Fox Broadcasting names David Wertheimer, ex-Entertainment Technology Center, president-digital … Former FCC Commissioner Susan Ness joins Gannett board … Lobbyist Registrations: CompTel, Capitol Resources, effective Oct. 3. … Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore to chair International Advisory Board of International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats … New Knight Foundation board members: Joichi Ito, MIT Media Lab; John Palfrey, Harvard Law School and Berkman Center for Internet & Society; Chris Hughes, Facebook.
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., joins board of Association of Public TV Stations … Clear Channel promotes John Ivey to senior vice president-programming … Maria Friedman adds title of Cox Enterprises senior vice president-tax and treasury services; Richard Jacobson retires as vice president-treasurer … Aparna Sridhar, ex-Free Press, hired by Google over the summer as telecom policy counsel … Scott Kipp, Brocade Communications, elected Ethernet Alliance president, succeeding Jim Theodoras.
NAB changes: Kelly Cole promoted to executive vice president-government relations; Curtis LeGeyt, ex-aide to Senate Judiciary Committee, becomes senior vice president-legislative counsel, effective Nov. 1 … Lobbyist Registrations: Disney, Podesta Group, effective Sept. 6. … Booz Allen promotes Mike McConnell to vice chairman, responsible for cyber capabilities … Cox Enterprises promotes Robert Cahn to vice president-human resources, replacing Judy Henke, retiring.
Mark Weatherford, ex-North American Electric Reliability Corp., named Department of Homeland Security deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity … Lobbyist Registrations: AT&T, The Nickles Group, effective Sept. 15 … T-Mobile, Washington2 Advocates, effective Sept. 1 … EarthLink, Putala Strategies, effective Sept. 15 … LightSquared, Shockey Scofield Solutions, effective Oct. 10.
Susan Davenport Austin, Sheridan Broadcasting, moves up to chair, Broadcast Music, Inc. … Janet Balis, ex-Martha Stewart Living, named AOL Advertising head of sales strategy, marketing and partnerships … SES names Niclas Friese-Greene, ex-Nintendo and Siemens Mobile, senior vice president marketing and corporate communications … Lobbyist Registrations: Intelsat, Hurt, Norton & Associates, effective Aug. 1.
Sean Farrell, ex-aide to Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., joins USTelecom as director-government affairs … Terry Jarrett, Missouri PSC, to chair NARUC infrastructure committee … Cox names Asheesh Saksena, ex-Time Warner Cable, executive vice president-chief strategy officer.
Joe Rostock, ex-Verizon, becomes ATIS vice president-chief technologist … Lionsgate names Lawrence Szabo, ex-MGM, executive vice president-North America TV Sales … Michael Davidson, ex-U.S. Army, joins PCTel board … Chris Bowick, ex-Cox and Scientific-Atlanta, joins itaas advisory board … New at Association of Cable Communicators: President Rosa Gatti, ESPN; First Vice President Anthony Surratt, Time Warner; Second Vice President Annie Howell, Crown Media; Secretary Catherine Frymark, Discovery; Treasurer Thomas Larsen, Mediacom; At-Large Misty Skedgell, Turner Broadcasting … ABC Owned TV Stations Group promotes Carla Carpenter to senior vice president-digital media … Lobbyist Registrations: Semiconductor Industry Association, Peck, Madigan, Jones & Stewart and Tiber Creek Health Strategies, effective Sept. 1 … LightSquared, Podesta Group, effective Sept. 1.
Harris Corp. names Alex Heidt, ex-Lockheed Martin, senior vice president-business development, Harris IT Services … Brian Lakamp promoted to president, Clear Channel Digital, new position … Lobbyist Registrations: Cisco, Alpine Group, effective Oct. 1 … LightSquared, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, effective Oct. 1 … Frontier Communications, Mercury Strategies, effective May 1. … CBS promotes Luke Fredberg to vice president, international communications … Jean-Martin Folz, ex-Peugeot, nominated as Eutelsat board chairman, to be confirmed Nov. 8 to succeed Giuliano Berretta.
Meagan Foster, ex-aide to Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, joins NTCA lobbying staff, effective Oct. 17 … Teresa Rosenberger stepped down as FairPoint’s New Hampshire state president … ValueVision names Annette Repasch, ex-QVC, chief merchandising officer … Tollgrade Communications names Manoj Sindwani, ex-EnergyHub, vice president-engineering … New at Kutak Rock law firm’s privacy and telecom practice, both ex-Sullivan and Worcester: Elise Dieterich and Wendy Creeden … Canoe Ventures hires David Kelly, ex-A&E, as vice president-affiliate relations; Chris Pizzurro promoted to vice president-product strategy and business development; Jonathan Bokor, ex-Tandberg TV and Walt Disney Internet Group, named general manager-ITV Solutions; Sanjay Patel, ex-Nickelodeon, hired as vice president-marketing … Cox promotes Leigh Woisard to vice president-public affairs and chief communications counsel.
Charter Communications President and CEO Michael Lovett to step down April 30, or earlier if successor named … Douglas Sicker, ex-FCC, becomes NTIA chief technology officer … Harris Corp. names William Brown, ex-United Technologies, president and CEO, effective Nov. 1, replacing Howard Lance, retiring; board member Thomas Dattilo becomes non-executive chairman, effective Jan. 1 … TV One promotes Susan Banks to executive vice president-special projects … Discovery names Jean-Briac Perrette, ex-NBCUniversal, chief digital officer … Barb Palser, ex-McGraw-Hill Broadcasting, joins Internet Broadcasting as vice president-account management … ValueVision consultant Nancy Kunkle becomes senior vice president-customer experience … Amnon Yacoby, ex-Floware, becomes Alvarion chairman, succeeding Anthony Maher, resigned … Edward Adler, ex-Time Warner and MediaLink, becomes partner at RLM Finsbury … GTA TeleGuam names Robert Haulbrook, ex-Cellular Center, president-CEO … ESPN Deportes promotes Freddy Rolon to vice president-programming and business initiatives.