Joseph Euteneuer, ex-Qwest, to become Sprint Nextel’s chief financial officer after CenturyLink takes over Qwest, replacing Bob Brust, retiring … Telemundo promotions: Lee Flaster to senior vice president-planning, strategy and business operations; Meara Abramson to director-pricing and planning … Lutz Schuler, ex-Telefonica O2 Group, becomes managing director, Unitymedia … Turner Sports Ad Sales promotes Will Blair to senior vice president-sponsorships and sales.
Maria Pallante, senior adviser to Librarian of Congress, named acting register of copyrights, effective Jan. 1 … Copyright Alliance board names Sandra Aistars, ex-Time Warner, executive director … Lisa Miller leaving House Commerce Committee, where she was Republican counselor and communications director, effective Jan. 3 … MPAA hires Karen Thorland, ex-Loeb & Loeb, as vice president and senior content protection counsel effective Jan. 18, replacing Lisa Stone, leaving to raise her young children … Named senior vice presidents for Turner and SI digital ad sales: Ken Shapiro, promoted, and Larry Gelfand, ex-NHL … AOptix Technologies hires Earl Charles, ex-eMeter, as chief financial officer.
Center for Democracy & Technology Vice President James Dempsey to be nominated for seat on Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board … Investor James Lee joins BitTorrent advisory board …Integra Telecom hires Steve Zimba, ex-Cbeyond, as chief marketing officer … Colleen Kenny promoted to vice president, CBS Marketing Communications … CBS promotions to vice president and general manager of CW affiliates: Laura Caruso for WTOG Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., and Tom Canedo for WUPA Atlanta.
Telford “Trey” Forgety, ex-Department of Homeland Security, becomes National Emergency Number Association’s director-government affairs … Ruth Pritchard-Kelly, ex-consultant and Swidler Berlin, becomes SES World Skies’ director-regulatory affairs … Richard Bates, Disney, joins Media Institute board … NPR hires Bob Kempf, ex-Boston.com, as vice president of Public Interactive, public-media app-services provider … Linzhen Xie, Peking University, joins UTStarcom board … SeaChange names Peter Feld, Ramius LLC, to board … Nickelodeon promotes Marc Epstein to vice president of new business for integrated marketing … Joseph Flaherty, CBS, named member emeritus, ATSC board.
Franco Bernabè, Telecom Italia, elected chairman of GSMA board … Space Foundation hires Art Ratkewicz, ex-Air Force Space Command, as manager-cyber initiatives, new position … New Clearwire board members, nominated by Sprint Nextel: William Blessing, ex-Embarq; Mufit Cinali, Springwell Capital Partners; and Hossein Eslambolchi, ex-AT&T.
Gary Andres, ex-Dutko Worldwide, becomes House Commerce Committee staff director … Time Warner Cable promotes Robert Marcus to president and chief operating officer, replacing Landel Hobbs, who is leaving the company … Corporation for Public Broadcasting names Jennifer Lawson, ex-Howard University TV, senior vice president-TV and digital video content … Bravo Media promotes Andy Cohen to executive vice president of original programming and development … Crown Media hires Annie Howell, ex-Discovery Communications, as senior vice president of communications and media relations.
Randall Rothenberg leaving Interactive Advertising Bureau as president and CEO Jan. 17 to become Time Inc. chief digital officer; Chief Operating Officer Patrick Dolan will lead group as it searches for new CEO … Skip Pizzi, ex-Radio Ink, Microsoft and NPR, joins NAB as director-digital strategies … ShoreTel hires Peter Blackmore, ex-UTStarcom, as president and CEO; Don Girskis, who was interim CEO, resumes position as senior vice president of worldwide sales.
Aspen Institute names Gary Epstein, ex-Latham & Watkins, managing director and general counsel, International Digital Economy Accords Project … New at Univision: Isaac Lee, ex-Poder, president-news; Alexander Brown, ex-Petry Holding, president-sports … Bright House Networks promotes Craig Cowden to senior vice president, network engineering and operations … Interactive Advertising Bureau promotions: Patrick Dolan to executive vice president and chief operating officer; David Doty to senior vice president and chief marketing officer, new position; and Mike Zaneis to senior vice president and general counsel … Martha Stewart Living board elects Claudia Slacik, JPMorgan Chase, a director, replacing Michael Goldstein, stepping down at year’s end.
Brady “Tripp” Rackley, ex-Firethorn, joins Cox Enterprises board … New Fiber-to-the-Home Council board members: Kevin Bourg of Enablence Systems, Doug Dowling of Tyco Electronics, and Kevin Morgan of Adtran … NBC Universal promotes Joe Navarro to Telemundo senior vice president of human resources … New GMV Space Systems board members: Robert Spearing, ex-NASA; Ronald Luzier, ex-Swales Aerospace; and Victor See, Integrity Applications.
David Fish leaves Verizon, where he worked in the Washington office as executive director of external communications … Co-chairs of FCC Emergency Access Advisory Committee: Richard Ray, Los Angeles Department on Disability, and David Dzumba, Telecom Industry Association … PCS Wireless hires Mitch Black, ex-Brightpoint, as president of sales and purchasing … Netflix Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy resigns Friday to pursue opportunities outside the company, being replaced by David Wells, who was vice president of financial planning and analysis … Tribune Broadcasting promotes Ashley Messina to vice president and general manager of WDCW Washington, after having been interim head of the CW affiliate.