Sandie Viquez Pedlow, ex-PBS Education, becomes Latino Public Broadcasting executive director, effective July 6, succeeding Patricia Boero … SpeedConnect founder John Ogren joins Wireless Communications Association board … CBS’s Scott Koondel adds title of senior vice president of corporate licensing and distribution … News Corp. promotes James Murdoch to newly created position of deputy chief operating officer and chairman and CEO-International … Former House Commerce Committee member Bart Gordon joins K&L Gates as partner in its D.C.-based public policy and law practice … Former House Telecom Subcommittee member John Shadegg joins Steptoe & Johnson as partner in its Government Affairs and Public Policy group.
NAB board elections: Perry Sook, Nexstar, added to TV board. Radio board additions: Heidi Raphael, Greater Media; Bill Hendrich, Cox Media Group; Michael Oppenheimer, Clear Channel; Bill Coleman, Team Radio; Bob Proffitt, Alpha Broadcasting … News Corp. promotes Julie Henderson to senior vice president of communications and corporate strategy … Bright House Networks promotes Scott Horne to vice president and general manager for Birmingham, Ala., operations … Walter Levitt, ex-CanWest, becomes Comedy Central executive vice president-marketing … RealNetworks changes: Robert Kimball resigns as CEO; Executive Vice President Mike Lunsford fills in on interim basis … BigBand Networks board changes: Richard Smith, ex-Motorola, added; Dennis Wolf stepping down … Children Now elects Donna Friedman Meir, Lemonade Creative Consulting, to board.
Jaime Hjort, ex-aide to former Sen. George Allen, R-Va. and former Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va. becomes CTIA director of government affairs … Lobbyist Registrations: LightSquared hired law firm Ballard Spahr, effective Feb. 1 … Senate Commerce Committee staffer Joe Brenckle leaves, moves to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee … BMI promotes Michael Steinberg to senior vice president-licensing … Rodney Casteel, CommScope, elected chair, RIA’s Fiber Optics LAN Section … BlackArrow adds Michael Pohl to board … Univision promotions: German Perez-Hanim to senior vice president-operating manager, TeleFutura; Bert Medina to senior advisor-special projects, Univision Studios … Zayo Group says Don Detampel resigns from board, because of potential conflicts associated with recent promotion at Charter Communications (CD March 16 p15).
Changes at Eutelsat America: Stefan Lopatkiewicz, ex-Dorsey & Whitney, becomes general counsel, effective March 28; Brigitte Adams, who was in private practice, becomes senior manager-finance and contracting support … Turner Entertainment Networks promotes David Hudson to senior vice president, late night and specials, for TBS and TNT … Cox Media Group elevates Paul Curran to vice president of revenue effective May 2, succeeding Jane Williams, earlier named publisher of the Austin American-Statesman.
Eve Grossman-Bukowski, ex-Port of Oakland, becomes TechNet California executive director.
Comcast confirms Senior Vice President Joe Waz retiring (CD March 23 p17) April 30 to start a consultancy with his ex-employer as a client, and to be a senior fellow at University of Colorado’s Silicon Flatirons Center … Open Technology Initiative adds Marvin Ammori, University of Nebraska and ex-Free Press, as legal fellow on cybersecurity and other issues … California Public Utilities Commission adds Mark Ferron as a commissioner … Council for Research Excellence audience measurement methodology panel adds Janet Gallent, NBCUniversal, as member … Jose Valle promoted to president, Univision Radio … Rainbow Media promotes Pat Lucci to senior vice president, direct response.
Time Warner Cable promotes Paul Lang to senior vice president-business services … NBCUniversal promotes to executive vice president Cameron Blanchard, Tony Cardinale and Margaret Lazo, for the newly created NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media … Univision promotes Maelia Macin to executive vice president-network sales; Peter Lazarus to executive vice president-sales strategy; Alberto Mier y Teran to vice president-general manager, Los Angeles stations … Grab Networks hires Alvin Bowles, ex-BET Networks, as CEO.
FCBA executive committee member Brooks Harlow joins Lukas, Nace as principal in Tysons Corner, Va., office … Lobbyist registrations, effective Feb. 1: Motorola Mobility hires Elmendorf Ryan … Jeff Kohler, JAB Broadband, joins Wireless Communications Association board … New board members at Society of Satellite Professionals: Mike Aloisi, MTV; Robert Bednarek, SES WorldSkies; Paul Cohen, Fox; Nongluck Phinainitisart, Thaicom; Tony Rayner, Eutelsat … Richard Burns, ex-AT&T, joins Powerwave Technologies board … Arris adds Debora Wilson, ex-Weather Channel, to board … Chris Harris, ex-Yahoo, joins Visible Measures as vice president-engineering.
Media Access Project hires Chrystiane Pereira, ex-O'Melveny & Myers, as counsel … Broadcast lawyer John King has left Garvey Schubert to start his own practice … Mark Walker, ex-Yahoo, joins Disney Interactive Media Group as senior vice president of Disney.com.
Walda Roseman, ex-CompassRose and FCC, becomes Internet Society chief operating officer … Hakan Wretsell, ex-Ericsson, becomes consultant to Juniper Group … Pac-West Telecomm promotes Todd Wallace to chief operating officer … Rainbow Media promotes Betsy Rodgers to senior vice president-legal and business affairs … Ted Harbert to replace John Eck as NBC representative on NAB TV board.