Former FCC Commissioner Tyrone Brown steps down as Media Access Project president after less than a year. Former FTC Commissioner Mozelle Thompson to head search committee … Kevin Foster, BT, elected president, Broadband Forum … Gannett hires David Payne, ex-ShortTail Media, as senior vice president and chief digital officer.
Nominees at FCBA: Laura Phillips, Drinker Biddle, president-elect; Ryan Wallach, Willkie Farr, secretary; Robert Branson, Verizon Wireless, assistant secretary; David Gross, Wiley Rein, assistant treasurer … Charter Communications promotes Don Detampel to executive vice president of technology and president of commercial services … Discovery promotes Michelina Gauthier to senior vice president of business affairs … Drew Korzeniewski promoted to vice president of ad sales and general manager of Radio Disney Stations Group … Cumulus Media rehires Bill Bungeroth as vice president and market manager for San Francisco … BigBand Networks names Erez Rosen to board. Ran Oz stepping down from board and as chief technology officer … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Donny Hudson to vice president of sales.
Michael Malcy, ex-Vidiom Systems, becomes Alticast senior vice president-business development … Broadcast and communications lawyer Eric Greenberg, ex-Covington & Burling, becomes mergers and acquisitions partner at Paul Hastings … Univision CEO Joe Uva said he won’t renew his employment agreement, will seek new opportunities; successor search begins … Maryam Banikarim, ex-NBC Universal, becomes senior vice president-chief marketing officer, Gannett … XL Insurance adds Robert Schenone, ex-Sciemus Ltd., as vice president and senior underwriter for its Space Underwriting unit … Inmarsat subsidiary Segovia promotes Gabe Venturi to vice president-business operations.
Named to President’s Advisory Management Board: Greg Brown, Motorola Solutions; Sam Gilliland, Sabre Holdings; Debra Lee, Viacom; Shantanu Narayen, Adobe; and Enrique Salem, Symantec … Lobbyist registrations: LightSquared hired American Continental Group, effective Feb. 1 … ICANN registered James Hedlund, government affairs vice president, effective March 9 … NARUC President Tony Clark nominates South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Randy Mitchell to Universal Service Administrative Co. board, to succeed Anne Boyle of Nebraska PSC, who resigned from board … Telemundo promotes Patricio Wills to president of its Producciones RTI Colombian joint venture and Aurelio Valcarcel to executive vice president of Telemundo Studios Miami … Clear Channel Radio promotes Rick Baran to chief financial officer and executive vice president.
Neustar hires Scott Blake Harris, leaving Department of Energy as general counsel, as executive vice president of legal and external affairs, effective Monday … DirecTV board adds David Dillon, Kroger Co. … Changes at Clearwire: Bill Morrow resigns as CEO and board member for personal reasons; Chairman John Stanton named interim CEO while director Dennis Hersch leads the search for a new chief; Also leaving the company, to pursue other opportunities, are Chief Commercial Officer Mike Sievert and Chief Information Officer Kevin Hart; Erik Prusch elevated to chief operating officer, new position; he’s being succeeded by Hope Cochran, who’s promoted to chief financial officer.
National Cable Television Cooperative President and CEO Jeff Abbas resigned to pursue other opportunities; Tom Gleason, NewWave Communications, to be interim CEO during a search being led by Chairman Edward Holleran, Atlantic Broadband … T-Mobile USA promotes Tom Sugrue to senior vice president of government affairs, running from Washington its federal and state regulatory and legislative activities … Motorola Mobility promotes Jason Friedrich to head of U.S. government and regulatory affairs, leading its Washington office … AppMobi hires Leland Westerfield, ex-BMO Capital Markets, as chief financial officer … Fisher Communications says William Warren to retire from board when term ends at annual meeting.
Telemundo promotes Dan Lovinger to executive vice president of ad sales and integrated marketing … Encompass Group hires Perry Patterson, ex-Alliance Entertainment, as chief information officer … CSG Systems adds to board John Hughes, who was chairman of Intec Telecom before CSG bought it, and elevates Bret Griess to chief operating officer.
White House says it will nominate Jon Leibowitz for second term as FTC chairman … Comcast promotes to senior vice president in its Washington office Kathy Zachem, for regulatory and state legislative affairs, and Melissa Maxfield for congressional and federal government affairs … Jim Lanzone, ex-Clicker media, named CBS Interactive president … Crown Media hires Andrew Rooke, ex-Twentieth Television, as executive vice president, chief financial officer … Long-time Norsat International board adviser Fabio Doninelli becomes chairman.
AT&T says Rick Lindner will retire as chief financial officer, effective June 1, be replaced by Controller John Stephens … Bill Moroney resigns as Utilities Telecom Council president-CEO, search begins for successor … Ward Loyd, Kansas Corporation Commission, to be NARUC representative on North American Numbering Council … Verizon board adds Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam as member … Radio One hires Douglas Spak as vice president and general manager of its Cincinnati stations … Lobbyist registrations: New lobbying firm Heartland Strategies picks up Verizon, Motorola and DirecTV as clients; Motorola also hires Stanton Park Group; LightSquared hires Gephardt Group, all effective Feb. 1, except for Feb. 11 for LightSquared.
Dan Glickman, ex-MPAA, to become executive director of Aspen Institute Congressional Program, working in Washington office, effective April 1 …Arbitron promotes Richard Surratt to executive vice president-finance and chief financial officer, succeeding Sean Creamer, promoted last June … Tribune Broadcasting promoted Julio Marenghi to executive vice president/general manager for WGN America … Michael Hayes, ex-WYFF-TV Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., becomes president and general manager of Hearst’s WTAE-TV Pittsburgh … Nicholas Lehman, ex-Plum TV, joins NBC Universal in newly created position of president-digital for its Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media division.