Changes in office of FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker: wireline aide Christi Shewman to return to Wireline Bureau; Brad Gillen switches from media aide to wireline aide; Krista Witanowski detailed from Media Bureau to become Baker’s acting media aide; confidential assistant and staff attorney Millie Kerr to leave FCC; Kari Amstutz, ex-staffer to Rep. Charles Djou, R-Hawaii, becomes confidential assistant; Tasha Kinney, ex-Department of Agriculture, becomes staff assistant … Changes in office of Commissioner Michael Copps: senior policy advisor Jennifer Schneider leaving to become Frontier Communications vice president of legislative affairs; Margaret McCarthy, ex-office of Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., named policy advisor for broadband, wireline and universal service, beginning Oct. 12 … Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke to become CEO of NBC Universal after Comcast takes control … Mohit Kaushal, ex-head of FCC connected health team, hired by West Wireless Health Institute as executive vice president of business development and chief strategy officer … Changes at Hearst TV: John Drain, ex-Comcast Spotlight, joins Oct. 4 as senior vice president-finance; Jeana Stanley promoted to vice president-administration and IT … Christopher Wegmann adds responsibilities at Radio One in becoming vice president and general manager for its Washington market stations … Belinda Lui, ex-Microsoft Hong Kong, moves to Time Warner as head of Asia-Pacific international relations and public policy, replacing Hugh Stephens, who will leave after an interim period … George Bell takes leave from General Catalyst to become Jumptap CEO and board member; former CEO Dan Olschwang remains on board … Chris Rooke, ex-CBS, hired by SVnetwork as senior vice president of business development and strategic partnerships, new position … Peter Aquino, ex-RCN, named to TiVo board.
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker to leave after Comcast deal closes … Matthew Rose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, joins AT&T board … Frontier Communications promotions: Rhonda Lutzke to senior vice president-general manager, Mid-State Territory; Michael Flynn to senior vice president-general manager, Illinois; Dave Davidson to senior vice president-general manager, Ohio … Wireless Telecom Group promotes Robert Censullo to acting chief financial officer, replacing Paul Genova, who remains CEO … Changes at Sierra Wireless: Dan Schieler moves to senior vice president-general manager, mobile computing; Didier Dutronc moves to senior vice president-general manager, M2M solutions unit; Philippe Guillemete promoted to chief technology officer; Andrew Berman, head of AirLink business unit, to leave company.
Leap Wireless Chief Operating Officer Al Moschner to retire by Dec. 31 … Frontier Communications promotes John Lass to president, Central Region … Cablevision Systems promotes Tom Donohue to senior vice president, technology, Local Media group … Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post Media, elected to Washington Post Co. board … Jason Fisher, ex-ABC Studios, hired by AMC as senior vice president of production … New at Current TV: Kristen Hilbert, ex-SheSpeaks, and Diana Stengel, promoted, both to vice presidents, distribution … Eugene Toombs, MiTek, added to HiBeam Internet & Voice board.
Theresa Swinehart, ex-ICANN, joins Verizon as executive director-global Internet policy … VoIP company Deltathree names consultant Arie Rand chief financial officer, to start Oct. 3 … Global Crossing names Warren Baxley, ex-InterCall, vice president, global collaboration … Edward Marecki, Delaware State Police, joins executive board of National Emergency Number Association, representing northeastern region … Arbitron promotes Thom Mocarsky to senior vice president of corporate communications and investor relations, new position … New series development vice presidents at MTV: Shannon Fitzgerald for East Coast and Colin Nash for West Coast … Vanessa Hambidge, ex-Viacom, hired by Petry Media as vice president of marketing, new position … Ryan Flynn hired by NBC Universal as Bravo vice president of production.
Josh Hurvitz, ex-American Continental Group, hired by Time Warner as executive director of public policy … Marcus Sachs, Verizon, joins National Cyber Security Alliance board … Tellabs names Dean Liming, ex-Openwave Systems, vice president of professional services.
Dave Grimaldi, ex-office of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., joins FCC as chief of staff and media legal advisor to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as expected (CD Sept 17 p9); acting chief of staff Angie Kronenberg stays in Clyburn office as wireline advisor … Preparing for when Ivan Seidenberg retires, Verizon names Lowell McAdam, ex-Verizon Wireless, chief operating officer, effective Oct. 1; Francis Shammo promoted to executive vice president-chief financial officer; Daniel Mead promoted to replace McAdam as Verizon Wireless CEO … Tina Pidgeon promoted by GCI to senior vice president of governmental affairs and senior counsel, a job created after Dana Tindall died last month in a plane crash with ex-Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and others aboard; Tim Fitzpatrick, Pidgeon’s husband, to leave Comcast SportsNet as vice president of public relations in mid-October to move to Anchorage with her … Mike Iandolo, ex-Alcatel Lucent, joins AirHop advisory board … Qualcomm promotes Steve Mollenkopf to executive vice president and group president … Tribune Interactive names Mike Glickenhaus executive vice president of products and solutions, taking over from John Martin, who joins research and marketing department as vice president … Discovery names Gabriel Sauerhoff, ex-Disney and ESPN, vice president-digital media distribution … Danielle Kriz, ex-Canyon Snow, joins Information Technology Industry Council as director of global cybersecurity policy.
Charles Rainey promoted to chief administrative law judge by Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission … LG Electronics CEO Nam Yong resigns, replaced by Koo Bon-joon, a member of LG’s founding family and CEO of LG International Corp.
FBI promotes Shawn Henry
Changes at FCC International Bureau: Thomas Sullivan promoted to associate chief/chief of staff, Linda Haller Sloan returns from White House Office of Science & Technology Policy to become associate bureau chief; Jennifer Gilsenan and David Strickland promoted to assistant chiefs; Walt Strack, ex-Wireless Bureau, becomes assistant chief, economics; Robert Somers promoted to outreach coordinator; Irene Wu promoted to acting chief data officer; Richard Lerner, ex-Office of Managing Director, becomes deputy chief, Strategic Analysis & Negotiations Division; Julie Saulnier, ex-Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, named deputy chief, Strategic Analysis & Negotiations Division; Robert Tanner promoted to assistant chief, Strategic Analysis & Negotiations Division; Paul Blais, ex-DISA, named branch chief, Systems Analysis Branch, Satellite Division … MTN Satellite Communications names Joseph Wright, ex-Intelsat, chairman … Richard Green, ex-CableLabs, joins Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board … Discovery names Meg Lowe, ex-MTV, senior vice president, domestic distribution, effective Sept. 30 … Jennifer Garrett promoted by Cox Communications to vice president of sales … John Levy, Board Advisory, joins Brightpoint board, replacing James Reid-Anderson, who became CEO of Six Flags Entertainment.
FCC names Peter Karanjia, ex-New York state attorney general’s office, deputy general counsel, and Troy Tanner, ex-Bingham McCutchen, deputy International Bureau chief … John Killian to retire around year’s end as Verizon chief financial officer … Satellite Industry Association names Sam Black, ex-Stimson Center, director of policy … Ed Adler, ex-Time Warner, joins MediaLink as senior partner to represent media, entertainment and high-tech clients … Coby Cooper promoted by Nexstar to vice president and general manager of Illinois’ WCIA Champaign and WCFN Springfield.