Debra O’Connell, ex-Disney/ABC consolidated advertising sales group, named president-general manager, WABC-TV New York City ... Alexander Pease, ex-Snyder’s-Lance, becomes CommScope executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Netflix appoints former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to its board, which expands to 11 members.
Comcast Chief Product Officer Chris Satchell resigning, citing personal reasons ... Changes at Ericsson: Xavier Dedullen, ex-LafargeHolcim, named senior vice president-chief legal officer and head of group function legal affairs and compliance, replacing Nina Macpherson, retiring March 31; Erik Ekudden, chief technology officer, adds title of senior vice president ... Akamai Chairman George Conrades retires, effective June 1; lead independent director Frederic Salerno becomes chairman.
Acting FTC General Counsel David Shonka leaves to join a private law practice ... TV technology firm TVU Networks names David Jorba, ex-Vizrt, executive vice president-managing director, Europe ... At ComScore, Chair Susan Riley leaves board effective immediately, with new chair and, if needed, a lead independent director, to be named upon the conclusion of the company's search for a new CEO; Dale Fuller, MobiSocial, joins board ... Cable ad management firm Viamedia names Frank Connolly, ex- Harris Interactive and Modern Media, chief financial officer ... Crown Media Family Networks promotes Penny Perry to senior vice president-casting ... Sinclair Broadcast promotes Jennifer Rieffer to general manager, WDKY Lexington, Kentucky ... Tom Cibrowski, ex-ABC News, named president-general manager, KGO-TV San Francisco.
Pandora hires Parita Shah, ex-Millennium Challenge Corp., as head-public affairs, government relations and public policy team ... Raycom Media elevates Hatton Weeks to vice president-general manager, KAIT Jonesboro, Arkansas ... Alef Mobitech adds to board Mike Mulica, who has worked at Openwave, Phone.com, RealNetworks, Synchronoss and elsewhere.
USTelecom hires Mike Saperstein, ex-Frontier Communications, as vice president-law and policy, effective April 9, and Kelly Misselwitz, ex-aide to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., as vice president-government affairs, effective March 22 ... Claude Aiken is departing as Commissioner Mignon Clyburn's wireline legal adviser, they confirm; he reportedly is to become president of the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association; WISPA and Aiken declined to comment ... Internet Association hires Jordan Haas, ex-International Trade Administration, as director-trade and international policy, succeeding Ari Giovenco, hired by Amazon.
BakerHostetler elects Paul Schmidt, leader of the firm’s tax practice, chair of the firm, effective Jan. 1, to succeed Steven Kestner, stepping down after 15 years ... Lee Meredith retires as vice president-general manager, WAFB Baton Rouge, Louisiana, effective March 30 ... Drone Alliance Europe names Christoph Raab executive director ... Senate confirms Kevin McAleenan as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, after being acting commissioner since Trump administration began ... Robert Selander, ex-Mastercard, joins Equifax board.
Texas Public Utility Commission hires John Paul Urban, ex-NRG Energy and who previously worked at PUC, as executive director, succeeding Brian Lloyd, resigned; and new titles: Chief Operating Officer Thomas Gleeson and Commission Counselor, Office of Policy and Docket Management Stephen Journeay. ... Also named co-chair of new Perkins Coie group (see this section of the March 20 issue of this publication) on advertising technology and privacy: Meredith Halama, a Commercial Litigation partner in the law firm’s Privacy & Security practice and Advertising, Marketing and Promotions group.
Comcast promotes Mitch Rose to senior vice president-congressional and federal government affairs, succeeding Melissa Maxfield, named senior strategic adviser-federal government and corporate affairs; both report to Senior Executive Vice President David Cohen; Cohen says Vice Presidents Lindsey Dickinson and Sam Lancaster expand duties: besides helping lead Senate legislative strategy, Dickinson now also helps run company’s administration relationships; Lancaster to work on developing congressional advocacy strategy ... Charter Communications hires Danny Bowman, ex-LeEco North America, as chief mobile officer, new post leading the company's mobile business launching this year.
Location technology company GroundTruth promotes Sunil Kumar to CEO ... Library of Congress moves Laurie Neider to executive director, Federal Library and Information Network.
Alvarez & Marsal adds as managing directors, Corporate Transformation Services practice Kaan Aslansan, ex-Navigant Consulting, Craig Schneider, ex-NBC Sports, and Brad Arnold, ex-Unisys ... Robins Kaplan adds intellectual property litigator from Kasowitz Benson Steven Carlson to Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation Group as partner ... American Enterprise Institute President Arthur Brooks to step down, effective summer 2019 ... RapidSOS adds Jeff Robertson, ex-Airbus DS Communications, as general manager-public safety ... Trustworthy Accountability Group hires Nick Stringer, ex-European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and Internet Advertising Bureau, as vice president-global member engagement and operations.