce Lefkowitz, Fox Networks Group, Leo MacCourtney, Katz Television Group, and Debra O'Connell, ABC National Television Sales ... Lobbyist registrations: Cybergenetics, Cohen & Grigsby, effective March 11 ... Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association Broadcasting, Iseman & Szeliga, effective Feb. 3.
Kelley Drye hires Jennifer Fried, ex-National Advertising Division, as special counsel, Advertising and Marketing Practice ... President Barack Obama nominates Chad Dickerson, Etsy, to the administration’s Trade Policy and Negotiations Committee ... Box hires Sonny Hashmi, ex-General Services Administration, to lead federal government efforts ... Communications Sales & Leasing, planned real estate investment trust to be spun off from Windstream, hires Daniel Heard, leaving Kutak Rock, as general counsel, effective April 1, and Rob Clancy, ex-Cbeyond, as assistant treasurer and vice president-investor relations ... Global Eagle Entertainment hires Jim Griffiths, ex-GSD, as senior vice president-content purchasing and distribution, new position.
Securus Technologies hires as vice presidents Jon Secrest, ex-TE Connectivity, for new growth opportunities, and Dan Wigger, ex-Integra Telecom, also named managing director-managed access systems ... Cumulus hires Pierre Bouvard, ex-TiVo Research, as chief marketing officer, new position ... Returning to Mayer Brown is Rajesh De, ex-NSA, as partner, leading global Privacy & Security practice ... Nexstar names Marci Daniels, formerly of Michigan TV stations WEYI-TV Flint and WBSF Bay City, vice president-general manager of WETM-TV Elmira, New York, and associated mobile and digital operations under MyTwinTiers.com.
K&L Gates hires Joon Ro Yoon, ex-Reitler Kailas, as partner, IP Litigation practice ... Herman & Whiteaker hires Carrie DeVier, ex-McNair Law Firm, as associate ... Gray Television promotes Greg Conklin to vice president-corporate programming ... RiskIQ hires Jeff Baeth, ex-VeriSign, as chief financial officer ... Silver Peak hires John Vincenzo, ex-Embrane, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer ... Ateme adds to board Jacques Galloy, ex-EVS Broadcast ... Jennifer Ernst, Thinfilm Electronics, elected to chair FlexTech Alliance's governing board for two-year term ... Lobbyist registrations: Comcast, Harbinger Strategies, effective Feb. 1 ... Hewlett-Packard, Rock Creek Counsel, effective Feb. 1 ... Mutualink, Dana Hudson, effective Feb. 1 ... Secure Communications, a cyber firm, Socci and Associates, effective March 3.
President Barack Obama plans to nominate Brandon McBride, Senate Agriculture Committee staffer, to be administrator, Rural Utilities Service ... Frontier Communications hires AJ Burton, ex-Hogan Lovells, as director-federal regulatory affairs ... Madison Square Garden Co. President-CEO Tad Smith resigns, hired to same jobs by Sotheby's, which also adds him to board ...Newtec hires Kevin McCarthy, ex-MTN Satellite Communications, as vice president-market development ... Openwave Messaging hires Lokdeep Singh, ex-Syniverse, as chief product officer, and Jay Seaton, ex-GlassHouse Technologies, as senior vice president-marketing and business development ... Black Box moves Vice President Rick Gannon to that position in operations, North America Commercial Services.
CTIA hires Kara Romagnino, ex-Mintz Levin, as director-regulatory affairs, and Hank Kilgore, ex-office of then-Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., as director-government affairs ... Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., hires Greta Milligan Peisch, ex-Office of U.S. Trade Representative, as international trade counsel ... TVEyes promotes Dan Miles to chief operating officer, new position ... Adaptive Medias names Omar Akram to president and chief financial officer.
PCTel promotes David Neumann to senior vice president and general manager, RF Solutions group, and Rishi Bharadwaj to vice president and general manager, Connected Solutions ... ComScore hires David Shiffman, ex-MediaVest, as senior vice president-marketing solutions, and Duncan Trigg, ex-Project Sunblock, as vice president-advertising effectiveness ... RingCentral hires Al Campa, ex-Sierra Ventures, as chief marketing officer ... Returning to Gannett is Bob Sullivan, ex-Scripps Media, hired as senior vice president-programming, Gannett Broadcasting ... Lobbyist registration: InterDigital, wireless technology provider, Kelley Drye, effective Feb. 2.
Drinker Biddle hires Phil Gingrey, ex-Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, as senior adviser, Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice Group ... Goodwin Procter hires Marcia Sundeen, ex-Kenyon & Kenyon, as partner, IP Litigation Group ... Media General hires Richard Levine, ex-AT&T Services, as head-distribution ... Endgame, cybersecurity firm, hires James Butler, ex-FireEye and Mandiant, as chief scientist.
Kellogg Huber hires as associates, working in practice areas including telecom, ex-law clerks Thomas Bennett, Nicholas Hunter, Bradley Oppenheimer and Thomas Schultz ... Cable One hires Kevin Coyle, ex-Elauwit Networks, as senior vice president and chief financial officer ... International Datacasting President and CEO Doug Lowther leaving ... TE Connectivity promotes Terrence Curtin to president, new position ... Tribune Broadcasting hires Jon Hitchcock, ex-CBS, as vice president and general manager of Connecticut's WTIC-TV Hartford and WCCT-TV Waterbury ... AMC Networks hires Bernadette Simpao, ex-Viacom, as vice president-corporate communications ... 21st Century Fox promotes Victoria Marcroft to vice president-marketing, promotion and publicity department, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution ... Digital Place Based Advertising Association adds to board Jose Avalos, Intel ... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers adds to Engineering Committee Ron Hranac, Cisco, new chairman of SCTE Network Operations Subcommittee.
Wiley Rein hires David Frolio, ex-GSM Association, as consulting counsel, Communications Practice ... Comcast promotes to also be executive vice presidents General Counsel and Secretary Arthur Block, Chief Communications Officer D’Arcy Rudnay and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller Lawrence Salva ... Shutterstock hires Craig Felenstein, ex-Discovery Communications, as senior vice president-investor relations Globecomm names Jason Juranek, ex-Harris CapRock, chief financial officer ... Inrix hires Steve Banfield, ex-Rightside, as chief marketing officer ... Dish Network hires Scott Skurnick, ex-Sears Holdings, to lead digital marketing as vice president-digital acquisition ... Globecast hires Rick Horrow, Horrow Sports Ventures, as "key industry advisor on a consultancy basis."