Mintz Levin hires Alyssia Bryant, ex-Keller and Heckman, as associate, Communications Section, focusing on wireless and accessibility issues ... Univision Communications promotes Daniel Coronell to president-news ... Starry hires Kristen Morrissey Thiede, ex-Metamorphic Ventures, as senior vice president-business development and corporate strategy ... Quantcast promotes Stephen Collins to president-chief financial officer, and said it recently promoted Phil Macauley to global vice president-sales and hired Sandra McDevitt, ex-Google, as vice president-people & places ... Russell Reynolds Associates hires industry experts for Technology Practice: Jeff Yolen, running Software Practice, East Coast, and Başak Ozer, working on IoT, mobile, digital, wearables, Internet and big data issues.

FCC confirms it hired David Grossman, ex-aide to House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., as chief of staff and media policy adviser to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; it also named Daudeline Meme, ex-Enforcement Bureau, aide to Clyburn for wireless, international and public safety issues; Louis Peraertz leaving as Clyburn's senior legal adviser ... Discovery Communications promotes David Leavy to chief corporate operations and communications officer, with oversight of technology and other areas ... Internet Association hires S.Y. Lee, ex-Department of Homeland Security, as communications director, succeeding Nika Nour, hired previously by Entertainment Software Association.

Sidley Austin hires Jonathan Nuechterlein, ex-FTC general counsel, as partner and co-leader, Communications Regulatory practice, and adds him to Antitrust/Competition practice ... Debevoise & Plimpton hires Luke Dembosky, ex-DOJ official focused primarily on cybersecurity investigations and prosecutions, as partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice and Litigation Department ... Comcast hires Luis Fernández, ex-Real Madrid, as executive vice president-network news, Telemundo, succeeding Luis Carlos Vélez, named news anchor and senior correspondent, Telemundo News; and hires Noopur Davis, ex-Intel, as Comcast Cable senior vice president-product security and privacy, Technology and Product team.

Ann Bobeck leaves NAB, where she had been senior vice president-deputy general counsel ... Subject Matter, private firm, hires Jennie Westbrook, ex-communications director to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking member Tom Carper, D-Del., as senior public affairs associate ... Sard Verbinnen & Co. hires Andy Duberstein, ex-House Commerce Committee under Chairman Fred Upton, D-Mich., as vice president ... Charter Communications hires Rob Klippel, ex-Comcast, as senior vice president-advanced advertising products and strategy, Spectrum Reach ... Univision Communications hires Margaret Lazo, ex-GE Capital, as chief human resources officer, effective April 11; Roberto Llamas, formerly executive vice president-human resources and community empowerment, resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Comcast NBCUniversal hires Dalila Wilson-Scott, ex-JPMorgan Chase, as senior vice president-community investment and president, Comcast Foundation, new position, effective April 4 ... Globecomm Systems CEO Keith Hall stepping down; Jason Juranek named interim CEO and remains chief financial officer ... Tegna promotes Risa Omega to president-general manager, KXTV Sacramento, succeeding Maria Barrs, retiring ... Snell Advanced Media hires accountant Paul Horton as chief financial officer ... Atlantic Tele-Network board elects Bernard Bulkin, scientist who has worked in the oil industry, as a director ... Lobbyist registration: Tech manufacturer Deep Springs Technology, Corus Federal Strategies, effective Dec. 1.

Telecommunications Industry Association hires Ashley Simmons, ex-ITS America, as communications director, effective March 15, succeeding April Ward, who moved to FirstNet as senior media adviser ... Zynga names board member Frank Gibeau CEO, succeeding Mark Pincus, who will be executive chairman ... Sprint hires Robert Hackl, ex-Vodafone, as chief experience officer/president-national sales, effective April 1; at end of that month, Chief Experience Officer Bob Johnson will leave ... AT&T moves Bill O’Hern to senior vice president-chief security officer ... Maxwell Technologies hires Jörg Buchheim, ex-Hella KGaA Hueck, as senior vice president-chief sales officer, succeeding Michael Finger, leaving for personal reasons ... Millennium Space Systems hires Bob Newberry, ex-U.S. Air Force, as executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... IDC promotes Phil Carter to chief analyst, IDC Europe.

Wilkinson Barker hires media and telecom lawyer Derek Teslik, ex-Cooley, as counsel ... CSG promotes Ken Kennedy to executive vice president-product development and adds to board Marwan Fawaz, Sarepta Advisors ... Nielsen promotes Megan Clarken to president-product leadership ... Western Union promotes Jacqueline Molnar to chief compliance officer ... Krish Prabhu, president of AT&T Labs and chief technology officer, also added to University of Texas at Arlington as research professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Satellite Industry Association hires Charity Weeden, ex-Lquinox Consulting, as senior director-policy ... Kentucky Communications Network Authority names Chris Moore, ex-FCC, executive director ... CSG hires Brian Shepherd, ex-TeleTech, as executive vice president and president-Global Broadband, Cable and Satellite business ... Discovery Communications hires Michael Lang, now at Lang Media Group, as executive vice president-international development & digital, new position, effective in April ... Spectralink hires industry executive Doug Werking as CEO, succeeding Dan Mondor, who left for personal reasons.

Immersion Corp. names CEO Victor Viegas interim chief financial officer until a permanent replacement is found for CFO Paul Norris, who is retiring ... Zazoom Media Group, digital video producer, hires Greg Morey, ex-E.W. Scripps, as executive vice president-revenue ... Palo Alto Networks adds to board Frank Calderoni, Red Hat ... MobileIron adds to board Ken Klein, Tintri ... Hawaiian Telcom said (see 1602260058) it agrees with its top investor Black Diamond Capital Management to nominate the investment firm's John Fontana or another representative at each of the next three annual meetings to be on the telco's board.

Intel hires for Global Public Policy team as directors-government relations and senior counsels Jaclyn Louis, ex-aide to Reps. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, and Tom Marino, R-Pa.; Cisco Minthorn, ex-aide to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker; and Norberto Salinas, ex-House Judiciary Committee ... Level 3 CEO Jeff Storey takes medical leave for about two months related to what the company said was "successful surgery for a recently diagnosed heart condition," and then returns on a limited basis, and full recovery is expected; until he returns, Sunit Patel named interim CEO, and remains chief financial officer ... National Association of Tower Erectors board member elected to executive committee for upcoming year is Jim Tracy, Legacy Telecommunications, as chairman; Kevin Dougherty, Millennia Contracting, added to board ... Malwarebytes adds to board Justin Somaini, SAP.