Michael Schwartz, ex-Communications Daily, steps down from CableLabs senior vice president-communications, to become consultant … Brent Rosenthal, W.R. Huff Asset Management, becomes Rentrack non-executive chairman, succeeding Paul Rosenbaum, retiring; CEO Bill Livek becomes vice chairman … Owen DeLong, Hurricane Electric, joins advisory board for Infoblox IPv6 Center of Excellence … Informa Telecoms & Media hires Nick Thomas, ex-Forrester Research, as principal analyst, covering TV and digital media … Amy Storey promoted to assistant vice-president, public affairs, CTIA.
Lobbyist registrations: Google hires Crossroads Strategies, effective June 1; Gephardt Group, effective June 8; Ingram Group, effective June 1; Normandy Group, effective June 24; Raben Group, effective June 1 … Ipsos promotes Audra Priluck to vice president-business development.
National Rural Telecom Cooperative names Tim Bryan, ex-ICO Global Communications, CEO; Jack Harvey remains president … ICO appointments: Robert Mechaley, Clearwire co-founder, hired as chief scientist; Timothy Dozois promoted to corporate counsel and corporate secretary; Mark Fanning, ex-Clearwire, named chief people officer … Sesame Workshop promotes Daryl Mintz to chief financial officer … Among the members of new Healthy MEdia Commission: Co-chair Deborah Tate, ex-FCC; Maria Brennan, Women in Cable Telecom; Alice Cahn, Cartoon Network; Danielle Carrig, A&E Networks; Salaam Smith, Style Network; Sean Cunningham, Cable Ad Bureau; Ivelisse Estrada, Univision; Erin Fuller, Alliance for Women in Media; Marie Dyak, Entertainment Industries Council; David Honig, Minority Media Telecom Council; Myung Kang-Huneke, Sesame Workshop; Linda Kinney, MPAA; Jeanine Liburd, BET; Vicki Lins, Canoe Ventures; April McClain-Delaney, Common Sense Media; Cindy McConkey, Scripps; Lesli Rotenberg, PBS; Nancy Snyderman, NBC; Alexa Verveer, Discovery.
Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney resigns from Department of Justice, where she leads Antitrust Division, effective Aug. 5 … Rupert Pearce promoted to Inmarsat CEO, effective Jan. 1, replacing Andrew Sukawaty, who becomes executive chairman … Mark Shockley, ex-Motorola, becomes Brightstar North America president, effective Monday … FCC International Bureau Chief Mindel De La Torre named by Chairman Julius Genachowski to FCC Performance Review Board … Comcast’s thePlatform hires Simon McGrath, ex-SeaChange, as general manager for Europe.
NTT America changes: Jun Nojima promoted to chief administrative officer, new position; Michael DeVito, ex-BT Global, becomes vice president-enterprise solutions; Bryan Tam promoted to vice president-enterprise sales … Michael Wack, ex-NextWave, named Franklin Fellow and counselor to the U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy in the State Department.
New FCBA officers: President Yaron Dori, Covington & Burling; President-elect Laura Phillips, Drinker Biddle; Secretary Ryan Wallach, Willkie Farr; Assistant Secretary Robert Branson, Verizon Wireless; Treasurer Joseph Di Scipio, Fox TV Stations; Assistant Treasurer David Gross, Wiley Rein; Executive committee members Parul Desai, Consumers Union; Erin Dozier, NAB; Ari Fitzgerald, Hogan Lovells; Rosemary Harold, FCC; Julie Kearney, CEA; Janice Obuchowski, Freedom Technologies; Thomas Power, NTIA; Megan Stull, Google; Bryan Tramont, Wilkinson Barker; and Christopher Wright, Wiltshire & Grannis.
Herman & Whiteaker law firm opens, focusing on telecom and broadband, with founding principals Dee Herman and Gregory Whiteaker … Lobbyist Registrations: AT&T, Capitol Hill Strategies, effective May 15 … Public Knowledge hires as associates: Clarissa Ramon, ex-Congressional Hispanic Caucus, for outreach and government affairs; and Martyn Griffen, ex-office of former Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., for government affairs … 9-1-1 Industry Alliance announces board for 2011-2013: Kevin Murray, Mission Critical Partners, chairman; George Heinrichs, Intrado, past chairman; Bill Campbell, Intergraph, vice chairman; Paul Fahey, Cassidian Communications, secretary; Allen Amis, 911 Inc., treasurer … Univision promotes Randy Falco to president and CEO and adds him to board.
T-Mobile promotions: Terry Hayes to vice president-general manager, New York; Marty Pisciotti to vice president-general manager, greater Philadelphia … Newspaper Association of America hires Caroline Little, ex-Guardian News and Media, as president and CEO, effective Sept. 6, succeeding John Sturm, retiring … Hanna Bolte, ex-BMI, becomes vice president-media and talent relations, Mun2/Telemundo.
Verizon Virginia President Robert Woltz to retire, effective July 15 … Univision promotes Carlos San Jose to vice president-general manager, Chicago TV stations … Society of Cable Telecom Engineers promotions to senior director: Derek DiGiacomo, information systems and energy management; Steve Harris, advanced network technologies; Tom Russell, standards … Oxygen Media promotes Jennifer Kavanagh to senior vice president-digital.
MPAA Chief Operating Officer Bob Pisano steps down, effective Sept. 30 … Promotions as Fox Networks combines business and legal affairs: Claudia Teran to executive vice president and deputy general counsel; and, to senior vice president, Adam Reiss for corporate transactions and distribution; Anna Tran Reyna for digital media; and Leanna Einbinder for business and legal affairs … Alfred Liggins, TV One, joins NCTA board, replacing TV One’s Johnathan Rodgers, retired; Other new board members: Pat McAdaragh, Midcontinent Communications, Brian Roberts, now for NBCUniversal; and Neil Smit now represents Comcast … Crown Media hires Michael Pierce, ex-Paramount Pictures, as vice president of financial planning and analysis.