21st Century Fox hires Chip Smith, leaving Glover Park Group, as executive vice president-public affairs, effective this summer, succeeding Michael Regan ... MetroLab Network of municipal-university partnerships on data and muni programs names Martin O’Malley, former Democratic governor of Maryland, senior fellow and chairman of an advisory committee that includes government and academic stakeholders ... Harman International hires Henry Tirri, ex-Nokia, as chief technology officer, effective June 1 ... Telemedicine provider Doctor On Demand hires Hill Ferguson, ex-PayPal, as CEO, succeeding Adam Jackson.
Public Knowledge hires Ryan Clough, ex-Faegre Baker, as general counsel ... Mintz Levin promotes lawyers to members, including Matt Howsare, antitrust and federal regulation, and intellectual property lawyers Drew DeVoogd and Muriel Liberto ... New Media Consortium CEO Larry Johnson steps down and leaves board, which names board member Peggy Snyder interim executive director ... Disney promotes Ayo Davis, named senior vice president last year, to head-talent and casting, ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios, and hires Jonathan Bluman, ex-WME, as vice president-ABC Talent and Casting ... Comcast's NBCUniversal promotes to Telemundo Studios senior vice presidents Perla Farias for scripted development and Carmen Urbaneja for scripted productions, new positions.
Birch Communications hires Tony Tomae, ex-FairPoint Communications, as president-CEO, succeeding Vincent Oddo, moving to president-CEO of sister company Birch Equity Partners ... Interactive Advertising Bureau Technology Laboratory promotes Alanna Gombert to general manager, and also named senior vice president-technology and ad operations, IAB, with both changes effective July 1 and succeeding Scott Cunningham, leaving IAB ... CBS promotes Adam Wiener to executive vice president-general manager, CBS Local Digital Media, succeeding Ezra Kucharz, who last week said he's becoming special adviser to the CEO; and CBS moves Senior Vice President Catrice Monson to that post for diversity and inclusion.
21st Century Fox promotes Jill Ratner to executive vice president-litigation, Fox Entertainment Group ... Univision Communications promotes Jonathan Schwartz to chief legal and corporate affairs officer, new position ... FirstNet hires Terrie Callahan, ex-Interior Department, which handles some contracting duties for the public safety network, as contract specialist; and Interior moves Gregory Ruderman to work on FirstNet contracting issues at the department ... Moves at Cox Enterprises include: Bob Jimenez, senior vice president-corporate communications and public affairs, now also managing event management, audio/visual services and travel teams; Duane Ritter, senior vice president-corporate services and enterprise security, now also oversees operations and maintenance of corporate facilities; Anne Lofye elevated to vice president-real estate; and Cody Partin moves to vice president-benefits, compensation and human resources technology services, succeeding Betsy Vencius, retiring.
MGM Television Group hires Barry Poznick, ex-Barracuda Television Productions, as president-unscripted television ... Pixelworks promotes Todd DeBonis to CEO, succeeding interim CEO Stephen Domenik, who remains on the board ... Neustar hires Steven Wolfe Pereira, ex-Oracle Data Cloud, as chief marketing and communications officer, succeeding Lisa Joy Rosner, who is leaving the company ... Intel promotes Diane Bryant to executive vice president ... TDS moves Thomas Weber, who was vice president at its U.S. Cellular unit, to vice president-internal audit, succeeding Frieda Ireland, retiring, effective May 1 ... Hearst Television moves President-General Manager John Soapes to that role for Florida's WESH Daytona Beach and WKCF Clermont, succeeding Jim Carter, retiring.
Priceline said that Darren Huston has resigned and it has named ex-CEO and current Chairman Jeffery Boyd interim CEO-president; it named Booking.com President-Chief Operating Officer Gillian Tans CEO, Booking.com, succeeding Huston, who also was CEO of the unit; the company said Huston "expressed regret" for a "personal relationship" with an employee at the company who wasn't under his direct supervision ... Cypress Semiconductor CEO T.J. Rodgers steps down, remains on board and will be a project leader on technical projects, with daily operational activities taken over on an interim basis by an Office of the CEO comprised of Executive Vice Presidents Hassane El-Khoury, Programmable Systems Division; Dana Nazarian, Memory Products Division; Joe Rauschmayer, manufacturing; and Thad Trent, chief financial officer.
21st Century Fox Executive Vice President-Global Public Policy Michael Regan stepping down, effective June 30, and will remain an adviser ... CSG International Executive Vice President-General Counsel-Chief Administrative Officer Joe Ruble leaving, to remain in current role through the end of May ... Cox Enterprises moves Lissiah Taylor-Hundley to diversity and inclusion strategist ... RadioShack hires Dene Rogers, ex-Target Australia and Sears Canada, as president-CEO, effective May 9 ... Vantiv expands Mark Heimbouch's role as chief operating officer to include responsibility for product organization and promotes Stephanie Ferris to chief financial officer, and she joins executive committee.
Jenner & Block hires as partners, Government Contracts Practice, which the firm said will also work on cybersecurity: Joe Smith, ex-Smith Pachter, rejoins, and is chairman of the practice; and from WilmerHale Gregory Petkoff and Matthew Haws ... Akamai names Robert Blumofe general manager-Enterprise & Carrier division; he remains executive vice president-Akamai Platform organization ... Tangoe hires Jay Zager, ex-Axcelis Technologies, as interim chief financial officer, and said CFO Gary Martino resigned at the board's request ... Tremor Video, expanding to New Zealand, said co-founder Josh Ismin relocates to the country to run the launch and remains regional vice president, and it hires Yael Milbank, ex-TVNZ, as general manager, New Zealand.
CBS promotes Kurt Davis to executive vice president-affiliate relations, CBS Television Network, succeeding Elizabeth Tumulty ... National Geographic Society hires Emma Carrasco, ex-NPR, as chief marketing and communications officer/senior vice president-global strategy, new position ... Wiley Rein hires Garth Moore, ex-The ONE Campaign, as vice president-digital, McBee Strategic, where he heads the digital team ... Maxwell Technologies hires Henning Hauenstein, ex-Infineon Technologies, as vice president-strategy and marketing, effective May 2 ... Competitive Carriers Association adds to board James Groft, James Valley Telecommunications.
President Barack Obama to nominate Peg Gustafson, inspector general at the Small Business Administration, to same post at Department of Commerce ... Evine Live names Nicole Ostoya, retail executive, executive vice president-chief marketing officer, and promotes Lee Goehring to vice president-merchandising, home and consumer electronics categories ... In new Fox News centralized long-form specials unit, Michael Clemente moves from managing news to run the division as executive vice president-news specials, and Jay Wallace is promoted to executive vice president-news and editorial ... James Carter to retire as president-general manager of WESH and WKCF, Orlando-Daytona-Melbourne, this summer; no successor named ... Lobbyist registrations: Cox Automotive, Venable, effective Feb. 18 ... Fidelis Cybersecurity, Congressional Strategies, effective Jan. 1 ... Google, Venable, effective Nov. 1 ... Intelsat General, Pinnacle Engineering and Management Solutions, effective Jan. 1 ... Liberman Broadcasting, The Glover Park Group, effective April 1.