Minority Media and Telecommunications Council hires Kim Keenan, MMTC board member and ex-NAACP, as president and CEO, succeeding President David Honig, who continues full time at council as president emeritus and general counsel … Verizon hires Diego Scotti, ex-J.Crew, as chief marketing officer … Sysorex, provider of big data, cybersecurity and location-based mobile services, hires Will Frederick, ex-Neural ID, as chief financial officer, replacing Wendy Loundermon, moved to vice president-finance … iHeartMedia promotes Hector Marcano to vice president, Hispanic Operations East, and general manager, WRUM(FM) Orlando … Unwired Planet adds to board Andrew Dodge of Indaba Capital Management, an affiliate of which is Unwired Planet’s largest investor … Open Platform for NFV project names as a “platinum” board member Anthony C.K. Soong, Huawei Technologies USA.

Time Warner promotes Pascal Desroches to executive vice president-chief financial officer, Turner Broadcasting System, effective Jan. 1; he'll be succeeded by Doug Horne, promoted to Time Warner senior vice president and controller … Information Technology Industry Council hires Sarah Beth Groshart, ex-aide to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, as director-government affairs and legislative counsel … Northrop Grumman names Tom McLemore, ex-House Appropriations Committee aide, as vice president-legislative affairs, cybersecurity, command, control, communications, computers and intelligence and space.

Named Secret Service interim acting director is Joseph Clancy, ex-special agent in charge of the service’s Presidential Protective Division who now is leaving Comcast Cable Security, replacing Julia Pierson, who resigned as director … Kountoupes Denham, “government affairs boutique” firm, hires Mike Bloomquist, ex-general counsel to House Commerce Committee for Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., as principal … Graham Holdings hires Timothy O'Shaughnessy, ex-LivingSocial, as president, effective Nov. 3 … Windstream promotes Bob Gunderman to interim chief financial officer, and he remains treasurer, succeeding Tony Thomas, named president of the real estate investment trust to be created by the spin off of some of the company’s telecom assets (CD Aug 7 p7).

Discovery Communications promotions for national ad sales: Ben Price to executive vice president and Simon Robinson to chief operating officer … iHeartMedia promotes Earl Jones to senior vice president-urban operations; promoted to succeed him as market president-Chicago is Matt Scarano … PCTel hires Carolyn Dolezal, leaving its board to take job, as vice president-strategy and chief marketing officer … Time Warner hires Mari Ghuneim, ex-digital media and brand-marketing consultant, as vice president-digital strategy and development, truTV … Total-Apps, payment processing technology company, hires Wayne Ostrander, ex-Blazonco, as vice president-business development, new position.

FTC hires Francine Lafontaine, taking leave from University of Michigan, as director, Bureau of Economics, succeeding Martin Gaynor, returning to Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College … National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration names NASA’s Stephen Volz to lead NOAA Satellite and Information Service, effective Nov. 2, replacing Mary Kicza, who retired earlier this year … TechNet hires Sue Hothem, ex-Benchmark Strategies, as vice president-membership … Resigning from Unwired Planet is Eric Vetter as president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, effective Nov. 18.

Comcast promotions: Senior Vice President Charlie Herrin now has that title for customer experience, Comcast Cable, new position; and Enrique Caballero was promoted to senior vice president-human resources, NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content … CEA hires Jamie Boone, ex-office of Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., as director-government affairs, and Michael Hayes, ex-office of Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., as manager-governmental affairs … U.S. Cellular adds to board its executive Steven Campbell, and from TDS, which owns a majority of the carrier, it also adds Peter Sereda, Doug Shuma and Kurt Thaus … Lobbyist registration: Alliance for Community Media, Mike Wassenaar, effective July 1.

TRUSTe hires Josh Harris, ex-Future of Privacy Forum, as director-policy … Center for Democracy & Technology hires Michelle De Mooy, ex-Consumer Action, as deputy director, Consumer Privacy Project … Neustar hires Todd Wilms, ex-SAP, as vice president-digital, and Angela Culver, ex-ACLynn, as vice president-brand … Overture hires Greg Anglum, ex-StrikeIron, which Informatica bought, as chief financial officer … Emma Scott to depart year-end as managing director of Freesat, U.K. subscription-free satellite-TV service, and be succeeded by Alistair Thom, being promoted.

Akamai promotes Doug Tilford to senior vice president and general manager-Europe, Middle East and Africa … Among space-related company companies, Aireon hires Vincent Capezzuto, ex-Federal Aviation Administration, as chief technology officer and vice president-engineering, while Universal Space Network promotes Erik Eliasen to vice president-National Security Space Programs … Accuris Networks, cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity firm that said Wednesday it got $15 million in investments, hires Jeff Brown, ex-Kineto Wireless, as CEO … Motivity Labs, provider of mobile, cloud and big data solutions, hires and adds to board Manish Tyagi, ex-adviser on strategic alliances, as CEO, and names Prabhakar Reddy, also joining board, president, Motivity Solutions.

FCC Office of General Counsel promotes associate general counsels Jennifer Tatel to also be chief of staff and Stephanie Weiner to also be special adviser to the chairman on Internet law and policy … Comptia’s TechAmerica hires as senior advisers Larry Allen, who continues at Allen Federal Business Partners, and William Greenwalt, who remains at American Enterprise Institute … Ad Council hires Lisa Sherman, ex-Viacom’s LogoTV, as president and CEO, succeeding, effective Nov. 3, Peggy Conlon, who’s retiring … Wireless 20/20, wireless broadband consultant, hires Khaled Kamal Al Amayreh, whose past employers include Vtel, as principal consultant … Newly elected to Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board for 2014-15: Oak Bandy, Vision Corp.; D'Arcy Brown, Rogers Cable; Bill Warga, Liberty Global; Steve Williams, Time Warner Cable; and Derrick Hanson, Cox Communications, for region 9 … Lobbyist registrations: Cox Enterprises, Ryan MacKinnon, effective Aug. 1 … Grain Management, Dickstein Shapiro, effective Aug. 18.

FCC promotes Kalpak Gude to Media Bureau associate chief … Comcast hires Paul Gómez, ex-Walmart, as senior director-government affairs, Telemundo … Morrison & Foerster hires Joseph Palmore, ex-Justice Department and before that FCC, as partner and co-chairman, Appellate and Supreme Court Practice … Ceragon Networks, wireless backhauler, hires Doron Arazi, ex-Amdocs, as executive vice president-chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1, succeeding Aviram Steinhart, leaving company for another opportunity after a transition … Frontier Communications elects Diana Ferguson, Scarlett Investments, to board.