Drinker Biddle hires Phil Gingrey, ex-Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, as senior adviser, Government & Regulatory Affairs Practice Group ... Goodwin Procter hires Marcia Sundeen, ex-Kenyon & Kenyon, as partner, IP Litigation Group ... Media General hires Richard Levine, ex-AT&T Services, as head-distribution ... Endgame, cybersecurity firm, hires James Butler, ex-FireEye and Mandiant, as chief scientist.
Kellogg Huber hires as associates, working in practice areas including telecom, ex-law clerks Thomas Bennett, Nicholas Hunter, Bradley Oppenheimer and Thomas Schultz ... Cable One hires Kevin Coyle, ex-Elauwit Networks, as senior vice president and chief financial officer ... International Datacasting President and CEO Doug Lowther leaving ... TE Connectivity promotes Terrence Curtin to president, new position ... Tribune Broadcasting hires Jon Hitchcock, ex-CBS, as vice president and general manager of Connecticut's WTIC-TV Hartford and WCCT-TV Waterbury ... AMC Networks hires Bernadette Simpao, ex-Viacom, as vice president-corporate communications ... 21st Century Fox promotes Victoria Marcroft to vice president-marketing, promotion and publicity department, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution ... Digital Place Based Advertising Association adds to board Jose Avalos, Intel ... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers adds to Engineering Committee Ron Hranac, Cisco, new chairman of SCTE Network Operations Subcommittee.
Wiley Rein hires David Frolio, ex-GSM Association, as consulting counsel, Communications Practice ... Comcast promotes to also be executive vice presidents General Counsel and Secretary Arthur Block, Chief Communications Officer D’Arcy Rudnay and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller Lawrence Salva ... Shutterstock hires Craig Felenstein, ex-Discovery Communications, as senior vice president-investor relations Globecomm names Jason Juranek, ex-Harris CapRock, chief financial officer ... Inrix hires Steve Banfield, ex-Rightside, as chief marketing officer ... Dish Network hires Scott Skurnick, ex-Sears Holdings, to lead digital marketing as vice president-digital acquisition ... Globecast hires Rick Horrow, Horrow Sports Ventures, as "key industry advisor on a consultancy basis."
Comcast hires Andy Lack, who left the Broadcasting Board of Governors last week (see 1503050043), to return to company, named chairman, NBC News and MSNBC, effective in April; Pat Fili-Krushel moves into new corporate role on executive team ... iHeartMedia promotes Charlie Wilkinson to market president, Dallas ... Deluxe hires Frank Cardello, ex-T3 Media, as president, Deluxe Media ... Internet2 hires Florence Hudson, ex-IBM, as senior vice president-chief innovation officer ... Phoenix New Media, Chinese Internet content provider, promotes Shu Liu to senior vice president ... RingCentral adds Michelle McKenna-Doyle, NFL, to board, from which Bobby Yerramilli-Rao, Hermes Growth Partners, resigns.
Broadcasting Board of Governors CEO and Director Andrew Lack departing; Director-Global Operations André Mendes named interim CEO and director ... Communications Systems promotes interim CEO Roger Lacey to that job permanently, and he remains vice chairman ... 21st Century Fox moves Vice President Michael Petrie to that job for investor relations, succeeding Joe Dorrego, previously promoted to senior vice president-chief financial officer, Fox Television Stations ... Returning to KMGH-TV Denver is Brad Remington, ex-KTVK Phoenix, hired by E.W. Scripps as KMGH vice president and general manager ... Center for Democracy & Technology adds to board Andy Pincus, Mayer Brown, and Erika Rottenberg, ex-LinkedIn ... National Treasury Employees Union National President Colleen Kelley retiring following union’s national convention in August.
Leosat hires Vern Fotheringham, ex-Kymeta, as CEO (see 1503040016) ... T-Mobile US hires Christine Kurth, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau, as senior policy counsel ... Rook Security says FBI names the company's Tom Gorup as chief, Indiana InfraGard IT Sector, which works on cybersecurity and other issues ... World Teleport Association board elects James Trevelyan, Arqiva Satellite & Media, chairman, effective April 1 ... Among those named by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to Commerce Data Advisory Council: Danah Boyd, Microsoft; Daniel Castro, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; Chris DiBona, Google; Stan Humphries, Zillow; Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition; Vadim Kutsyy, eBay; CJ Moses, Amazon Web Services; Colin Parris, GE Software; Brian Schimpf, Palantir; and Kim Stevenson, Intel ... Lobbyist registrations: Mutualink, interoperability firm, The National Group, effective Jan. 14 ... Palo Alto Networks, registering on behalf of itself, effective Jan. 16.
Frontier Communications promotes President and board member Daniel McCarthy to also be CEO, effective April 3, succeeding Maggie Wilderotter, named executive chairman ... Discovery Communications hires Marc Graboff, ex-Core Media Group, as president-global business & legal affairs, production management and studios, including digital platforms globally, effective in April, and promotes Lee Bartlett to president, studios group ... Irell & Manella starts Cyber Liability and Privacy Practice, which includes Marc Maister, insurance expert; Lindsay Kelly, ex-U.S. attorney's office, Eastern District of Virginia Cybercrime unit; and Andra Greene, head, class-action defense practice ... 21st Century Fox promotes Chad Copher to vice president-ad sales overseeing the Midwest region, Home Team Sports ... TeleCommunication Systems adds to board Don Bell, technology entrepreneur, and Michael Madon, cyber intelligence expert; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Richard Young resigns from board ... CrowdStrike adds to board Joe Sexton, AppDynamics.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hires Robert Thormeyer, leaving NARUC March 27, as strategic adviser to Commissioner Colette Honorable ... NTIA hires Linda Kinney, ex-MPAA, as senior adviser-Internet policy, and Derek Khlopin, ex-Nokia Solutions and Networks, as senior adviser-spectrum, and promotes Doug Kinkoph to associate administrator, Office of Telecom and Information Applications ... Samsung Electronics America promotes John Godfrey to senior vice president-public policy ... Entravision promotes Pulpo Media Chief Marketing Officer María Lopez-Knowles to that role companywide, new position ... Progressive Policy Institute hires Ed Gerwin, Trade Guru LLC, as senior fellow-trade and global opportunity ... Maxwell Technologies hires Michael Finger, ex-TT Electronics, as senior vice president-global sales.
C&D Technologies, maker of standby batteries for industries including telecom, hires Armand Lauzon, ex-Carlyle Group, as president-CEO, succeeding outgoing CEO Christian Rheault ... DirecTV Sports Networks hires David Peart, ex-Pittsburgh Penguins, as general manager, AT&T and DirecTV's Root Sports Southwest ... Our American Revival PAC hires AshLee Strong, ex-aide to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., as national press secretary ... Vantiv promotes Chief Financial Officer Mark Heimbouch to also be chief operating officer ... Time Warner hires Maureen Taran, ex-New Wave Entertainment, as executive in charge-talent, truTV.
Arris promotes Jason Friedrich to vice president-U.S. government & regulatory affairs ... 21st Century Fox's Fox Networks Group names Joe Marchese, CEO of true[X] until it was acquired by 21st Century Fox (see 1502170061), president-advanced advertising products ... Wyless adds CEO title to President Mike Coffey EWTN Global Catholic Network hires Len Marino, advertising executive, as vice president-creative services, new position ... Phil Molyneux, ex-Sony Electronics president, named president-chief operating officer at i.am+, the company founded by pop star will.i.am "to create new products that combine fashion and technology in the evolving wearables segment" ... Optio Labs, mobile device security firm, hires Bryan Glancey, ex-CellTrust, as chief technology officer ... Lobbyist registration: Adobe, Cyrrus Analytics, effective Feb. 20.