Enterprise Wireless Alliance hires Robin Cohen, ex-Sprint, as executive director-regulatory affairs and spectrum strategies, new position ... Kevin Kunkel, advanced at Sprint to president, Southern California region; Mark Nachman, ex-Verizon, named for Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia region; and Jonathan Blitz, also ex-Verizon, appointed for South Central region ... Library of Congress moves John Cole to historian, new position ... National Governors Association names to Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council for 2016-2017: Gil Orrantia, aide to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), chairman; Perry Plummer, aide to New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan (D), vice chairman; and members Mark Ghilarducci, aide to California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Kevin Klein, aide to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D), Jim Butterworth, aide to Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R), John Hill, aide to Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R), Keith Squires, aide to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R), and Jimmy Gianato, aide to West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D).

Sprint hires Michael McMahon, ex-Verizon, as president-Great Plains region ... Virtual hires Andrew Kurtzman, ex-Muni Broadband Forum and Telecommunications Industry Association, as vice president-staff counsel ... TEN: The Enthusiast Network hires Jonathan Anastas, ex-Roku, as chief marketing officer ... Alarm.com Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Moyer leaving to become CFO at "an early stage private company" in Washington; on interim basis, Controller AJ Gollinger will act as principal accounting officer; and company names to board Darius Nevin, G3 Capital Partners ... RagingWire Data Centers hires Phillip Sandino, ex-Dominion Virginia Power, as vice president-data center operations ... President Barack Obama naming Chris Young, Intel, a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee ... Lobbyist registration: Secure ID Coalition, Blank Rome, effective Feb. 1.

EchoStar promotes Jennifer Manner to senior vice president-regulatory affairs ... Mike Vernal, ex-Facebook, is joining Sequoia Capital as partner ... John Major, ex-Broadcom, joins Optomec board ... Sam Cullari, ex-Comcast, joins the Reed Smith Information & Innovation Group in the Philadelphia office ... Said Bacho, ex-Grass Valley and Harris Broadcast, becomes SAM chief business development and marketing officer ... Lobbyist registration: Spotify, registering on behalf of itself, effective Feb. 8.

Sprint hires Jerry Gallegos, ex-Cox Communications, as president-West area ... Time Warner promotes Will Funk to executive vice president-sales & property partnerships, Turner Sports, new position ... Lobbyist registrations: Comcast, Farragut Partners, effective Jan. 1 ... Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, Keelen Group, effective March 1 ... Demand Progress, Fight for the Future, Pale Blue, both effective Feb. 1 ... Global Tel-Link, Da Vinci Group, effective Feb. 12 ... Liberty Broadband, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Jan. 1 ... Patent Office Professional Association, Richard Hirn, effective April 1 ... ViaSat, Kountoupes Denham, effective March 1 ... Computer Science Education Coalition, Penn Hill Group, effective March 1 ... Data center firm Switch, SB Strategic Consulting, effective Feb. 25 ... Slack Technologies, Kountoupes Denham, effective Feb. 16.

DOJ promotes Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Renata Hesse of the Antitrust Division to lead the division, succeeding Bill Baer, who recently became acting associate attorney general (see this section in the April 13 issue) ... Covington & Burling hires Ann West Bobeck, ex-NAB, as special counsel, Communications & Media Practice group ... University of Colorado Law names Jim Anaya, University of Arizona, dean, effective Aug. 8 and succeeding Philip Weiser, returning to the faculty in July and remaining executive director, Silicon Flatirons ... Bonten Media Group names Scott Moody chief operating officer; he remains chief financial officer ... Viacom moves Senior Vice President Sarah Iooss to that job for business development, leading Business Development group ... Weather Channel hires Michael Ferrari, ex-aWhere, as head-data science, Ad Products team.

Scripps Networks Interactive promotes Derek Chang to head-international lifestyle channels, new position; he'll continue to manage Asia-Pacific operations ... Wiley Rein hires Lauren French, ex-Politico, as senior manager, McBee Strategic Consulting, leading its Press Office, a product for clients ... President Barack Obama naming as members, Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity: Keith Alexander, IronNet; Annie Antón, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ajay Banga, MasterCard; Steven Chabinsky, CrowdStrike; Patrick Gallagher, University of Pittsburgh; Peter Lee, Microsoft; Herbert Lin, Center for International Security and Cooperation; Heather Murren, investor; Joe Sullivan, Uber; and Maggie Wilderotter, ex-Frontier Communications ... Horowitz Research hires Mariana Diaz-Wionczek, ex-Viacom's Nickelodeon, as senior director-research and strategy, working for TV, digital and mobile clients, and head, Gen Z practice, and Claire Dinaso, ex-Mind Genomics Advisors, as senior director-research ... Millicom Nomination Committee proposes to elect José Miguel García Fernández, ex-Orange España, to the board.

Lowenstein Sandler hires Evan Bienstock, ex-Mintz Levin, as partner, Tech group ... American Library Association names Roger Rosen, Rosen Publishing, senior adviser-Office for Information Technology Policy, and names to two-year terms on new Public Policy Advisory Council: Laurent Crenshaw, Yelp; Skip Dye, Penguin Random House; Amma Felix, United Negro College Fund; Alan Fishel, Arent Fox; Keith Krueger, Consortium for School Networking; Tiffany Moore and Michael Petricone, both from CTA; Piper Nieters Su, Advisory Board Co.; Katherine Oyama, Google; Jon Peha, Carnegie Mellon University; Brooks Rainwater, National League of Cities; Jocelyn Richgels, Rural Policy Research Institute; Tony Sarmiento, Senior Service America; Michael Scurato, National Hispanic Media Coalition; and David Young, Verizon.

Justice Department's Bill Baer, assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, named acting associate attorney general, effective April 17 and succeeding Stuart Delery ... McGlinchey Stafford hires Brian Koide, tech patent expert/attorney, as member, Intellectual Property/Commercial Litigation team ... Mozilla hires Sean White, ex-BrightSky Labs, as vice president-technology strategy, "with an initial focus on emerging technology opportunities" in virtual reality, augmented reality and connected devices ... Entertainment Software Association names Anastasia Staten, ex-American Humane Association, executive director, ESA Foundation ... National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications promotes James Jones to senior vice president-education and diversity solutions, and Sandra Girado to vice president-events and partner relations ... NewsON hires Derek Van Nostran, ex-CNN, as head-marketing.

Sprint hires Claudio Hidalgo, ex-Digicel Group, as president-Florida, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands region ... Rovi hires Ted Schremp, ex-SmartHomes Ventures who also has worked in the cable industry, as chief marketing officer ... Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists elects Gabrielle Carteris, actress, president, after Ken Howard, 71, died (see report in the March 25 issue) March 23, and succeeding Carteris as executive vice president is Rebecca Damon, actress ... Universal Music Group hires Ty Roberts, Gracenote co-founder, as senior vice president-chief technology officer, new position, effective April 25 ... Engine hires Paul Geller, ex-CTA Audio Board and ex-Hangar, as managing director.

State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary-Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sepulveda named chairman-designate of World Summit on the Information Society Forum ... SeaChange International promotes to CEO Ed Terino, who remains on the board, which fired CEO Jay Samit; the company's stock closed down 31 percent to $3.82 Friday after Terino said he was disappointed in the company's financial performance ... Viacom's Velocity integrated marketing and creative content division starting dedicated movie studio group in Los Angeles led by, in expanded roles, senior vice presidents Chris Lenz, creative and production, and Danielle Della Corna-Kupchak, integrated marketing ... Raycom names Daniel Cates, ex-WJHL-TV Johnson City, Tennessee, vice president-general manager, WCSC-TV Charleston, South Carolina, succeeding Rita Scott, retired.