New members of NAB board: Jose Valle, Univision Radio; Pete Booker, Delmarva Broadcasting Company; Dick Lewis, Clear Channel Media & Entertainment; Mary Quass, NRG Media … WE tv names Lauren Gellert senior vice president-original production & development … Jill Lesser appointed executive director of the Center for Copyright Information.
Lobbyist Registrations: DirecTV, Jackson Consulting, effective March 1 … Broadcom, Capitol Tax Partners, effective March 15.
Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, promotes Richard Russell to committee’s minority staff director … New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative names James Vasile director of open Internet tools project … Council for Research Excellence audience measurement group funded by Nielsen adds as members Jeffrey Graham, Google; Judy Vogel, Media Storm; and Tom Ziangas, AMC Networks … Pillsbury law firm’s Washington office hires communications lawyers from Dickstein Shapiro: Lew Paper, partner; Andrew Kersting, counsel.
Michael Copps, ex-FCC, joins board of Public Knowledge, which names Kathleen Wallman, Wallman Consulting, chairman; Kevin Werbach, Supernova Group, treasurer; Leah Belsky, Kaltura, secretary … Comcast promotes D'Arcy Rudnay to chief communications officer … Lobbyist Registrations: Harris Corp., McAllister & Quinn, effective March 15 … Integra Telecom, Northfork Strategies, effective Feb. 1.
John Carlucci, ex-ClearLeap, named Alticast U.S. chief technical officer, replacing James Ryu, who returns to Alticast Korea as chief technical officer … Nickelodeon promotes to senior vice presidents Jenna Boyd for animation development and Brian Wright for live action development … Entercom hires Tim McNamara, ex-Adpearance, as vice president and market manager for its Portland, Ore., radio stations, effective April 2 … Discovery Communications hires Suzanne McDonnell, ex-Viacom, as senior vice president of sales strategy and client solutions, for digital ads and sponsorship.
Nexstar names Brandy Sanchez vice president and general manager of KAMR-TV and its Texas Panhandle digital media operations … Discovery Communications hires Andrew Jackson, ex-BBC, as executive vice president of production and development for landmark series and specials, starting June 1.
Corning promotes David Morse to executive vice president-chief technology officer, effective May 1, succeeding Joseph Miller, retiring … Synacor names Michael Bishara, ex-HBO Broadband, vice president-general manager, TV Everywhere.
David Toomey, ex-aide to Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., named deputy director, FCC Office of Legislative Affairs … Gordon Smith gets five-year extension as NAB president-CEO, through 2016 … Michael McEwen, ex-Media Asset Capital, becomes director general, North American Broadcasters Association, effective March 26 … Cablevision names Gregory McCastle, ex-AT&T, president-media sales … Bruce Weston promoted to Ohio Consumers’ Counsel … Adam Dolgins, ex-Fractured Hip Productions, named truTV senior vice president-original programming … Colleen Fitzpatrick promoted to Nickelodeon Group vice president-music … Nicol Turner-Lee, ex-Joint Center for Political & Economic Studies, named president-CEO, National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications.
ATIS names Fred Kemmerer, Genband, chairman of its Technology & Operations Council … Internet Society names Paul Brigner, ex-MPAA, regional bureau director-North America … Madison Square Garden Co. promotes Beth Collins to senior vice president-business development … Univision promotes Rene Morales to vice president-general manager radio stations in Las Vegas.
FCC’s Lyle Elder moves from Media Bureau to office of Chairman Julius Genachowski, to advise on media and consumer issues … C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb to step down, remain executive chairman and continue hosting his weekly Q and A interview program; Rob Kennedy and Susan Swain promoted to co-CEOs … Michael Copps, ex-FCC, joins Common Cause board … Holly Fechner promoted to co-chair, Covington & Burling government affairs practice … Radha Subramanyam, ex-Yahoo, becomes Clear Channel Media and Entertainment executive vice president-sales and marketing research … John Morabito, ex-NTIA, joins Internet2 as vice president-general counsel … Barry Mayo resigns as Radio One president-radio … Univision names Michael Rodriguez, ex-Telemundo, vice president-general manager, Univision and TeleFutura affiliates in Miami.