Broadcasting Board of Governors names John Lansing, leaving Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing, CEO and director, effective in September; André Mendes had been BBG interim CEO and will remain at BBG in leadership role in global operations; and CTAM names Anne Cowan, senior vice president-communications and marketing, acting CEO ... Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network hires Shripriya Mahesh, ex-First Look Media, as partner, on the leadership team guiding the organization and she will oversee Omidyar Network's global Consumer Internet & Mobile initiative ... GTT Communications promotes Layne Levine to chief revenue officer.

Shenandoah Telecommunications, preparing for proposed purchase of nTelos (see 1508110067), promotes to senior vice presidents William Pirtle for marketing and sales, Thomas Whitaker, operations, and Edward McKay, engineering and network planning ... Fiber network provider SiFi Networks names David Thomas, ex-BT, head-network operations ... Interface Security Systems promotes Chuck Moeling to chief marketing officer.

ZenithOptimedia hires Joe Reinstein, ex-Obama White House, as executive vice president-integrated services, Performics, new position ... In reorganization of Discovery Communications U.S. networks: Rich Ross promoted to group president, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel; Discovery Life Channel integrated into TLC team, reporting to Executive Vice President-General Manager Nancy Daniels; Jane Latman, general manager, Discovery Life Channel, named general manager, American Heroes Channel in addition to senior vice president-development, Investigation Discovery; Bob Scanlon moves to general manager, Velocity and automotive content; and Carolina Lightcap, head-content, Discovery Latin America and U.S. Hispanic Group, coordinates leadership of global family brands and kids content strategy ... SeaChange names to new positions as senior vice presidents Paul Crann, ex-BTI Systems, for product management and solutions architecture, and Mitchell Chun promoted for business development ... Lobbyist registration: Starz Entertainment, Venable, effective July 1.

National Treasury Employees Union votes to promote Tony Reardon to president, succeeding Colleen Kelley, retiring (see 1503050043) ... Crown Media hires Brenda Lowry, ex-NBCUniversal, as vice president-network program publicity ... AMC Networks hires Denielle Webb, ex-consultant to the programmer, as vice president-public relations and marketing, SundanceTV; Marnie Black promoted to executive vice president-public relations, AMC and SundanceTV ... Nexstar hires Kevin Harlan, ex-Huntington Broadcast Management Group, returning to company as vice president-general manager, WMBD-TV Peoria, Illinois, and associated digital services, and he oversees Nexstar’s relationship with Cunningham Broadcasting’s WYZZ-TV Bloomington, Illinois, through an outsourcing agreement ... Viacom starts new multiplatform Velocity Products, which in expanded roles Elizabeth Herbst-Brady helps run as executive vice president-ad sales strategy and products, and Sarah Iooss is named senior vice president of the new group, where Deborah Brett is vice president ... IEEE names to lead the IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative Robert Cunningham, MIT Lincoln Laboratory's Secure Resilient Systems and Technology Group, as chairman, and Ulf Lindqvist, SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory, as vice chairman.

Univision Communications hires Rainey Mancini, ex-Time Warner Cable, as senior vice president-finance/head, investor relations ... Media General hires Tony Optican, ex-Dko Entertainment, as head-programming, new position ... As part of Google's renaming itself Alphabet and making the search engine a unit (see 1508100066), SEC filing says that Ruth Porat will become senior vice president-chief financial officer and remain Google subsidiary CFO, David Drummond moves to senior vice president-corporate development, chief legal officer and secretary of Alphabet, and Google Chief Business Officer Omid Kordestani to adviser to Alphabet and Google.

FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's office names Johanna Thomas, ex-Wireless Bureau, legal adviser, working on wireless, international and public safety issues, and promotes Travis Litman to senior legal adviser, working on wireline and consumer issues ... NATPE/Content First hires JP Bommel, ex-Barton Creek International, as managing director and chief operating officer, effective next month ... Graham Media hires Heidi Schmid Whiting, ex-Cinnamon Mueller, as vice president-general counsel, succeeding John Ronayne, retiring from that role and becoming vice president-senior counsel ... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers hires Terry Maloney, ex-Entertainment Promotions, as vice president-marketing and business development.

Tremor Video hires John Rego, ex-Virgin Galactic, as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 8 ... United Online hires Mark Harrington, ex-Guidance Software, as executive vice president-general counsel ... Polycom adds to board Gary Daichendt, ex-Cisco ... ON Semiconductor adds to board Alan Campbell, ex-Freescale Semiconductor.

FCC Public Safety Bureau promotes Lauren Kravetz to chief of staff; she's succeeded as Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division deputy chief by Theodore Marcus, moving from Enforcement Bureau ... Discovery Communications moves Marjorie Kaplan to president-content, Discovery Networks International, new position ... Tribune Media Chief Financial Officer Steven Berns resigning to work as CFO at another company; Chandler Bigelow, chief strategies & operations officer, named interim CFO ... NAB Education Foundation elects board member Larry Patrick, Patrick Communications, chairman, and joining board are Kevin Cuddihy, Univision Local Media, Julie Koehn, Lenawee Broadcasting, Kevin Latek, Gray Television, and Deb Turner, E.W. Scripps ... Public Radio International adds to board Michael Isip, KQED San Francisco.

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai names Alison Nemeth, on detail from Media Bureau's Video Division and previously a law clerk in Pai's office, as interim legal adviser-media issues; Chief of Staff Matthew Berry, who handles media issues, will handle wireline while Nick Degani, wireline aide, is on paternity leave ... Foundation for Rural Service names Jessica Golden, ex-NTCA, which started the foundation in 1994, executive director ... NSA swears in Glenn Gerstell, ex-Milbank, Tweed, as general counsel ... Manatt Phelps hires Jill DeGraff Thorpe, ex-Golden Stone, as partner, healthcare practice, working on technology ... Viacom hires Bryson Gordon, ex-Microsoft, as senior vice president-data strategy and Viacom Vantage; and as vice presidents Gabe Bevilacqua, ex-Rallyverse, for product management, Viacom Vantage; and Kodi Foster, ex-Outbrain, for data strategy.

Ultra Mobile hires Tyler Leshney, ex-LAC Group, as president; former President David Schofield named chief operating officer ... Federated Wireless names Sarosh Vesuna, ex-Meru Network, senior vice president-corporate development and strategic alliances ... PayPal hires John Rainey, ex-United Continental Holdings, as chief financial officer, effective Aug. 24, succeeding Patrick Dupuis, named senior vice president-simplicity, quality and productivity, new position ... Orrick Herrington hires Ya-Chiao Chang, ex-Kirkland & Ellis, as partner, intellectual property practice ... Calix hires Suzanne Tom, ex-VeriFone Systems, as vice president and general counsel ... Lobbyist registration: Lyft, on behalf of itself, effective June 25.