USTelecom hires Galen Roehl, leaving Senate Republican Policy Committee, as vice president-government affairs, effective March 21 … TNCI U.S. telecom provider hires Bill Farwell, ex-Total Call International, as chief financial officer … AMC Networks hires Peter Aronson, ex-Alloy Digital, as executive vice president-original programming and production, IFC … Discovery Communications promotes Jane Latman to general manager-Discovery Fit & Health, and she remains senior vice president-development, Investigation Discovery … Time Warner hires Puja Vohra, ex-Oxygen Media, as senior vice president-marketing and digital, truTV.

Disney Media Networks co-Chairwoman and Disney/ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney leaving Disney Co. to pursue a TV directing career, effective in January … Mason Morfit, president of ValueAct Capital, appointed to Microsoft board and to its audit committee … John Honeycutt promoted to chief technology officer at Discovery Communications from chief operating officer at Discovery Networks International … Telerik mobile app company hires Aaron Mahimainathan, ex-SAP, as chief product officer … National Foreign Trade Council Trade Committee names Brian Bieron, eBay, chairman … Chad Millman promoted to editor-in-chief for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com; Alison Overholt, ex-Hearst Magazines, joins ESPN as editor-in-chief of espnW, its brand targeted to women … Stateside Associates state and local government relations firm hires Dusty Brighton, ex-eBay, as vice president, effective in the spring … Graham Holdings promotes Andrew Rosen to executive vice president, overseeing units including SocialCode, and remains chairman, Kaplan Inc., effective April 1… Lobbyist registration: Google, Simmons and Russell Group, effective Jan. 27.

K&L Gates hires Michael Verga, ex-Kilpatrick Townsend, as partner, IP procurement and portfolio management practice … Hogan Lovells hires Praveen Goyal, ex-BlackBerry, to government regulatory practice as counsel, Communications group … Returning to Copyright Office from Library of Congress is Liz Scheffler as director, Office of Public Records and Repositories, effective March 20 … In 21st Century Fox combining Fox Broadcasting development and programming, promoted are: Suzanna Makkos to executive vice president, comedy development and series coverage, with Lauren Levy Neustadter senior vice president and Samata Narra vice president; and Terence Carter to executive vice president, drama development and programming, with Charlie Andrews and James Oh to senior vice presidents.

FCC’s David Turetsky, who has been International Bureau deputy chief, stepping down by end of April … Qualcomm promotes Derek Aberle to president … Electronic Frontier Foundation Staff Attorney Daniel Nazer named “Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents,” succeeding Julie Samuels, recently named to head Engine Advocacy (CD March 5 p21) … U.S. Copyright Office promotes Douglas Ament to chief information officer … Univision Communications hires Amy Tenbrink, ex-Dish Network, as senior vice president-business affairs, and Marshall Cohen, ex-Pilot Group, as executive vice president-corporate research … Twentieth Century Fox promotes Kristen Finney to senior vice president-worldwide pay television and subscription on demand, Television Distribution … Riverbed Technology promotes Rob Rosiello to senior vice president-Americas sales … Time Warner’s Leslie Picard, ex-Time Inc., moves to CNN as senior vice president-sales and branded solutions, ad sales … Radio One promotes Eddie Harrell Jr. to vice president/general manager, Cleveland radio stations.

Samsung Mobile hires Vince Hudson, ex-Procter and Gamble, as vice president-marketing strategy and operations … Atlantic Media General Counsel and National Journal President Bruce Gottlieb, ex-FCC, leaving the publisher for unspecified policy and government affairs work; Aretae Wyler promoted to general counsel, and remains chief of staff to Atlantic Media Chairman and CEO David Bradley … Entercom board adds Mark LaNeve, WPP’s Global Team Ford … Lobbyist registrations: PCIA, Dutko Worldwide, effective March 3.

Jack Tretton to step down as Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO and president March 31 after “mutual agreement” not to renew his contract; to be replaced by Shawn Layden, Sony Network Entertainment International chief operating officer and executive vice president … World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis Gurry, whose first term ends Sept. 30, nominated by WIPO Coordination Committee for a second term, and WIPO General Assembly will meet in an extraordinary session May 8-9 to confirm the nomination … Univision Communications hires Borja Echevarría de la Gándara, ex-El País, as vice president-digital, Univision News, new position … Robert Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, named to State Department International Communications and Information Policy Committee … Advanced Television Systems Committee board adds Brett Jenkins, LIN Media, filling position vacated by Jim Kutzner, who retired from PBS … Tom Sugrue retiring from T-Mobile, Kathleen Ham to take over as acting head of D.C. office … Radio One promotes Jeffrey Wilson to regional vice president, Mid-West radio stations.

TracFone hires Mark Rubin, ex-Verizon, to head Washington office … Heather Sawyer moves on House Judiciary Committee to Democratic chief counsel, Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee … At Qualcomm annual shareholder meeting, as expected (CD Dec 16 p21), Steve Mollenkopf promoted to CEO, succeeding Paul Jacobs, named executive chairman … FiberLight hires Kristine Kropp, ex-tw telecom, as executive vice president-service delivery … Clear Channel promotes Katz Radio Group CEO Mark Rosenthal to also oversee Katz Television Group as CEO, Katz Media Group … AMC Networks promotes at SundanceTV Mark Williams to senior vice president-brand creative and Jessica Gleason to vice president-production … Fullscreen video-sharing network hires Michael Wann, ex-SpinMedia, as chief revenue officer … TechAmerica adds to public sector board Sonya Cork, Verizon Enterprise Solutions … Signalhorn adds to board John Belcher, ex-Arinc … Lobbyist registrations: Granite Telecommunications, Mitch Rose Strategic Consulting, effective Jan. 15 … USTelecom, Simmons & Russell Group, effective Jan. 28.

FCC names Michele Ellison chairwoman of Connect2HealthFCC, new task force on broadband, advanced technology and health, and also deputy general counsel, and hires Travis LeBlanc, ex-office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris, as acting chief of the Enforcement Bureau, where Ellison had been chief … Frontier Communications hires Mark Nielsen, ex-Praxair, as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary … Engine Advocacy, which provides policy advocacy support to high-technology entrepreneurs, hires Julie Samuels, ex-Electronic Frontier Foundation, as executive director, new position, and president of its foundation, on the board of which she sits; Engine also starts senior fellows program, which adds Peter Pappas, ex-Patent and Trademark Office, to focus on intellectual property.

CenturyLink hires Vernon Irvin, ex-Time Warner Cable, as vice president-sales, Business Solutions Group … Extreme Networks hires Kelley Steven-Waiss, ex-Integrated Device Technology, as senior vice president-human resources … Unify communications software firm hires Bill Hurley, ex-Westcon Group, as chief marketing officer.

FCC hires Matthew DelNero, ex-Covington & Burling, as Wireline Bureau deputy chief, and he will focus on technology transitions and open Internet issues … President Barack Obama will nominate Robert Holleyman, ex-BSA/The Software Alliance, as deputy U.S. Trade Representative, replacing Miriam Sapiro … Christopher Wilson, ex-C&M International, rejoins U.S. Trade Representative, named deputy chief of mission at the World Trade Organization … Rural Wireless Association hires Robert Mardis as manager-communications.