Changes on Level 3’s board: Steven Clontz, ex-Global Crossing until it was acquired last year by Level 3, added, replacing Lee Theng Kiat, Temasek Holdings; joining is Kevin Chilton, ex-U.S. Air Force … Charles Stewart, ex-office of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., joins office of Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., as communications director.
Charter names Jonathan Hargis executive vice president and chief marketing officer … Kunimasa Suzuki appointed president and CEO of Sony Mobile Communications … Julian Lighton named Neustar senior vice president of strategy and corporate development.
Senate Judiciary spokeswoman Erica Chabot named legislative director to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. … Ken Kraft joins Cox Business as vice president-marketing … Jonathan Hargis, ex-Cablevision, will join Charter Communications April 9 as executive vice president and chief marketing officer … Lobbyist Registrations: Time Warner Cable, Iverson Government Relations, effective March 1.
New members of NAB board: Jose Valle, Univision Radio; Pete Booker, Delmarva Broadcasting Company; Dick Lewis, Clear Channel Media & Entertainment; Mary Quass, NRG Media … WE tv names Lauren Gellert senior vice president-original production & development … Jill Lesser appointed executive director of the Center for Copyright Information.
Lobbyist Registrations: DirecTV, Jackson Consulting, effective March 1 … Broadcom, Capitol Tax Partners, effective March 15.
Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, promotes Richard Russell to committee’s minority staff director … New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative names James Vasile director of open Internet tools project … Council for Research Excellence audience measurement group funded by Nielsen adds as members Jeffrey Graham, Google; Judy Vogel, Media Storm; and Tom Ziangas, AMC Networks … Pillsbury law firm’s Washington office hires communications lawyers from Dickstein Shapiro: Lew Paper, partner; Andrew Kersting, counsel.
Michael Copps, ex-FCC, joins board of Public Knowledge, which names Kathleen Wallman, Wallman Consulting, chairman; Kevin Werbach, Supernova Group, treasurer; Leah Belsky, Kaltura, secretary … Comcast promotes D'Arcy Rudnay to chief communications officer … Lobbyist Registrations: Harris Corp., McAllister & Quinn, effective March 15 … Integra Telecom, Northfork Strategies, effective Feb. 1.
John Carlucci, ex-ClearLeap, named Alticast U.S. chief technical officer, replacing James Ryu, who returns to Alticast Korea as chief technical officer … Nickelodeon promotes to senior vice presidents Jenna Boyd for animation development and Brian Wright for live action development … Entercom hires Tim McNamara, ex-Adpearance, as vice president and market manager for its Portland, Ore., radio stations, effective April 2 … Discovery Communications hires Suzanne McDonnell, ex-Viacom, as senior vice president of sales strategy and client solutions, for digital ads and sponsorship.
Nexstar names Brandy Sanchez vice president and general manager of KAMR-TV and its Texas Panhandle digital media operations … Discovery Communications hires Andrew Jackson, ex-BBC, as executive vice president of production and development for landmark series and specials, starting June 1.
Corning promotes David Morse to executive vice president-chief technology officer, effective May 1, succeeding Joseph Miller, retiring … Synacor names Michael Bishara, ex-HBO Broadband, vice president-general manager, TV Everywhere.