Sharis Pozen to step down April 30 as acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General-Antitrust … Weather Channel Cos. names David Kenney, ex-Akamai, chairman-CEO, replacing Mike Kelly, who will remain adviser.
Research In Motion promotes Thorsten Heins to president-CEO and board member; Former co-Chair and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis becomes vice chair of RIM’s board and chair of the board’s new Innovation Committee; Former co-Chair and co-CEO Jim Balsillie remains a member of the board … Motricity names Richard Stalzer, ex-Education Dynamics, president-mobile marketing and advertising … CBS sportscaster James Brown adds responsibility as senior adviser to Black Heritage Network … New board members at Next Generation 9-1-1 Institute: John Chiaramonte, Booz Allen; Jerry Eisner, RedSky Technologies; Woody Glover, St. Tammany Parish, La.; Todd Piett, Rave Mobile Safety; Art Prest, consultant; Alisa Simmons, Tarrant County, Texas … Maura Cope promoted to vice president, Me-TV Network … Megan Pollock departs CEA to join DKC Public Relations in Washington as vice president, policy communications … Donny Osmond to keynote NAB Show radio luncheon April 17 in Las Vegas.
Changes at Intel: Brian Krzanich, vice president of manufacturing and supply chain, named chief operating officer; Andy Bryant resigns as chief administrative officer, remains vice chairman; Dadi Perlmutter promoted to chief product officer, will continue as general manager of Intel Architecture Group … Edward Esposito, Rubber City Radio Group, named secretary and treasurer of RTDNF, the educational arm of the Radio Television Digital News Association … New Satellite Industry Association officers: Jennifer Warren, Lockheed Martin, chair; Kalpak Gude, Intelsat, vice chair; Bill Weller, Space Systems/Loral, treasurer … Lobbyist Registrations: Semiconductor Industry Association, Dow Lohnes, effective Dec. 15.
Paul de Sa, chief of the FCC Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis, to leave the commission in February … Dan Harrison, ex-CBS, joins Fox as executive vice president, scheduling … Michael Bornak, ex-Tollgrade Communications, named SeaChange chief financial officer, treasurer, secretary and senior vice president, effective Jan. 23 … National Exchange Carrier Association elects Raymond Henagan, Rock Port Telephone, chairman; and Ed Buchanan, Interstate 35 Telephone, vice chairman … Cox Enterprises names Nancy Rigby, ex-Atlanta BeltLine Partnership, vice president-Cox Foundations … Wireless test firm LitePoint hires Gary Wang, ex-Texas Instruments and Qualcomm, as vice president-general manager, China operations.
Roger Sherman promoted to House Commerce Committee Democratic chief counsel … Joel Goldberg promoted to senior vice president-operations, CBS Television Stations group … Nexstar Broadcasting names Matt Velsor, ex-AOL and Yahoo, vice president-business development for its Internet technology provider, GoLocal.Biz … Chris Bowick, ex-Charter and Cox, joins Triage Partners advisory board … LIN Media promotes Joshua Pila to senior counsel … Univision Telefutura appointments: Luis Fernandez-Rocha promoted to senior vice president; Carlos Bardasano, ex-Kastuera, vice president-programming and original production … New Hollywood Radio & TV Society board members: Paul Buccieri, ITV Studios; Michael Kassan, MediaLink, and Eileen O'Neill, Discovery.
Former federal CIO Vivek Kundra joins Salesforce.com as executive vice president-emerging markets … John Sykes, ex-MTV, becomes president, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises … Changes at advanced TV ad firm BlackArrow: Joseph Matarese, ex-Arris, chief technology officer; Tricia Iboshi, ex-KIT digital, senior vice president-client services and operations; Dean McCormick, ex-Mix Media, vice president-advertising solutions … Cloud communications firm Stage 2 Networks names Matt Kessler, ex-Eureka Networks, vice president-business development … Perseus Telecom hires Wendell Kadunce, ex-Teleglobe, as executive vice president-global sales.
Lerman Senter promotes media attorney Erin Kim to partner … SeaChange International Chief Financial Officer Kevin Bisson resigned to work for another public company, whose name wasn’t disclosed … Nexstar Broadcasting names Robert Bee, ex-WTAE-TV Pittsburgh, vice president and general manager of WBRE-TV Wilkes-Barre and digital services including community web portal Pahomepage.com.
Cox Communications promotes Jennifer Hightower to senior vice president-law and policy … Richard Sutton, ex-WebMD, named CBS Interactive Music Group global head of sales … Nickelodeon advances Rich Magallanes to senior vice president-animation and current series … Cross River Fiber adds Mike Sevret, ex-Optimum Lightpath, as executive vice president-chief strategy officer, and Jim Martini, ex-4Connections, as chief financial officer … Peter Murphy, Wentworth Capital Management, joins Fisher Communications board … New board members at Alliance for Community Media: Michael Heylin, Raynham Channel, and Keri Stokstad, Pasadena Community Access … Bob Moore, ex-CBS, becomes president, Courtside Entertainment Group … WSB-TV Atlanta promotes Marian Pittman to station manager.
South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Randy Mitchell nominated to the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service … Robert Beizer to retire as Gray TV vice president and secretary, effective Feb. 29, to be replaced by Kevin Latek, ex-Dow Lohnes … Oxygen media names Rod Aissa, ex-MTV, senior vice president-original programming and development … Current TV names Laura Nelson, ex-Gilbride Group, senior vice president-communications … Michael McConnell to leave MRV Communications board … Derek Brown, ex-WGMT-TV, Macon, Ga., becomes vice president-general manager, WHNS-TV, Greenville, S.C.
Barbara Esbin promoted to managing partner, Cinnamon Mueller … Discovery promotions: David Leavy to chief communications officer and senior executive vice president; Bruce Campbell adds responsibility for business affairs and global production management; JB Perrette adds oversight of Enterprise Operational services department; Luis Silberwasser adds responsibility for Velocity … Gilat Satellite promotions: Yaniv Reinhold to chief financial officer and Ari Krashin to executive vice president-finance … Bravo Media promotes Deirdre Bianchi to vice president-program planning and acquisitions … New at Women in Cable Telecom: Mary Meduski, Suddenlink, vice chair; Gail MacKinnon, Time Warner Cable, joins executive committee … Anna Claiborne, ex-Terremark, joins 6connect as vice president-engineering … Belo changes: Michael Valentine, ex-WFAA-TV Dallas, named vice president/content; Joe Weir promoted to vice president/digital … James Kreckler, ex-Rodale, becomes vice president-advertising sales for iVillage.