Jennifer Tatel, ex-Sidley Austin, becomes media adviser to FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker; Krista Witanowski returns to Media Bureau … Cisco promotes Blair Christie to chief marketing officer, worldwide government affairs, replacing Susan Bostrom … American Teleservices Association promotes Robert Kobek to interim president, replacing CEO Tim Searcy … Kirk Pysher, ex-Sea Launch, becomes chief operating officer of Energia Logistics … Level 3 co-founder Kevin O'Hara joins Elemental Technologies board … MUSL TV names Scott Peyton, ex-Sony, chief financial officer … Hallmark Channels promotes Lisa Barroso to vice president, distribution.
Edouard Silverio, ex-Club Mediterranee, becomes Eutelsat group general counsel … Clear Channel Radio promotes Amit Aggarwal to senior vice president-revenue management … Cox Media Group promotes Dave Siegler to vice president-technical operations, replacing Sterling Davis, retired … California PUC promotes Nancy Ryan to deputy executive director … Jack Foley, ex-Clear Channel, becomes Entercom vice president-sales for New England region … Jim Grillo, Cricket Group, joins boards of Adelphia Comunicacoes, S.A. Comunicacoes and STV Comunicacoes.
Mark Bayer promoted to chief of staff to Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., replacing Jeff Duncan, moving to Democratic staff director, House Natural Resources Committee … Videotron names Serge Legris, ex-Rogers and Bell Canada, vice president-engineering and wireless access.
Google co-founder Larry Page will become CEO April 4, current CEO Eric Schmidt becoming executive chairman. Co-founder Sergey Brin, president of technology, will work on new products … Norsat International rehires Arthur Chin, who becomes chief financial officer Feb. 1, replacing Trevor Greene, who left for other opportunities … Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, won’t seek re-election to Washington Post Co. board … McGraw-Hill adds Bill Green, Accenture, to board.
Michael Pryor, ex-Mintz Levin and FCC Common Carrier Bureau, becomes member of Dow Lohnes … Viacom promotes Robert Bakish to president-CEO, Viacom International Media Networks … Brightpoint General Counsel Steven Fivel leaves company for new opportunity; Craig Carpenter promoted to replace him … Dish Network Senior Vice President-Operations Brian Delaney moves to outsource services provider Stream Global Services … New NATPE officers: Co-chairs Chris Grant, Shine International, and Jordan Levin, Generate; new board members Rob Barnett, My Damn Channel, Cesar Diaz, Venevision, David Ellender, FremantleMedia, Bob Friedman, Radical Media, Greg Lipstone, ICM, John Morayniss, Entertainment One TV, Scott Sternberg, Sternberg Productions, and Elizabeth Tumulty, CW Network … NTT promotes Takahiro Sumimoto to CEO of Pacific Crossing.
Clearwire board member John Stanton becomes chairman … Communications attorney Phillip Marchesiello, ex-Akin Gump, becomes Wilkinson Barker partner … Deirdre O'Hearn, ex-Darlow Smithson Productions, joins WE tv and Wedding Central as vice president, development and talent … CommScope hires Phil Sorsky, ex-Juniper Networks as vice president of wireless sales for Europe … Sundance Channel names Marco Bresaz, ex-ABC, MTV and Lifetime as vice president, original programming and development … Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes medical leave of absence; Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook takes responsibility for company’s day-to-day operations … Randy Falco, ex-AOL and NBC Universal becomes Univision executive vice president and chief operating officer … Intel picks Erik Huggers, ex-BBC, as corporate vice president and general manager, Digital Home Group and a member of Intel’s Management Committee … Video compression and transmission company T-VIPS America hires John McCluskey, ex-Miranda Technologies, as director of Western regional sales.
John Godfrey, Samsung, elected chairman, ATSC board … Vicki Hadfield, ex-Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International, becomes TechAmerica senior vice president-global public policy … Jeanne Jackson, Nike Inc., joins Motorola Mobility board … Cox Communications changes, as field systems cut to nine from 11: Jill Campbell, senior vice president of operations, gets oversight over all systems; Bill Geppert retires next month as general manager of San Diego system, being combined with Southern California operations to be led by David Bialis; Duffy Leone now senior vice president of operations for California service; Janet Barnard to run Omaha, Sun Valley, Kansas and Arkansas operations; David Blau becomes vice president of new growth and development for the corporate strategy group … Hearst TV promotes Jordan Wertlieb to executive vice president and Dan Joerres to president-general manager, WBAL-TV Baltimore.
Vincent Morris, ex-House Rules Committee, becomes communications director for Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. … Brian Raymond, ex-IBM and NetApp, joins National Association of Manufacturers as director-technology policy … Discovery Communications promotes Eileen O'Neil to group president, Discovery and TLC Networks; Marjorie Kaplan promoted to president, Animal Planet and Science Networks; Henry Schleiff adds responsibilities for Discovery Emerging Networks, Planet Green and FitTV … Bill O'Neill, ex-Qwest, becomes Global Crossing vice president-federal sales … New officers at National Exchange Carrier Association: Chair Raymond Henagan, Rock Port Telephone; Vice Chair Ed Buchanan, 35 Telephone Co. … Harmonic changes: Suresh Vasudevan, president of Omneon business, leaving to pursue another, undisclosed opportunity; Mark Carrington promoted to vice president of worldwide sales … CTIA promotes Brian Josef to assistant vice president-regulatory affairs … CBS promotes Steve Gahler to vice president and general manager of KSTW-TV Seattle … Rosaline Crawford, ex-National Association of the Deaf, joins FCC as senior attorney in Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau … Disney Junior hires Joe D'Ambrosia as programming vice president.
Melinda Lewis leaving Sprint Nextel to work for the Fritts Group, effective Feb. 1 … South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Steve Kolbeck named co-vice chair of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners telecom committee … Qualcomm reorganization: Global Business Operations, previously referred to as Global Business Development, to be headed by Jing Wang, executive vice president of Qualcomm and president of Global Business Operations; Global Market Development to be headed by Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of Qualcomm and president of Global Market Development … New CompTIA board officers: Bob Godgart, Autotask Corp., chairman, succeeding Bob O'Malley, InFocus; Vice Chairs Chuck Lennon, TeamLogic, and Robert Stegner, Synnex … Arbitron hires Paul Krasinski, ex-Ando Media, as senior vice president of digital media and analytics, new position … Cable Center names Lela Cocoros, ex-October Strategies, vice president of corporate and constituent relations; Jennifer Stamm promoted to marketing director … Haivision hires Richard Brice, ex-Miranda Technologies, as vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa.
New members of Universal Service Administrative Co. board: Scott Bergmann, CTIA; Anne Bryant, National School Boards Association; Anne Campbell, ALC Consulting; Jose Manuel Jimenez, Cox; Wayne Jortner, Maine Office of the Public Advocate; Joel Lubin, AT&T … Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., becomes Congressional Internet Caucus co-chair, replacing former Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. … Kevin Richards, ex-Symantech, becomes TechAmerica senior vice president-federal government affairs … Gordon Day, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association elected IEEE president … David Saldana, ex-National Security and Human Rights campaign, joins Free Press as communications director … New America Foundation’s Open Technology Initiative hires Hannah Sassaman, ex-Prometheus Radio Project, as senior field analyst … ABC TV network hires Karin Gilford, ex-Comcast Interactive Media, as senior vice president of digital media … Ann Marie Cumming returns to NAB as vice president-communications … Statmon Technologies hires Tom Mikkelsen, ex-Qualcomm FLO TV, as business development director … Correction: Yul Kwon was deputy chief, FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CD Jan 11 p13).