FCC hires Adam Copeland, ex-Edwards Wildman, as attorney-adviser, Media Bureau Policy Division, effective Oct. 9 … Telecom, media and aerospace/defense lawyer French Slaughter, ex-Deloitte & Touche, rejoins McGuireWoods as partner, Tax and Employee Benefits Department … CBS promotes Armando Nuñez to president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group, new position; TV Distribution President John Nogawski to leave … National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications elects: Michael Armstrong, Viacom, chairman; Donna Rattley Washington, Comcast, vice chairman; Jaime Rodriguez, Univision Communications, secretary; Mark Depietro, Motorola, treasurer; and as directors Jennifer Chun and Janet Parker, both Time Warner Cable; Michael Cooper, Fox Networks Group; Oliver Dizon, ESPN; Noni Ellison Southall, Turner Broadcasting System; Kevin Stephens, Suddenlink; Michelle Strong, A+E Networks; and Mark Walton, Africa Channel … Hollywood Radio and Television Society adds to board: Bela Bajaria, Universal Television; Thom Beers, FremantleMedia; Ivy Kagan Bierman, Loeb & Loeb; and Tom Frank, Pink Zulu Labs … Direct Marketing Association hires Stephanie Miller, ex-Aprimo, as vice president-member relations, new position … Overture hires Chuba Udokwu, ex-Alcatel-Lucent, as senior vice president-engineering … CoreSite Realty data center provider hires Christopher Ancell, ex-CenturyLink, as senior vice president-sales and sales engineering, effective Oct. 8.
President Barack Obama plans to nominate John Stratton, Verizon Enterprise Solutions, to the president’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee … Gannett hires Kevin Lord, ex-NBCUniversal, as senior vice president-chief human resources officer … President-General Manager Jim Boyer of Local TV’s Oklahoma City, Okla., stations KFOR-TV and KAUT-TV retiring, being succeeded by Wes Milbourn.
Dickstein Shapiro hires Lori Kalani, ex-Orrick Herrington and Dish Network, as partner, state attorneys general practice … Independent Film & Television Alliance elections include: Clay Epstein, Arclight Films, chairman of the export alliance; Nicolas Chartier, Voltage Pictures, general vice chairman; Brian O'Shea, Exchange Inc., vice chairman, finance; and Michael Ryan, GFM Films, vice chairman, non-Californian; Gene George, Starz Media, a board member … Gannett promotes Craig Etheridge to senior vice president-digital and mobile sales.
Changes on House Commerce Committee majority staff: Todd Harrison, chief counsel for Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, leaving to return to private practice in New York; Karen Christian promoted to replace him; Michael Gruber, senior policy adviser to committee, going to private sector … Hogan Lovells hires Trey Hanbury, ex-Sprint Nextel, as partner, technology, media and telecoms practice … hires Frank Bell, ex-PR Wireless, as president, global sales and marketing, effective Oct. 1 … Andreessen Horowitz hires Adrian Fenty, ex-Washington mayor, as special adviser … Lobbyist registrations: NCTA, Bates Capitol Group, effective Sept. 1.
FCC names to Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services: Swati Dandekar, Iowa Utilities Board; and Stephen Michael Bloom, Oregon Public Utility Commission; filling vacancies created by departure of Robert Clayton, ex-Missouri Public Service Commission; and Vendean Vafiades, ex-Maine Public Utilities Commission … Lobbyist registrations: Mobile TeleSystems Bermuda, Williams and Jensen, effective Aug. 7 … Cisco, Gronberg Consulting, effective Aug. 10 … Pandora Media, Constantine Cannon, effective Aug. 17 … Inflight Passenger Communication Coalition, Biersack Government Relations Team, effective Sept. 3. … Tim Unwin, Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation, added to ITU International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats’ International Advisory Board … Anton Monk, Entropic Communications, appointed to RVU Alliance board.
Car Connectivity Consortium hires Alan Ewing, ex-Nokia, as executive director … Univision Communications moves Richard Pacheco to senior vice president-enterprise development … Optelian hires Glenn Byess, ex-TE Connectivity to head new Optelian Services division … New AMC vice presidents-business affairs: Aleksandar Stojkovic, ex-Angel City Factory; and Scott Stein, ex-Harpo Films … Promoted at Disney: Jennilee Cummings to vice president, Disney Channel and Disney XD original series; Nikki Reed to vice president for Disney Channel Original Movies.
Bruce Gottlieb, ex-FCC, promoted by Atlantic Media to president-National Journal Group, succeeding Andy Sareyan, stepping down … Computer and Communications Industry Association hires Joshua Lamel, ex-Hill+Knowlton Strategies, as vice president and executive director of CCIA’s new Foundation for Innovation and Internet Freedom … Overture hires Mike Aquino, ex-Ciena, as president-CEO …
MPAA says Fritz Attaway retired, after 36 years as attorney there in jobs including executive vice president … Netflix hires Corie Wright, ex-Free Press, as director-global public policy … Web and mobile payment processor YapStone hires Mary Hentges, ex-CBS Interactive, as chief financial officer … … Home Box Office CEO Bill Nelson leaves at year’s end, succeeded by Richard Plepler; Eric Kessler named president and chief operating officer; Michael Lombardo to president-programming … Tecore Networks hires Kenneth North, ex-Mississippi State Department of Corrections, as vice president-government services.
Wyndham Robertson, ex-Fortune magazine, returns to Media General board … Raymond Gilmartin to retire from Microsoft board, effective at Nov. 28 shareholder meeting; Nancy Tellem, ex-CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, joins Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president … Intel China Chairman Sean Maloney to retire in January.
John Legere, ex-Global Crossing, named new CEO of T-Mobile USA …Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam to keynote at CES, Jan. 8 in Las Vegas … Raymond Gilmartin to retire from Microsoft board after 11 years, effective at next shareholder meeting, Nov. 28 in Bellevue, Wash.; Nancy Tellem, ex-CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, joins Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president … USA Mobility’s Amcom hires Colin Balmforth, ex-Lawson Software, as president-Amcom Software, replacing Christopher Heim… Belo Corp. hires Linda Danna, ex-KGPE-TV Fresno, as president and general manager of WHAS-TV Louisville, effective Oct. 15 … CableReady hires Maurizio Tavares, ex-Rede TV Network, as vice president-global sales manager, new position … Sunlight Foundation hires Bill Pease, ex-GoodGuide, as “evangelist” to Silicon Valley and Western U.S. … Veria Living cable programmer promotes Elizabeth Browde to senior vice president-head of programming … Michael Rayfield, ex-Nvidia, hired by Micron Technology as vice president-Wireless Solutions Group.