John Burke, Vermont Public Service Board, named chairman of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners telecom committee, succeeding Ray Baum … Kevin Martin, ex-FCC chairman, named to board of AirWalk Communications, supplier of small cell-base stations … Lerman Senter promotes John Bagwell to member and Peter Gould to senior counsel … NBC News names Michael Chen, ex-GE Capital, president of Strategic Initiatives Group … Charter Communications new organizational structure: Greg Doody to executive vice president of programming and legal affairs, expanding role to include programming after Executive Vice President Greg Rigdon departs early next month for Comcast; Rick Dykhouse promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary; Marwan Fawaz is executive vice president of strategy and chief technology officer; Ted Schremp is executive vice president of operations and marketing … Dirk Eller promoted to chief financial officer of Clear Channel International … Nexstar Broadcasting elevates Dan Bates to vice president and general manager of Peoria, Ill., TV operations.
Clearwire Chairman Craig McCaw resigns, to be replaced on board by ICO Global Communications CEO Benjamin Wolff … Randy Komisar, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, resigns from TiVo board. Board member Tom Wolzien, CEO of Wolzien Media and Communications, appointed lead independent director.
Jen Howard, press secretary to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, will leave Jan. 14 to take senior communications role at new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Among new Wiley Rein partners: Michael Bloomquist, ex-aide to House Commerce Committee, and Megan Brown, in communications practice.
CLEC T3 Communications names Josh Reel, ex-NexGen Communications, president and CEO, replacing Adam Sewall, resigned.
Arris hires Don Toft, ex Cisco, as vice president of sales responsible for its Comcast business … Sheila Kirby, ex Tribune, joins the Radio Ad Bureau as senior vice president of professional development Feb. 1.
Joshua Seidemann, ex-Independent Telephone and Telecom Alliance, becomes National Telecom Co-op Associate director-policy, effective Jan. 3 … Verizon Wireless promotes Christine Berberich to New England region president.
Telemundo promotes Michael Rodriguez to executive vice president of multimedia development and distribution … Openwave names Brian Beattie, Synopsys, to board … Journal Broadcast Group promotes Beverlee Brannigan to director of country programming, new position … Cox Enterprises names Grace Huang, ex-Cox Media Group, senior director of business development.
Joseph Euteneuer, ex-Qwest, to become Sprint Nextel’s chief financial officer after CenturyLink takes over Qwest, replacing Bob Brust, retiring … Telemundo promotions: Lee Flaster to senior vice president-planning, strategy and business operations; Meara Abramson to director-pricing and planning … Lutz Schuler, ex-Telefonica O2 Group, becomes managing director, Unitymedia … Turner Sports Ad Sales promotes Will Blair to senior vice president-sponsorships and sales.
Maria Pallante, senior adviser to Librarian of Congress, named acting register of copyrights, effective Jan. 1 … Copyright Alliance board names Sandra Aistars, ex-Time Warner, executive director … Lisa Miller leaving House Commerce Committee, where she was Republican counselor and communications director, effective Jan. 3 … MPAA hires Karen Thorland, ex-Loeb & Loeb, as vice president and senior content protection counsel effective Jan. 18, replacing Lisa Stone, leaving to raise her young children … Named senior vice presidents for Turner and SI digital ad sales: Ken Shapiro, promoted, and Larry Gelfand, ex-NHL … AOptix Technologies hires Earl Charles, ex-eMeter, as chief financial officer.