Fox Television Stations promotes Joseph Di Scipio to senior vice president-legal and FCC compliance ... ZwillGen promotes privacy expert Stacey Brandenburg to shareholder ... Univision Communications promotes Isaac Lee to chief news and digital officer, new position ... Raycom promotes Larry Silbermann to vice president-general manager, WTOC-TV Savannah, Georgia, succeeding Scott Dempsey, who recently moved to those jobs at Raycom's WBTV Charlotte, North Carolina ... As 21st Century Fox and National Geographic Society complete deal to form National Geographic Partners, Ward Platt moves to become NGP chief operating officer; Susan Goldberg, who remains National Geographic editor in chief, now also editorial director; Courteney Monroe moves to CEO, National Geographic Global Networks; and Jeffrey Schneider moves to executive vice president-business and legal affairs, NGP ... Elephant Talk Communications, software defined network architecture firm, names Hal Turner, ex-BellSouth, executive chairman; and President Tim Payne interim CEO; Steven van der Velden stepped down as chairman-CEO and left the board ... Cheetah Mobile names Jeffrey Li, Tencent Investment, a director, as Zhijian Peng resigns as a director.
Frontier Communications hires Peter DePasquale, ex-Praxair, as vice president-communications and corporate affairs ... GfK hires Laura Wendt, ex-Singtel, as executive vice president-media, Consumer Experiences and Consumer Choices organizations ... Adtran hires Roger Shannon, ex-Steel Technologies, as senior vice president-finance/chief financial officer; Michael Foliano, who was interim CFO, remains responsible for all manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, corporate IT, facilities and real estate as senior vice president-global operations ... Samsung Techwin America hires Richard Simone, ex-Panasonic, as vice president-sales and marketing ... CenturyLink adds to board ex-Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), filling seat vacated by Fred Nichols, who died earlier in 2015.
Relativity Media hires Andy Levin, ex-T-Mobile USA, as president-legal and human resources ... Seagate starts Seagate Government Solutions, and names Deb Oliver, ex-Vencore, to lead it, and Paul Kaminski, Technovation, as its chairman ... With Shure President-CEO Sandy LaMantia retiring, effective July 1, Chief Operating Officer Chris Schyvinck to succeed him in those jobs, becoming president Jan. 1 and CEO July 1 ... Wolf Greenfield hires Jeffrey Hsi, intellectual property expert, as shareholder, working on technology commercialization ... Fossil hires Misfit CEO Sonny Vu as president-chief technology officer of connected devices, following Fossil's $260 million acquisition of Misfit (see 1511130039) ... Following SCTE (Society for Broadband Professionals) elections, Mike Thornton moves to president, Mike Jones to vice president and Roger Blakeway to CEO ... Graham Holdings elects Jim Shelton, 2U, to board.
Graham Holdings said President Timothy O’Shaughnessy adds title of CEO, succeeding in that post his father-in-law, Donald Graham, who remains chairman ... 21st Century Fox promotes at Fox Television Group Shannon Ryan to executive vice president-marketing & communications, and Rachel Webber to senior vice president ... Intelsat moves Jay Yass to vice president-business development, and hires Hazem Moakkit, ex-O3b Satellite Networks, as vice president-corporate and spectrum strategy, new position ... CBS hires Christa Robinson, ex-Tribune Media, as senior vice president-communications, CBS News.
NAB hires Alison Neplokh, FCC deputy chief technologist, as vice president-spectrum policy, effective Dec. 14 ... Squire Patton hires as senior advisers, Public Policy International Practice, working on issues including media, tech and telecom, Georg Serentschy, ex-Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunication, and Michael Bartholomew, ex-European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association ... FirstNet User Advocacy Outreach team hires as senior advisers Bill Hinkle, ex-Intrado, as a 911 specialist; Brent Williams, ex-Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, emergency medical services; and Mike Worrell, ex-Phoenix Fire Department, fire ... Comcast Cable moves Senior Vice President Mary McLaughlin from Western New England Region to Beltway Region, which includes Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and parts of Delaware, North Carolina and West Virginia.
Wilson Sonsini hires Jamillia Ferris, ex-FCC Office of General Counsel, as partner, antitrust practice ... Information Technology Industry Council hires Ashley Friedman, ex-Commerce Department, as director-global policy ... European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association names Lise Fuhr, DK Hostmaster, director-general, effective in January ... Disney promotes John Rouse to executive vice president-affiliate relations and marketing, ABC Television Network ... Edward Breen, ex-Tyco, Motorola and General Instrument, named DuPont chairman-CEO, after being interim chair-CEO since Oct. 16 ... EMC promotes Nina Hargus to chief marketing officer, EMC Information Infrastructure ... Comcast's Telemundo hires Humberto Duran, ex-CCTV America, as vice president-news operations and production management.
Comcast hires an outside counsel to the company, Francis Buono, ex-Willkie Farr, as senior vice president-legal regulatory affairs and senior deputy general counsel, running Legal Regulatory Group ... Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said it hires Paul Wiedefeld, ex-Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, as general manager-CEO, effective Nov. 19, and until he starts Jack Requa continues as interim general manager; earlier last week, WMATA said it and Neal Cohen, ex-Orbital ATK, agreed the agency would stop considering hiring him as general manager (see 1511030036).
Pandora hires Piper Crowell, leaving office of Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., as manager-government relations ... Sunlight Foundation hires Kat Duffy, leaving State Department Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Bureau, as director, Sunlight Labs, effective Nov. 30 ... National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates hires David Springe, Kansas Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board, as executive director, effective Dec. 5 ... Federated Wireless hires Jeannie Diefenderfer, ex-Verizon Wireless, as adviser to the executive leadership team ... Madison Square Garden Co. hires Colin Ingram, ex-Colin Ingram Ltd., as executive vice president, MSG Productions ... Weather Co. hires Elliott Trice, ex-VivaKi, as senior vice president-consumer product, dealing with Web, smartphone, tablet and emerging technologies ... Cogobuy Group, Chinese e-commerce platform provider, hires Shipeng Li, ex-Microsoft, as chief technology officer.
FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director Steve Weissman leaving the agency for Baker Botts; agency hired from that firm for the bureau Chuck Loughlin as deputy assistant director and deputy chief trial counsel, Litigation Group; Markus Meier moves to bureau's acting deputy director; at the bureau Assistant Director-Mergers III Phill Broyles retiring at year's end; and Dominic Vote moves to deputy assistant director-mergers II ... Comcast hires Robert Eatroff, leaving Morgan Stanley, as executive vice president-global corporate development and strategy, effective in January, succeeding Alexander Evans, who joins ex-Comcast Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis at the new "strategic company" Angelakis formed in partnership with Comcast to invest in "growth-oriented companies" (see 1505110036), and also succeeding Senior Vice President-Corporate Development Bob Pick, retiring at year-end but consulting for the company on special projects ... Internet Association hires Dusty Brighton, ex-Stateside Associates, as vice president-state government affairs.
Comcast promotes Lynn Charytan to executive vice president-general counsel, Comcast Cable ... National Governors Association hires Scott Pattison, National Association of State Budget Officers, as executive director-CEO, effective Dec. 1 ... Financial Services Roundtable hires Murray Kenyon, ex-NSA, as senior vice president, and Heather Hogsett, ex-National Governors Association, as vice president-technology and risk strategy, both to Bits team, expanding group's work on cybersecurity, technology and other issues ... Neal Cohen, ex-Orbital ATK, and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority agreed he won't be considered anymore to be general manager, WMATA said ... FirstNet hires as regional tribal government liaisons Margaret Muhr, ex-Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians emergency official, and Adam Geisler, La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians.