FCC hires Mike Dabbs, ex-Applied Materials, as director-Office of Legislative Affairs, a job Deputy Director Andrew Woelfling had done on an acting basis, and promotes Linda Oliver to chief, General Counsel's Office Administrative Law Division ... Google confirms it hired Riva Litman, leaving office of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., to work in its Washington office; position not disclosed ... Barnes & Noble hires Ron Boire, ex-Sears Canada, as CEO of its retail business, effective Sept. 8, replacing Michael Huseby, who will become executive chairman, Barnes & Noble Education, as part of previously announced plan to spin off the company’s college and retail businesses into two separate publicly traded companies ... Yonder, outdoor recreational mobile app developer, promotes David Tyler to CEO, replacing David Roberts, who will remain chairman.
Kelley Drye promotions to partner include: Joshua Guyan in Communications practice group, and Dustin Painter, Government Relations and Public Policy; and to special counsel Audrey Jing Faber, Litigation, representing entertainment companies and broadcasters, Denise Smith, Communications, and Kristi Wolff, Advertising and Marketing, working on issues including wearable technology and privacy ... Trustworthy Accountability Group names Mike Zaneis permanent president-CEO; once the Interactive Advertising Bureau, where he's general counsel/executive vice president-public policy, finds a replacement, he will work at TAG full time ... Harris Wiltshire hires John Hodges, ex-Wiley Rein, as counsel, energy practice, and he has worked on international trade, advertising and other issues.
Madison Square Garden Co. hires Doc O'Connor, ex-Creative Artists Agency, as president-CEO, effective July 15 ... Disney promotes Christine McCarthy to senior executive vice president-chief financial officer and Kevin Mayer to senior executive vice president-chief strategy officer ... WiTricity, wireless power transfer over distance firm, hires Ara Nazarian, ex-Broadcom, as senior vice president-engineering, and Sanjay Gupta, ex-MC10, as vice president-product management ... CPA Global, intellectual property management firm, hires David Shofi, ex-ATMI, as vice president-IP strategy solutions ... FCC names to Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations Sarah Hofmann, Vermont Public Service Board, succeeding John Burke, Vermont Public Service Board ... Broadcasters Foundation of America elects Dan Mason, ex-CBS Radio, co-vice chairman and treasurer ... Lobbyist registration: Tenable Network Security, Fierce Government Relations, effective May 15.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers promotes Lauren Iossa to executive vice president-chief marketing & communications officer ... Cradlepoint, 4G LTE networking firm, hires Ryan Allphin, ex-Intel's McAfee, as chief technology officer ... Disney combines Consumer Products and Interactive into Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, run jointly by co-chairs Leslie Ferraro, also president, Disney Consumer Products, and Jimmy Pitaro, also president, Disney Interactive.
Univision Communications names ex-radio President Jose Valle to president of political & advocacy sales, and Executive Vice President-Univision Local Media Jaime Jiménez also now responsible for Univision Radio content and operating hubs in Los Angeles, Miami and San Antonio ... 21st Century Fox names Brian Sullivan, ex-Sky Deutschland, president-digital, Fox Networks Group, effective July 27 ... AT&T names Richard Fisher, ex-Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, to board ... Logitech International new nominees to board: Sue Gove, Golfsmith International; Lung Yeh, Enspire Capital; and Edouard Bugnion, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Monika Ribar and Matthew Bousquette won't seek re-election, joining previously announced Daniel Bore.
21st Century Fox's Roger Ailes signed new multiyear contract to continue as chairman and CEO, Fox News and Fox Business Network, and chairman, Fox Television Stations ... Vringo and Ken Lang forming a new tech security company as a subsidiary, and he'll remain Vringo head-technology but resigned from the board ... Vormetric hires Susan Leonard, ex-Hansen Medical, as vice president-human resources.
European Commission promotes Alexander Italianer to secretary-general, succeeding Catherine Day, retiring effective Sept. 1 ... Neustar hires Brian Foster, ex-Damballa, as senior vice president-information services; Ted Prince to focus on corporate development and management of strategic relationships after also leading information services team ... Nexstar promotes Michael Smith to vice president-general manager, WFRV-TV, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and associated digital services, succeeding Joseph Denk, promoted to same position at TV and digital operations serving Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee.
Verizon hires Scott Krohn, ex-3M, as treasurer, succeeding Matt Ellis, previously named to lead finance in Verizon’s Operations ... Stepping down from 21st Century Fox is Senior Executive Vice President David Hill, to start Hilly, production venture ... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers hires Reni Gorman, ex-Minds Rewired, as vice president-learning and development ... MediaLink hires Howard Homonoff, new media consultant, as senior vice president ... Discovery Communications hires Martin Creel, ex-Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools, as vice president-curriculum and instruction, Discovery Education.
Wilkinson Barker hires trademark law expert Mitchell Stabbe, ex-Locke Lord, as partner ... Intellectual property law firm Wolf Greenfield hires John Welch, ex-Lando & Anastasi, as counsel, Trademark Group ... Hulu hires Yue Zhuge, ex-Landscape Mobile, as vice president-research & development, in Beijing office.
Intelsat hires Karen Schmidt, ex-Comcast Business, as vice president-marketing ... NTT Communications hires Jeffrey Bannister, ex-Infosys, as executive vice president-sales, NTT America’s Global Enterprise Services ... Bessemer Venture Partners promotes Kristina Shen to vice president ... Deluxe Entertainment Services Group hires Michael Tomkins, ex-Fox Sports, as CEO, Deluxe MediaCloud for Asia-Pacific ... Elected to National Music Publishers’ Association board are Justin Kalifowitz, Downtown Music Publishing, Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir Media Management, and Jody Klein, ABKCO Music & Records, and at new NMPA SONGS (Supporting Our Next Generation of Songwriters) Foundation, chairman is NMPA CEO David Israelite, and charter board members are songwriters Kara DioGuardi, Jewel and Lee Thomas Miller.