Phoebe Yang, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s senior advisor on broadband, to leave FCC in December to lead acquisitions strategy at The Advisory Board Company …Ian Dillner, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau and House Communications Subcommittee, becomes Verizon vice president of federal regulatory affairs … New at FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Office of Native Affairs and Policy: Deputy Chief Irene Flannery, ex-Wireline Bureau Telecommunications Access Policy Division; Senior Legal Advisor Cynthia Bryant, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau; and Senior Advisor for Consultation Policy Dan Rumelt, ex-senior advisor for outreach in Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau … BitTorrent names Shahi Ghanem, ex-DivX, chief strategist and executive vice president of marketing … Richard Chernock, Triveni Digital, elected chairman, Advanced TV Systems Committee Technology and Standards Group, replacing John Henderson, CEA, whose term expires Dec. 31 … Comcast promotes J.T. Ramsay to chief blogger … Longtime New York State Broadcasters Association President Joseph Reilly to step down June 30 … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing hires Mark Snow, ex-Swire Marketing, as vice president and general manager of direct marketing.

News Corp. names Joel Klein, ex-New York City Education Chancellor and Justice Department Antitrust Division chief, executive vice president-office of the chairman … Pac-West Telecom names Todd Wallace, ex-Transcomm Enhanced Services, senior vice president, engineering and network operations … Michael Solomon resigns from World Wrestling Entertainment board.

Association of Public TV Stations names Patrick Butler, ex-Washington Post Co. and chair of Maryland Public TV Foundation, president and CEO … Telcordia board member Garry McGuire moves up to chairman; Patrick Severson, Warburg Pincus, joins board … Entercom promotions: Dave Richard to vice president-programming and operations, Seattle; Dave Miller to vice president-sales, San Francisco … One Source Networks names Gina Nomellini, ex-Telstra, chief marketing officer … New at The Country Network: Chris Butterick, ex-Cumulus, president of TCN Broadcasting; Tammy Genovese, ex-CMA, president, TCN Nashville; Producer Kim Bullard, executive vice president, TCN Nashville.

Among members of revived Administrative Conference of the United States: Jodie Bernstein, Kelley Drye; David Frederick, Kellogg, Huber; Russell Frisby, Stinson Morrison; Randolph May, Free State Foundation; Michael Powell, Providence Equity Partners; Helgi Walker, Wiley Rein … Hearst Television hires Andrew Jackson, ex-BBC America, to return to KITV Honolulu as president and general manager … Cox Media Group promotes Kristin Okesson to vice president and market manager for Connecticut radio stations.

Adam Sharp, ex-aide to Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and most recently at C-SPAN, hired by Twitter as manager of government and political partnerships, a new position and the company’s first in Washington … FTC changes: Edward Felten, ex-Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy, becomes chief technologist; Eileen Harrington returns as executive director … NBC Universal promotes Alyssa Corcoran to senior vice president of communications for TV networks and digital distribution … New senior directors at Turner Sports: Dave Moll, ex-CBS College Sports, hired at NCAA Digital; Alex Vargas promoted at PGATour.com and Justin Williams promoted at Nascar.com … Discovery Communications promotes Elisa Freeman to senior vice president, global distribution and education business development … Changes at Media General: Marilyn Hammond promoted to president and market leader for North Carolina, succeeding Jim Conschafter, named president and market leader for Virginia, Tennessee, replacing James Zimmerman, retiring at year-end; Dan Bradley promoted to president and market leader for Ohio, Rhode Island … Entercom promotes Jeff Brown to vice president and co-market manager for Portland, Ore., radio stations … NBC Universal promotes Lara Spotts to Bravo vice president of East Coast development … ESPN hires Kevin Martinez, ex-KPMG, as senior director of corporate outreach.

New Advanced Television Systems Committee board members: Brett Jenkins, ION Media; Mark Eyer, Sony; and John Taylor, LG Electronics … Turner Sports promotes Mark Johnson, Tom Sahara and Pete Scott to vice presidents for NCAA digital business … Dejero 3G wireless TV company hires Dan Mance, ex-Harris Broadcast, as CEO … SBA Communications promotions: Kurt Bagwell to president-international, and Mark Ciarfella to senior vice president-operations … Women in Cable Telecommunications hires Christina Vergara, ex-NAB, as vice president of education and program development … Changes at Fisher Communications: Chief Financial Officer Joseph Lovejoy resigns effective Dec. 31; Hassan Natha promoted to replace him; George Warren to retire from board when term ends at 2011 annual meeting.

Disney Studios promotions to duties including overseeing cable and online: Janice Marinelli heads North American in-home sales; Lori MacPherson heads global product management; and Jason Brenek heads international in-home sales … Russell Shriver, ex-Level 3, hired by Cenx as senior vice president of marketing and product management … Mark Quenzel, ex-Six Flags Entertainment, named NFL Network senior vice president of programming and production … MRV Communications CEO Dilip Singh elected to board.

David England, ex-Simon and Schuster, joins MPAA in December as executive vice president-chief financial officer, replacing Lisa Pierozzi, leaving for other opportunities … Verizon promotes Bob Toohey to president-global enterprise … Pete Snyder promoted by Meredith Corp. to president of newly created emerging markets group, which includes mobile and social marketing.

Christopher Winfrey, ex-Unitymedia, hired by Charter Communications as executive vice president and chief financial officer … Promotions to Nickelodeon senior vice presidents: Nelson Boyce for ad sales strategy and business development; Katy Loria for digital ad sales; Sharon Cohen for integrated marketing and retail marketing; Samantha Maltin for Nickelodeon global partnerships.

AOL names Jonathan Dube, ex-ABCNews.com, senior vice president and general manager, AOL News & Information … Michael Alvarez, ex-Intersport, hired by Telemundo as vice president of ad sales.