Promotions in office of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski: Zachary Katz to chief counsel and senior legal advisor; Sherrese Smith also to senior counsel; Amy Levine to legal advisor … Changes in office of FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell: Media adviser Rosemary Harold recuses herself to begin looking for work elsewhere, replaced on interim basis by Erin McGrath, being detailed from Wireless Bureau … HSN names Arthur Lewis, ex-HauteLook, senior vice president of merchandising for digital commerce, effective June 27 … ABC Entertainment promotions: John Saade to executive vice president of alternative series and late-night programming; Patrick Moran to senior vice president and ABC Studios head of creative development; Amy Hartwick to senior vice president of comedy development for ABC Studios, replacing Kevin Plunkett, leaving to pursue other ventures … Entercom promotes Randy Cable to vice president and market manager for Greenville, S.C.
Former Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., joins APCO Worldwide’s government relations practice as a senior vice president … Grant Spellmeyer advanced at U.S. Cellular to executive director-federal affairs and public policy … CBS Interactive names Marc DeBevoise, ex-Starz, senior vice president and general manager of entertainment division … Bright House Networks promotes Pam Hagan to corporate vice president, human resources … Stephen Wong moves to vice president, audience strategy, Fox Group.
New Axesstel board members: Mark Fruehan, AdMarvel, replacing Jai Bhagat, and Patrick Gray, Axesstel chief financial officer … Wayne Godsey, ex-RTDNA president, to retire as president-general manager, KMBC-TV Kansas City … T-Mobile promotes John Diefenbach to vice president-general manager, New England region, new position … Paul Reaney, ex-Fremantle Media, becomes ITV Studios America vice president-development … Koby Zontag, RRsat, joins World Teleport Association board … TDS Telecommunications names Phil LaForge, ex-CA Technologies, chief operating officer, Hosted & Managed Services LLC.
Facebook hires former White House spokesman Joe Lockhart as vice president-global communications … National Cable TV Coop names Rich Fickle, ex-Deluxe Entertainment, president-CEO … Fisher Communications board member Paul Bible becomes non-executive chairman … MSG Media hires Andrew Biggers, ex-Fox Cable Networks, as senior vice president, content distribution; Alison Hellman promoted to vice president, affiliate marketing.
Bill Krivoshik, ex-Marsh & McLennan, becomes Time Warner chief information officer, new position … Betty Ellen Berlamino, ex-WPIX-TV New York, becomes CBS TV stations senior vice president-sales, new position … Changes at ECI Telecom: Rafi Maor moves up to chairman, replaced by Shimon Bart, ex-Keter Plastic … Syniverse promotes Jeff Gordon to president-CEO, replacing Tony Holcombe, becoming vice chair … Jack Olson, ex-Adelphia, becomes Viamedia vice president-business development.
Former FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth to head Hudson Institute’s new Center for Economics of the Internet … Brad Gillen, formerly wireline aide to ex-FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker, now in Wireline Bureau advising on Universal Service Fund reform, agency officials say … Radio Television Digital News Association Executive Director Jane Nassiri steps down to pursue new ventures, effective in September; search committee appointed … Stephanie Craig, ex-Public Strategies, becomes TechAmerica communications director.
AT&T promotes Debbie Storey to chief diversity officer and senior vice president-talent development … New NAB board members: Paul Karpowicz, Meredith Corp., joint board chairman, succeeding Steve Newberry, Commonwealth Broadcasting; on TV board, Marci Burdick, Schurz Communications, chairman; Michael Fiorile, Dispatch Broadcast Group, first vice chairman; Dunia Shive, Belo, second vice chairman; Jack Abernethy, Fox TV Stations, designated network seat; on radio board, Don Benson, Lincoln Financial Media, second vice chairman; Marc Morgan, Cox Media Group, major group representative … Stacy Kreisberg, ex-Hansen, Jacobson, becomes WE tv senior vice president-business affairs … Gregg Seibert adds title of Cablevision chief financial officer … CISAC, International Confederation of Societies of Authors & Composers, names Olivier Hinnewinkel, ex-Eurovision Asia-Pacific, director general … Washington Post Co. elects Larry Thompson, ex-PepsiCo, to board.
Lawrence Jacobs to step down as News Corp. executive vice president and group general counsel, to pursue other opportunities … RealNetworks promotes Scott Uomoto to senior vice president.
Thomas Stortz rejoins Level 3 Communications as chief administrative officer … National Cable TV Cooperative Executive Vice President Scott Abbott resigned, effective June 17 … Univision names Lee Davis, ex-CBS Radio, executive vice president-sales, Univision Radio … New vice presidents-national sales at ION Media Networks: Kendra Cleary, ex-Turner Broadcasting; Corry Hart, ex-IFC; and Laura Diefenbach, promoted … Cox Media promotes Tom Raponi to vice president-general manager, KTVU and KICU, both San Francisco, replacing Tim McVay, moving to same position at WSB-TV Atlanta … XTAR names James Chambers, ex-DRS Technical Services, to newly-created position of vice president, engineering … Comcast promotes Johnnie Giles to executive director-external affairs … Orbit Communication Systems names Thomas Lipari, ex-Caprock, director-sales and business development.
FCC hires Robert Naylor, ex-U.S. Small Business Administration, as chief information officer … Connie Durcsak, ex-PCIA, becomes Utilities Telecom Council president-CEO … FCC changes: Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University, becomes chief economist in Office of Strategic Planning & Policy Analysis; Outgoing Chief Economist Jonathan Baker and Gregory Rosston, deputy director-Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, will both be senior economists for transactions to work on FCC reviews of AT&T/T-Mobile and AT&T/Qualcomm transactions.