Kellogg, Huber hires John Thorne, ex-Verizon, as partner, to focus on antitrust, intellectual property and commercial litigation matters … News Corp. hires Jared Sher, ex-Skadden Arps, as News America vice president-associate general counsel … Burson-Marsteller hires Mike Heimowitz, ex-Porter Novelli, as managing director of Issues & Crisis Group.
Gannett promotes Jeffrey Heinz to vice president-investor relations … Netflix hires Kelly Bennett, ex-Warner Bros., as chief marketing officer … DFJ Gotham Ventures technology venture capital firm promotes Thatcher Bell to managing director … SeaWell Networks cable operator video ad company adds Joan Gillman, Time Warner Cable, to board.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel names David Goldman, who was detailed to Senate Communications Subcommittee staff, as senior legal advisor, to work on wireless, international and public safety issues … Betty Ann Kane, D.C. Public Service Commission, elected chairman of NARUC’s National Regulatory Research Institute; David Boyd, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, elected vice chairman; both one-year terms … News Corp. promotes Peter Rice to chairman and CEO of Fox Networks Group; David Hill to senior executive vice president of the company … American Cable Association elects Colleen Abdoulah, WOW, chairman; Robert Gessner, Massillon Cable, vice chairman, for two-year terms … General Cable Corp. director Charles McClure, Meritor, resigns for personal reasons because of demands relating to ongoing business … National Cable Television Cooperative elects Brad Mefferd, Buckeye Cablevision, a director … MSNBC promotes Lauren Skowronski to vice president of media relations … Waller Capital Partners hires William Bradley, ex-Credit Suisse, as managing director to lead data center, managed hosting and cloud computing practices and support telecom practice … NewsRight President David Westin leaves as CEO and president, to become adviser, replaced by Srinandan Kasi, promoted … Concurrent adds Robert Pons, Live Wire Mobile, and Dilip Singh, InfuSystem Holdings, to board as part of deal for Singer Children’s Management Trust and Lloyd Miller to vote shares in favor of company’s board slate … Lobbyist registrations: NQ Mobile, MWW Group, effective June 1 … NPR, Navigators Global, effective June 12 … Motorola Solutions, Sixkiller Consulting, effective June 25.
Corning changes, effective Aug. 1: Clark Kinlin promoted to executive vice president-telecom business group; Martin Curran promoted to senior vice president and innovation officer, new post; Stephen Miller named vice president and general manager of Corning Optical Fiber and Cable … TVB hires Stacey Lynn Schulman, ex-Turner Broadcasting, as senior vice president-chief research officer, new position.
Paul Sands retires at year’s end as president and general manager of Hearst Television’s WPTZ Plattsburgh, N.Y., and WNNE Hartford, Vt., being replaced by Kyle Grimes … Lobbyist registrations: Motorola Solutions, Barbour Griffith and Rogers, effective June 10 … Virginia state government’s Center for Innovative Technology, Franklin Partnership, effective July 1 … Spectrum Solutions Co., US Strategies, effective July 2.
Merwin Sands named executive director of Maryland Public Service Commission, effective July 25 … CTIA promotions: Bob Bolster to assistant vice president-government affairs; Gerry Keegan named senior director-state legislative affairs; and Amy McLean becomes director-communications advocacy … Changes at WOW as it completes purchase of Knology: Todd Holt becomes chief financial officer, and CFO Steven Cochran remains president … Discovery Channel hires Scott Lewers, ex-Oxygen Media, senior vice president-programming … Acme Communications corporate restructuring: President and CEO Doug Gealy becomes adviser, remains acting CEO while overseeing sale of the company’s remaining assets; Chief Operating Officer Stan Gill adds title of president … Lobbyist registrations: L-3 Communications, Johnston Strategies, effective May 1 … Alliance to Prevent Fraudulent Attacks on Patents, Venable, effective June 26.
National Association of Counties names Matthew Chase executive director, replacing Larry Naake, retiring, effective Sept. 17 … Viacom Media Networks hires Ross Cohen, ex-WorldNow, as senior vice president of digital inventory strategy, new position … Data center and cloud company ViaWest hires James Buie, ex-Comcast, as senior vice president of financial planning and analysis.
Jeff Joseph, ex-Biotechnology Industry Organization, rejoins CEA as senior vice president-communications and strategic relationships, effective Aug. 23 … Comcast Cable hires Thomas Wlodkowski, ex-AOL, as vice president of accessibility, new position … Application Developers Alliance board adds Alex Moazed, Applico … Turner Entertainment Networks’ TEN Sponsor Shop promotes to senior vice presidents: Nicole Priem for sponsorship solutions; and Matt Bunting for creative … Lobbyist registrations: Iridium Satellite, McBee Strategic Consulting, effective June 1 … Facebook, Peck, Madigan, Jones and Stewart, effective June 1 … Frontier Communications, Petrizzo Bond, effective, June 15.
AT&T Associate General Counsel Jack Zinman moves from working for legal group in Washington office to mobility group in Atlanta … Gregg Sayre, ex-Frontier Communications, sworn in last week as member of New York State Public Service Commission … Discovery Communications adds Carolina Lightcap, ex-Disney Channels Worldwide, as head of content for Discovery Networks Latin America/US Hispanic and general manager for the Southern Cone, effective Aug. 13 … Lobbyist registrations: Cisco Systems, Glover Park Group, effective July 1 … Google, Stuart Murray Group, effective June 1 … Huawei, Doyce Boesch, effective July 1.
Changes at Connected Nation: Tom Ferree promoted to president as it realigns leadership to start 10/20 Digital, which is being directed by founder and former CEO Brian Mefford, who remains Connected Nation chairman … Harris Corp. moves Tania Hanna to vice president of government relations, succeeding Peter Challan, named vice president of industry-specific programs for the company’s Mission Critical Networks business … Huawei USA hires Andy Purdy, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as chief security officer.