TruConnect Communications, prepaid mobile service provider, promotes Robert Yap to president ... Nexstar Broadcasting promoted Andy Miller to director-local content development ... Brightcove promotes Mark Blair to vice president, Europe, Middle East and Africa and a member of Brightcove’s executive leadership team ... Appointees to U.S. Commerce Department’s Digital Economy Board of Advisors: Co-chairs Zoë Baird, Markle Foundation, and Mitchell Baker, Mozilla; other members are Karen Bartleson, IEEE; Greg Becker, Silicon Valley Bank and SVB Financial Group; James Cicconi, AT&T; David Cohen, Comcast; Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago; Mindy Grossman, HSN; Oisin Hanrahan, Handy; Sonia Katyal, University of California-Berkeley School of Law; James Manyika, McKinsey Global Institute; William Ruh, GE Digital; Brad Smith, Microsoft; Corey Thomas, Rapid7; Marta Tellado, Consumer Reports; Susan Wojcicki, YouTube; and John Zimmer, Lyft ... Lobbyist registrations: Etsy, registering on behalf of itself, effective Feb. 1 ... Frontier Communications, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective Feb. 1.

Comcast Cable makes senior vice president promotions: Javier Garcia, general manager-multicultural services; Piers Lingle, customer experience; Ruth Dawson, Comcast Innovation Labs and general manager-Comcast Silicon Valley; Tom Loretan, executive creative director-user experience and product design; Elad Nafshi, next-generation access networks; Noam Raffaelli, IP and communications services; Fraser Stirling, hardware development; Rob Holmes, advanced advertising; Marc Sirota, applied analytics; Ebony Lee, growth development; Luci Rainey, consumer marketing; and Todd Goodbinder, Comcast Business SMB sales ... Telecommunications Industry Association names Ashley Simmons, ex-Intelligent Transportation Society of America, director-communications ... Venable adds Peggy Hudson, ex-Direct Marketing Association, as senior legislative adviser in its Washington office ... Tribune Media digital media appoints: Steven Belser, ex-NowThis and Vice Media, head of creative strategy; Steve Baron, Tribune Broadcasting veteran, head of product and engineering ... Chandra Pisupati, ex-Yahoo, joins Reach Analytics as vice president-engineering, leading its cloud application development ... Intel executive Mark Yahiro joins Sure Genomics advisory board ... Lobbyist registration: Univision Communications, Becker & Poliakoff, effective March 7.

Telemundo promotes Mario Ruiz to senior vice president-music and entertainment projects ... Comcast moves Darren Oliver to regional vice president-human resources, Comcast California … Changes at Pandora: Founder Tim Westergren becomes CEO; Mike Herring becomes president-chief financial officer; Sara Clemens named chief operating officer; Chief Product Officer Chris Phillips adds responsibility for end-to-end product development and delivery; independent board member Jim Feuille appointed board chairman.

Univision Communications hires Eric Ratchman, ex-Disney, as executive vice president-content distribution ... Commerce Department hires Kiersten Todt, ex-Liberty Group Ventures, to National Institute of Standards and Technology and as executive director, Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity ... Pypestream, business-to-consumer mobile messaging platform, hires Michael Williams, ex-Grand Prix of America, as president-sports, media and entertainment ... Among those Starboard Value, a top Yahoo shareholder, said it's nominating to the Internet company's board are: Bridget Baker, ex-NBCUniversal; Brad Buss, who has worked at Cisco, Cypress Semiconductor and other chip companies; Lance Conn, a Charter Communications board member who has worked for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's investment firm and for AOL; Dale Fuller, ex-McAfee; Eddy Hartenstein, ex-Tribune and DirecTV; and Rick Hill, ex-Novellus Systems, now on the board of companies including Arrow Electronics, Autodesk and Cabot Microelectronics.

Norton Rose hires intellectual property technology lawyer Troy Schmelzer, ex-DLA Piper, as partner ... Otter Products names Jim Parke, of investor Blue Ocean Enterprises, CEO, and promotes Steve Nisbet to president and Bonnie Soon to general manager, Asia Pacific, where Rob Kovacs is promoted to vice president-business development ... Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said President Ken Howard, 71, died Wednesday ... Sorenson Holdings names Scott Sorensen acting CEO, Sorenson Communications and CaptionCall, companies at which is chief financial officer; he also is chief operating officer at the communications company; as CEO at both companies he succeeds Pat Nola, leaving to pursue personal interests ... Univision hires Chris Peña, ex-MSNBC, as senior vice president-local media television news, and promotes Lourdes Torres to senior vice president-political coverage & special projects ... SeaChange adds to board William Markey, Relevant C Business Group, succeeding Carmine Vona, who retired from the board in December ... Lobbyist registration: software and services provider VirtuStream, Brownstein Hyatt, effective Feb. 12.

Comcast said it has promoted to vice presidents: Ryan Wallach, for legal regulatory affairs, and he also is senior deputy general counsel; John Demming, corporate and financial communications; Kirsten Siegel, internal communications; Dominick Ciaraldi, political affairs and community investment; Michelle Singer, corporate administration and political engagement; Jon Friedman and Ashton White, both for strategic and financial planning; and Sandy Aspinall, global risk management ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers promotes Gabriela Gonzalez to vice president-Latin.

Sidley Austin Intellectual Property Litigation practice adds as partner Ching-Lee Fukuda, ex-Ropes & Gray, a trial lawyer with patent litigation experience who focuses on technology ... ACT | The App Association hires Chelsea Thomas, ex-Apple, as vice president-operations, and David Maloney, ex-National League of Cities, as director-membership and strategic partnerships ... General Cable Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Brian Robinson to leave when successor is named and after a transition period ... Sinclair hires as vice presidents, American Sports Network: Ibra Morales, ex-MundoMax, for operations, and Todd Siegel, ex-Ipowow, for sales ... iHeartMedia promotes Rich Moore to senior vice president-programming, Seattle.

George Mason University Law School hires David Rehr, ex-George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management and NAB, as professor of law and senior associate dean ... Beasley Broadcast CEO George Beasley takes medical leave of absence, remaining chairman; Caroline Beasley, executive vice president-chief financial officer, named interim CEO ... Windstream promotes Jarrod Berkshire to president-operations, Georgia ... TDS promotes Jane McCahon to senior vice president-corporate relations and corporate secretary ... Visteon hires Markus Schupfner, ex-Elektrobit Automotive, as chief technology officer, effective April 1, responsible for Visteon activities in autonomous vehicle development ... CyrusOne hires Kellie Teal-Guess, ex-ProQuest, as executive vice president-chief people officer ... USA Technologies, mobile and other transactions technology provider, moves Michael Lawlor to chief services officer, and adds to board Robert Metzger, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business ... Visionet Systems, technology consulting firm, hires Bill McNamara, ex-title insurance executive, as chief strategy officer.

NAB hires Ray Baum, ex-House Commerce Committee aide, as vice president-government relations, effective March 31 ... President Barack Obama plans to nominate James Dempsey, a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, to remain a PCLOB member; he also is executive director of University of California Berkeley Law School's Berkeley Center for Law & Technology ... Shutterfly hires Christopher North, leaving Amazon UK, as CEO and names him a director, all effective May 31; Chairman Phil Marineau will continue serving as interim CEO until North's arrival ... Mobile data solutions provider Recipero hires David Dillard, ex-Verizon Wireless, as managing director-Americas ... Society of Satellite Professionals International names for one-year terms: Bryan McGuirk, ViviSat, chairman; and Dawn Harms, Boeing Satellite Systems International, president; to three-year director terms: Mike Donovan, Scripps Networks Interactive; Gary Hatch, ATCi; and Ruy Pinto, Inmarsat; and Ed Giovannini, Ericsson, named treasurer, succeeding Harms.

Gilat promotes Yona Ovadia to CEO, effective March 31, succeeding interim CEO Dov Baharav, who remains chairman ... Intelsat promotes Skot Butler to president-Intelsat General, effective April 4, succeeding Kay Sears, who leaves "to pursue a new professional opportunity" ... Comcast hires Sridhar Solur, ex-HP Inc., as senior vice president-product development, Xfinity Home and IoT, Comcast Cable ... Qualcomm hires Mary Gendron, ex-Hospira, as senior vice president-chief information officer ... Viacom independent directors elect Frederic Salerno, ex-Verizon, lead independent director, new position; and company extends by two years the contract of Senior Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Thomas Dooley through Dec. 31, 2018 ... Geoffrey Blackwell, Amerind Risk and ex-FCC, elected to board of Native Public Media ... Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council adds to board Steven Roberts, Roberts Cos., and Rodney Sampson, Opportunity Ecosystem.