Dickstein Shapiro hires Lori Kalani, ex-Orrick Herrington and Dish Network, as partner, state attorneys general practice … Independent Film & Television Alliance elections include: Clay Epstein, Arclight Films, chairman of the export alliance; Nicolas Chartier, Voltage Pictures, general vice chairman; Brian O'Shea, Exchange Inc., vice chairman, finance; and Michael Ryan, GFM Films, vice chairman, non-Californian; Gene George, Starz Media, a board member … Gannett promotes Craig Etheridge to senior vice president-digital and mobile sales.

Changes on House Commerce Committee majority staff: Todd Harrison, chief counsel for Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, leaving to return to private practice in New York; Karen Christian promoted to replace him; Michael Gruber, senior policy adviser to committee, going to private sector … Hogan Lovells hires Trey Hanbury, ex-Sprint Nextel, as partner, technology, media and telecoms practice … hires Frank Bell, ex-PR Wireless, as president, global sales and marketing, effective Oct. 1 … Andreessen Horowitz hires Adrian Fenty, ex-Washington mayor, as special adviser … Lobbyist registrations: NCTA, Bates Capitol Group, effective Sept. 1.

FCC names to Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services: Swati Dandekar, Iowa Utilities Board; and Stephen Michael Bloom, Oregon Public Utility Commission; filling vacancies created by departure of Robert Clayton, ex-Missouri Public Service Commission; and Vendean Vafiades, ex-Maine Public Utilities Commission … Lobbyist registrations: Mobile TeleSystems Bermuda, Williams and Jensen, effective Aug. 7 … Cisco, Gronberg Consulting, effective Aug. 10 … Pandora Media, Constantine Cannon, effective Aug. 17 … Inflight Passenger Communication Coalition, Biersack Government Relations Team, effective Sept. 3. … Tim Unwin, Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation, added to ITU International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats’ International Advisory Board … Anton Monk, Entropic Communications, appointed to RVU Alliance board.

Car Connectivity Consortium hires Alan Ewing, ex-Nokia, as executive director … Univision Communications moves Richard Pacheco to senior vice president-enterprise development … Optelian hires Glenn Byess, ex-TE Connectivity to head new Optelian Services division … New AMC vice presidents-business affairs: Aleksandar Stojkovic, ex-Angel City Factory; and Scott Stein, ex-Harpo Films … Promoted at Disney: Jennilee Cummings to vice president, Disney Channel and Disney XD original series; Nikki Reed to vice president for Disney Channel Original Movies.

Bruce Gottlieb, ex-FCC, promoted by Atlantic Media to president-National Journal Group, succeeding Andy Sareyan, stepping down … Computer and Communications Industry Association hires Joshua Lamel, ex-Hill+Knowlton Strategies, as vice president and executive director of CCIA’s new Foundation for Innovation and Internet Freedom … Overture hires Mike Aquino, ex-Ciena, as president-CEO …

MPAA says Fritz Attaway retired, after 36 years as attorney there in jobs including executive vice president … Netflix hires Corie Wright, ex-Free Press, as director-global public policy … Web and mobile payment processor YapStone hires Mary Hentges, ex-CBS Interactive, as chief financial officer … … Home Box Office CEO Bill Nelson leaves at year’s end, succeeded by Richard Plepler; Eric Kessler named president and chief operating officer; Michael Lombardo to president-programming … Tecore Networks hires Kenneth North, ex-Mississippi State Department of Corrections, as vice president-government services.

Wyndham Robertson, ex-Fortune magazine, returns to Media General board … Raymond Gilmartin to retire from Microsoft board, effective at Nov. 28 shareholder meeting; Nancy Tellem, ex-CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, joins Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president … Intel China Chairman Sean Maloney to retire in January.

John Legere, ex-Global Crossing, named new CEO of T-Mobile USA …Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam to keynote at CES, Jan. 8 in Las Vegas … Raymond Gilmartin to retire from Microsoft board after 11 years, effective at next shareholder meeting, Nov. 28 in Bellevue, Wash.; Nancy Tellem, ex-CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, joins Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president … USA Mobility’s Amcom hires Colin Balmforth, ex-Lawson Software, as president-Amcom Software, replacing Christopher Heim… Belo Corp. hires Linda Danna, ex-KGPE-TV Fresno, as president and general manager of WHAS-TV Louisville, effective Oct. 15 … CableReady hires Maurizio Tavares, ex-Rede TV Network, as vice president-global sales manager, new position … Sunlight Foundation hires Bill Pease, ex-GoodGuide, as “evangelist” to Silicon Valley and Western U.S. … Veria Living cable programmer promotes Elizabeth Browde to senior vice president-head of programming … Michael Rayfield, ex-Nvidia, hired by Micron Technology as vice president-Wireless Solutions Group.

Twitter hires Will Carty, former Republican staffer for Senate Commerce Committee, as manager-public policy … Neustar hires Ted Prince, ex-National Geographic Ventures, as senior vice president-media and new ventures, including UltraViolet initiatives … Richard Strasser, Copyright Royalty Board senior staff attorney, named interim CRB copyright royalty judge after Judge Stanley Wisniewski retired Aug. 31 … Charter Communications hires as executive vice presidents: Tom Adams, ex-Time Warner Cable, for field operations; and Kip Mayo, ex-Cablevision, for customer operations … Net Element hires: Tim Greenfield, ex-Gold Mobile, to president-mobile commerce and payment processing; Matthew Milner, ex-Hearst, named president-entertainment and culture; where Paul Coyne, ex-4mm Games, becomes executive vice president … Bass Berry hires James Carpenter, ex-Infineon Technologies and Fitzpatrick Cella, as associate in Intellectual Property and Technology Practice … Lobbyist Registrations: L3 Communications, LaRocco and Associates, effective Aug. 1 … Salesforce.com, Franklin Square Group, effective Aug. 1 … Shift Systems, Patton Boggs, effective Aug. 27 … World Intellectual Property Organization, Manchester Trade Ltd., effective Sept. 3.

Xand data center company hires Yatish Mishra, ex-RagingWire, as president and chief technology officer … Cablevision hires Sandra Kapell, ex-AIG, as executive vice president-human resources and administration, new position … AMC Networks Senior Vice President-Financial Strategy John Hsu adds title of treasurer … Crown Media Family Networks hires Randy Pope, ex-Larry Levinson Productions, vice president-programming … Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board for 2012-2013 term: Ralph Brown, CableLabs; Pat Crull, Time Warner Cable; Martha Soehren, Comcast; Jim Hughes, CommScope.