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.

Information Technology Industry Council hires Josh Kallmer, ex-Crowell & Moring, as senior vice president-global policy ... Syniverse promotes Steve Gray to permanent president-CEO ... Nexstar names Mark Overstreet, who was at Florida TV stations WTLV Jacksonville and WJXX Orange Park, as vice president-general manager, WZDX Huntsville, Alabama, and associated digital operations ... Telltale Games adds to board John Riccitiello, Unity Technologies, and Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate, which also is investing in the company.

Wiley Rein hires Leo Fitzsimon, ex-Nokia, as consulting counsel, Communications Practice ... Copyright Office moves Catherine Rowland to senior adviser, register of copyrights ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers promotes John Johnson to senior vice president-licensing ... National Conference of State Legislatures hires Jon Adame, who graduated from University of Colorado's law school, as director, Communications, Financial Services and Interstate Commerce Committee ... Transaction Network Services hires Joe Lueckenhoff, ex-executive consultant, as executive vice president-general manager, running Telecommunication Services Division ... Starz promotes Alison Hoffman to executive vice president-marketing.

Copyright Office hires Ricardo Farraj-Feijoo, ex-Commerce Department, as director, Copyright Technology Office ... Disney promotes Bob Chapek to chairman, Disney Parks and Resorts, succeeding Thomas Staggs, recently promoted (see 1502050020) ... CBS and Lionsgate promote Brad Schwartz to president, Pop; David Wisnia stepping down as president-business operations, Pop, to pursue new opportunities ... Scripps Networks Interactive promotes Jon Steinlauf to president-national ad sales and marketing, succeeding Steve Gigliotti, promoted last week (see 1502190049).

Disney promotes Sean Cocchia to executive vice president-business operations, and general manager, Disney Channels Worldwide, and Robert Mills to senior vice president-alternative series, specials and late-night programming, ABC Entertainment ... ­ iHeartMedia Miami/Fort Lauderdale hires Shari Gonzalez, ex-Beasley Broadcast, as vice president-sales ... Barry Cottle, ex-Zynga, joins Deluxe Entertainment Services Group as vice chairman-technology, and as senior vice president-technology at its parent company MacAndrews & Forbes ... Lobbyist registrations: AT&T, Capitol Counsel, effective Jan. 12 ... Comcast, Microsoft and T-Mobile, West Front Strategies, effective Jan. 1 ... Facebook, RIAA, Harbinger Strategies, effective Jan. 1.

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers promotes Lynne Lummel to executive vice president, newly created Transformation Management Office ... Scripps Networks Interactive promotes Steve Gigliotti to chief revenue officer ... Giga Entertainment Media, over-the-top technology platform, hires Curt Weldon, ex-Republican congressman from Pennsylvania, as strategic adviser ... At Mozilla, Johnathan Nightingale steps down as full-time Mozillian, and Mark Mayo promoted to run now-combined cloud services and Firefox desktop and mobile browsers group.

PCIA hires Marissa Mitrovich, ex-Verizon, as vice president-program development, new position ... Willkie Farr promotes Michael Hurwitz to partner; he works on communications, media and privacy issues ... Broadcast Music Inc. hires Ann Sweeney, ex-Warner/Chappell Music, as senior vice president-global policy, new position, with the international portion effective in July, succeeding Ron Solleveld, now senior vice president-international, who said recently he'll retire from BMI in September ... Ciena hires Marcus Starke, ex-MicroStrategy, as senior vice president-chief marketing officer.