Comcast promotes Cathy Avgiris to executive vice president-general manager, data and communications services … AMC Networks promotions: Meg Bogdan to vice president-legal and business affairs; Aileen Brophy to vice president-legal and affiliate sales; Madhu Goel to vice president-legal and business affairs … New at MPAA: Ex-consultant Alex Swartsel, director-global policy; Brian Cohen, ex-Immigration & Customs Enforcement, director-external state government affairs; Lauren Pastarnack, ex-Senate Judiciary Committee staffer, director-government affairs; Kate Bedingfield, ex-White House, director-strategic communications … John Grabner, ex-Cisco, becomes Exalt Communications vice president-engineering.
Sal Maniaci, ex-TV Land, becomes Nickelodeon Group senior vice president-event and original programming … LIN TV promotes Michael Kelly to vice president-sales … Mark Burdett, ex-Baltimore Ravens, named president-general manager, WUSA-TV Washington, D.C.
ESPN promotes Jamie Horowitz to vice president-original programming and production … Bravo Media promotes Maria Laino DeLuca to vice president-trade marketing.
News Corp. consolidating global government affairs operations: Michael Regan promoted to executive vice president-government affairs; Frederic Michel promoted to the newly-created role of senior vice president-government affairs and public policy for Europe; Joe Welch, senior vice president of government affairs for Asia, to report to Regan … NBCUniversal promotes Krishan Bhatia to executive vice president-digital strategy and operations … CompTIA names Ann Batko, ex-CDW, senior vice president-marketing and communications … International Datacasting board member James Hall moves up to chairman, replacing Adam Adamou, who remains on board.
IEEE names Rodney Spady, ex-Johnson and Johnson, senior director-digital marketing and communications … Dow Lohnes communications lawyer Scott Patrick leaving to join FCC as attorney-adviser in Mobility Division of Wireless Bureau … Lobbyist Registrations: Microsoft, Blank Rome Government Relations, effective Feb. 1.
Advertising lawyers Randal Shaheen and Amy Mudge move to Venable from Arnold & Porter … Paul Bermester becomes MobiTV senior vice president-general manager, Europe, Middle East & Africa … Bronwen O'Keefe promoted to newly created position of senior vice president-Nickelodeon’s Nickmom … Beth Arnholt, ex-BDC Consulting, becomes Comcast vice president-integrated talent management.
TechAmerica Foundation names Jennifer Kerber, ex-Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of Cloud, president … Time Warner promotes Lisa Garcia Quiroz to become the company’s first chief diversity officer.
Rick Feldman to step down in April as NATPE president and CEO, will continue as consultant; search for next executive launched … Journal Communications promotes Andre Fernandez to president, replacing Steven Smith, who remains chairman and CEO … Robert Foothorap promoted to senior vice president-TV network advertising sales, CNBC … Univision promotes Cristina Schwarz to vice president-programming and production, Univision Cable Networks … New Univision board members: David Zaslav, Discovery, and José Bastón Patiño, Grupo Televisa … Consultant Marietta Hurwitz becomes Travel Channel senior vice president-general manager, digital.
Lynn Starr, ex-Qwest, joins Motorola Solutions as director-federal affairs … Globecast Americas names Randy Pike, ex-Fox Broadcasting, vice president-broadcast engineering … Lobbyist Registrations: Facebook, The Glover Park Group, effective Feb. 1.
Randy Mitchell, S.C. PSC, named to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, replacing Larry Landis, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.