President Barack Obama names Renée James, Intel, to President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee … Sheppard Mullin telecom practice hires for Business Trial practice group in Washington Susan Stith, ex-Texas Public Utility Commission, as special counsel, and Amanda Lanham, ex-Kaye Scholer, as associate … LIN Media Executive Vice President-Television Scott Blumenthal to retire Dec. 31, be succeeded by Vice President Jay Howell, who will have oversight of TV … WWE hires Laura Brevetti, ex-K&L Gates, as senior vice president-general counsel and secretary … Disney names Lisa Berger, ex-E Networks, as ABC executive vice president-alternative series, specials and late-night … Gannett hires Marc Kidd, ex-Outdoor Channel Holdings, as CEO of Captivate Network for digital ads, which is being spun off (see separate report in this issue), and Mark Shapiro, ex-Dick Clark Productions, as chairman … EdgeCast Networks hires John Powers, formerly of eHarmony.com, as chief financial officer; outgoing CFO Mike Kleiman named chief operating officer … Sinclair Broadcast Group director Basil Thomas, 98, died.
Alaska Communications hires Randy Ritter, ex-high-technology consultant, as senior vice president-managed services … Tribune Broadcasting’s Roger Bare named senior vice president/general manager, KDAF Dallas, succeeding Joe Young, retiring (CD Sept 25 p24); Bare remains general manager, KIAH Houston … Information Technology and Innovation Foundation elects ex-Rep. Phil English, R-Pa., co-chairman, replacing Nancy Johnson, stepping down from that position but remaining on the board … NPower names Mike Gregoire, CA Technologies, to board of nonprofit working on science, technology, engineering and math.
Hogan Lovells communications practice recently hired as associates Deborah Broderson, ex-FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Wesley Platt, ex-Wireline Bureau, and Carly Didden, ex-Patton Boggs … Wiltshire & Grannis hires Jennifer Bagg, ex-Communications Law Counsel, as partner on state and federal telecom regulation … Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Commissioner Larry Landis to retire in January … President Barack Obama plans to nominate Catherine Ann Novelli, Apple, as State Department undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment … Information Technology Industry Council Vice President-External Affairs Tom Gavin hired by Salesforce.com, to work in its Washington office as senior director-industry branding, effective early next month.
Sandra “Dee” Lord, ex-Social Security Administration, hired by International Trade Commission as administrative law judge … Council for Research Excellence adds Artie Bulgrin, ESPN, and Susie Thomas, Palisades Media Group, as members … Cincinnati Bell promotes Leigh Fox to succeed Kurt Freyberger, resigning as chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1 … Tribune’s Joe Young retiring as general manager, KDAF Dallas, effective Oct. 11 … NTCA promotes Laura Withers to director-communications … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing elects to board Jennifer Ball, Univision Communications, and Megan Rock, The Weather Co.
Gibson Dunn hires Helgi Walker, ex-Wiley Rein, as partner, with focus on appellate, regulatory and complex litigation issues … Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez will lead a delegation of 13 U.S. company representatives on a cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection trade mission Sept. 29-Oct. 2 to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait … Allbritton Communications President and Politico CEO Fred Ryan to leave company later this year … NetNumber names Brad Boston to the board of the wireline and wireless signal routing and database service provider, as president and CEO … Dialogic network capacity firm hires Robert Dennerlein, ex-Raritan, as executive vice president-finance, and chief financial officer … Broadcast graphics automation system provider Bannister Lake Software hires Pete Challinger, ex-Pixel Power, as vice president-U.S. business development … Neohapsis mobile and cloud security service firm hires Patricia Wright, ex-Rapid7, as vice president-consulting services.
TechNet hires John Doherty, ex-UnitedHealth Group, as vice president-state policy & politics, and general counsel … Akin Gump hires Gregory Guice, ex-FCC Office of Legislative Affairs, as senior counsel-public law and policy practice … Sutherland Asbill hires, among others from Dow Lohnes, Bill Dudzinsky as partner to work on mergers and acquisitions and other technology, media and telecom transactions … Hearst Television’s Paul Fredericksen, president-general manager of KCCI Des Moines, Iowa, to retire later this year.
MPAA hires John McCoskey, ex-PBS, as executive vice president-chief technology officer, Office of Technology, and Alex Deacon, ex-Neustar Media, as senior vice president-Internet technology, new post … Herman & Whiteaker hires telecom lawyer Robin Tuttle, ex-Karen Brinkmann PLLC, as of counsel.
Time Warner Inc. moves Senior Vice President Doug Shapiro to senior vice president-international and corporate strategy, succeeding Michael Del Nin, who resigned to become co-CEO of Central European Media Enterprises, while Michael Kopelman advances to senior vice president, succeeding Shapiro in investor relations post … Mark Hollinger to resign as Discovery Networks International CEO effective June 14, successor undisclosed … NFC Forum, which advocates for near-field communication technology, elects Paula Hunter, ex-Outercurve Foundation, as executive director, succeeding Debbie Arnold … SAP hires Joe Kernan, retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, as vice president-business development, SAP National Security Services … Aerohive Networks Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking firm hires David Greene, ex-Riverbed, as chief marketing officer and senior vice president … Firetide private wireless broadband network firm hires Nader Vasseghi, ex-SelfOptima, as vice president-engineering … Dish Network adds George Brokaw, Highbridge Growth Equity Fund, to board … TNCI promotes Debi Yphantides to vice president-sales and marketing at telecom provider formed by Garrison Investment Group and Blue Casa Telephone … Business Roundtable names Randall Stephenson, AT&T, chairman, effective Jan. 1 for two-year term, succeeding Jim McNerney, Boeing.
Vermont Rep. Margaret Cheney appointed by Gov. Peter Shumlin to state Public Service Board; she will resign from the legislature, and start hearing new matters before the board Oct. 1 … ITV Studios hires Orly Adelson, ex-Dick Clark Productions, as president, ITV Studios America … Nexstar names William Sally, formerly of WXXA-TV Albany, N.Y., senior vice president and regional manager, East region, new position … Young Broadcasting hires Dean Littleton, ex-Gray Television, as vice president and general manager of WATE-TV Knoxville, Tenn. … Enlightened information technology consulting firm hires Derek Smith, ex-Computer Sciences Corp., as director-cyber initiatives … Alaska Communications adds Carol Mills, whose former employers include Hewlett-Packard, to board … Iotum board adds Jim Estill, an investor in the VoIP and conference-calling company, and Majd Shweikeh, ex-Orange Mobile … HSN Inc. board adds Matthew Rubel, TPG Capital.
Peter Karanjia leaving FCC, where he was deputy general counsel, to return to Davis Wright in its Communications, Media, IP & Technology Group, and he will be Appellate Practice Group co-chairman … Deloitte & Touche hires Mary Galligan, ex-FBI, as director-security and privacy practice … FairPoint Communications promotes John Lunny to chief technology officer … PCTEL board promotes Chief Financial Officer John Schoen to also be senior vice president … Intelsat General promotes Skot Butler to vice president-sales, marketing and business development, new position … Gannett hires Judy Vogel, ex-Media Storm, as vice president-research … Among those elected to NATPE board for 2014 are Jack Abernethy, Fox TV Stations; Joe Abruzzese, Discovery Communications; Deborah Bradley, Turner Broadcasting; Sean Carey, Netflix; Alberto Ciurana, Univision; and Lauren Zalaznick, NBCUniversal.