Phil Weiser leaving National Economic Council as senior adviser to return to University of Colorado and become dean of law school and head of Silicon Flatirons program, taking over from Dale Hatfield, who becomes a senior fellow, effective July 1 … Harvard Professor Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, named FCC Distinguished Scholar, will work on issues related to 21st century communications networks … Tribune names Nils Larsen to added title of CEO of Tribune Broadcasting Division, says President Jerry Kersting’s position eliminated and he’s left the company … Harris Corp. promotes Tom Eaton to president, Harris CapRock Communications; Peter Shaper retiring as group president … Cox Media Group promotions: Bill Hoffman to executive vice president; Tim McVay to succeed him as WSB-TV Atlanta vice president and general manager.
Presidential appointees to National Security Telecom Advisory Committee: Scott Charney, Microsoft; Dick Costolo, Twitter; David DeWalt, McAfee; Jamie Dos Santos, Terremark; Lisa Hook, Neustar.
Kevin Gage, ex-Warner and NBC, becomes NAB executive vice president and chief technology officer, new position … Irene Esteves, ex-XL Group, to become Time Warner Cable executive vice president and chief financial officer … Media General changes: Chief Operating Officer Reid Ashe retiring from job and board Dec. 31; Chief Financial Officer John Schauss named vice president of market operations, being succeeded by James Woodward; Andrew Carington promoted to vice president, general counsel and secretary, succeeding George Mahoney, who becomes vice president of growth and performance, effective Oct. 1.
New members of president’s National Security Telecom Advisory Committee: Matt Desch, Iridium; Joseph Fergus, Communication Technologies Inc.; Larissa Herda, tw telecom … Break Media online video and gaming firm hires Andrew Doyle, ex-Activision-Blizzard, as chief financial officer and David Subar, ex-Oversee.net, as chief technology officer … NBCUniversal integrated strategic marketing names Monica Halpert, ex-Bluefly.com chief marketing officer, as CMO in residence for the summer … Martha Stewart Living names Lisa Gersh, ex-NBC, president and chief operating officer, creates plan to name her CEO within 12-20 months and she likely will join board soon … Doyle Mitchell resigns from board of Radio One; Dennis Miller, Spark Capital, replaces him.
New at Internet Innovation Alliance: Ex-Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., as honorary chairman, and consultant and CNN analyst Jamal Simmons as honorary co-chairman … Wireless consulting firm Acta names Mark Schultz, ex-McCaw, AT&T Wireless and Alltel, vice president-business development … BlackArrow hires Laurel Gilbert, ex-Sigma Systems, as vice president of service provider solutions.
Media Access Project departures: Kamilla Kovacs hired by office of Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., as legislative assistant on telecom issues, where she began work Monday; Matt Wood to Free Press as policy director, effective June 1 … Lauren Azar resigns as a member of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to move to U.S. Department of Energy … Wonya Lucas, ex-Discovery, becomes president-CEO of TV One, effective Aug. 8. Time Warner Cable names David Rone, ex-Evolution Media Capital, president, TWC Sports … Harris Corp. Chairman-CEO Howard Lance to retire as CEO in year, remain chairman; search for successor begun … Hibernia Atlantic hires Kathy Perone, ex-Xlnt Technologies, as chief operations officer … Univision promotes Kevin Cuddihy to president of Univision TV Group; Rick Alessandri, ex-ESPN, joins Univision as senior vice president-business development.
Promotions by FCC in Office of Legislative Affairs: Greg Guice to acting director; Christopher Lewis to acting deputy director … Lobbyist Registrations: AT&T, The Gibson Group, effective May 1.
Lobbyist Registrations: NBCUniversal, Cabralgroup, effective March 31 … Sprint Nextel, Franklin Square Group, effective April 11 … Rural Cellular Association, TwinLogic Strategies, effective April 15 … Ericsson promotes Arun Bhikshesvaran to head of marketing and chief marketing officer … Saffron Digital hires Matt Peterson, ex-Samsung Mobile, as senior vice president, America … Sunrise Telecom adds Helmut Berg, ex-JDSU, to board … Online video technology firm Ooyala board adds Russ Pillar, 5850 Group and the Raine Group.
Rick Boucher, ex-Democratic congressman from Virginia, hired by Sidley Austin as a partner in the Washington office, where he will head its new government strategies practice … 720 Strategies Washington PR firm hires Jeff Oldham, ex-Sextant Public Affairs, as managing director.
Lobbyist Registrations: Pandora Media, TwinLogic Strategies, effective April 1. … General Communication Inc. last month hired Megan Delany, ex-own consulting and lobbying firm, as vice president, federal governmental affairs and counsel in Washington, D.C., office, succeeding Tina Pidgeon, previously promoted to work for company at Alaska headquarters … Weigel Broadcasting changes: Neal Sabin promoted to president of content and networks; John Hendricks, ex-Tribune Broadcasting, hired as executive vice president of sales, new position … Mellanox Technologies promotions: Matthew Gloss to general counsel; Shai Cohen to chief operating officer … BlackArrow board adds Joan Gillman, Time Warner Cable, as member in conjunction with an investment by the cable operator.