Elbert Lin, ex-clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, returns to Wiley Rein as partner in telecom and appellate practice … Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt joins board of educational software firm Kno … SVForum names Chris Gill, ex-SVASE, CEO and executive director … MSG Entertainment promotes Melissa Miller Ormond to president … Eleo Hensleigh, ex-Ion Media, becomes Travel Channel senior vice president-marketing & communications … ESPNU Vice President Rosalyn Durant adds responsibility for ESPNHS.
Gilat Satellite promotes Erez Antebi to CEO, effective Jan. 1, replacing Amiram Levinberg, who remains chairman … Ken Carroll promoted to EchoStar chief financial officer, effective Nov. 8, replacing David Rayner, resigning after transition for other opportunities … Kevin Bennett returns to Discovery as senior vice president-programming and research, ID, Military Channel and Planet Green … Henry Norhhaft, ex-Tessera Technologies, joins Openwave board … BearingPoint added Rob Staples, ex-Capgemini Consulting, as partner heading its U.K. communications practice … Univision names Julie Pinkwater, ex-Ladies Home Journal, senior vice president, client development group … Azteca America picks Marlene Braga, ex-nuvoTV, as vice president-programming.
Margaret McCarthy, wireline aide to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, to become aide to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. … Lobbyist Registrations: Google, Tuggey Fernandez, effective Oct. 24 … ZTE USA registers itself, effective Oct. 25. … New board members at Alliance for Community Media: Kathy Bisbee, Community Media Access Partnership; Jason Daniels, Easton Community Access TV; Scott Magers, Oolelo Community Media; Lonni Moffet, Moffet & Associates; Craig Sinclair, Amherst Media; Richard Turner, ex-Tightrope Media Systems.
U.S. Copyright Office promotes Michele Woods to associate register for policy and international affairs … Christopher Shean promoted to Liberty Media chief financial officer effective Nov. 1, replacing David Flowers, who shifts to senior vice president and managing director of alternative investments … Anthony Staffieri, ex-BCE, to become Rogers Communications chief financial officer, replacing Bill Linton, retiring in the second quarter of 2012.
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.