Michael Snyder, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, hired by FCC as deputy division chief for Web and print publications at Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau … National League of Cities Executive Director Donald Borut retiring at year’s end … NBCUniversal promotes Susan Malfa to senior vice president of ad sales for Bravo Media, Oxygen Media, Style Media and Women at NBCU, new position … Martha Stewart Living elects Martha Stewart non-executive chairman, succeeding Charles Koppelman.

Google promotes Rick Whitt to vice president and global head of public policy for Motorola Mobility following acquisition by Google … Neustar names Becky Burr chief privacy officer and deputy general counsel … David Helfgott promoted to president and CEO of Inmarsat Government … Rod Perth, ex-RHP Media, named president and CEO of NAPTE, replacing Rick Feldman who left in April … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Richard Lom to vice president of SBS Entertainment.

Wireless Communications Association President Fred Campbell leaving association, no replacement named … Mark Powell named vice president of current programming & specials at truTV … Christo Doyle promoted to vice president-executive producer at Discovery Channel … Marc Miller, ex-Nintendo, named senior vice president-content protection, Internet, at the MPAA … David White confirmed as national executive director of newly formed SAG-AFTRA … Felipe Alvarez, ex-Sidera Networks, named to Perseus board … Lobbyist Registrations: LinkedIn, Monument Policy Group, effective April 10.

Lobbyist Registrations: Cisco, McGuireWoods Consulting, effective May 1.

FCC hires Brendan Holland, ex-Davis Wright, as assistant chief of Media Bureau’s Industry Analysis Division … Cablevision promotes Yvette Kanouff to executive vice president-corporate engineering and technology.

Jerry Genova, industry consultant, returns to Cablevision, named executive vice president of network management and field operations … Hearst Television Senior Vice President Philip Stolz moving to advisory role before retiring Feb. 1 … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Albert Rodriguez to chief operating officer … Pivotal Research hires Steve Sweeney, ex-Citi Principal Strategies and Sandell Asset Management, as telecom analyst … Fox Networks promotions to vice president: Bonnie O'Donnell and Jody Vogelaar for distribution marketing; Sol Doten for communications.

Kathy Kleiman, ex-Internet Matters, returns to Fletcher Heald, where she’s named Internet counsel and co-lead of Internet law and policy group … Mediacom promotes Italia Commisso Weinand to executive vice president of programming and human resources … Sesame Workshop promotes Erica Branch-Ridley to vice president and executive in charge of production for Sesame Learning … Michael French, ex-Morgan Joseph Triartisan and Communications Daily, joins Spectrum Group as managing director … Telefónica Digital hires Wayne Thorsen, ex-BlueKai, as vice president of global partnerships … Adobe expands board by adding as directors: Amy Banse, Comcast Ventures; Frank Calderoni, Cisco; and Laura Desmond, Starcom MediaVest.

Howard Shelanski returns to FTC from Davis Polk, named director of Bureau of Economics, effective July 1, replacing Joseph Farrell, again working as an academic starting May 31; Deputy Director Pauline Ippolito will be acting bureau director in June … Gannett Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh resigns to become CFO of information technology services provider Computer Sciences Corp.; Treasurer Michael Hart is interim Gannett principal financial officer.

Univision hires Juan Carlos Rodriguez, ex-Televisa Deportes Network, as president of Univision Deportes.

Nickelodeon promotes Jim Mollica to senior vice president-consumer marketing … Lobbyist Registrations: Cablevision, Franklin Square Group, effective April 1.