Green Electronics Council hires Nancy Gillis, ex-Ernst & Young, as CEO, effective March 1 ... Entercom hires Ruth Gaviria, ex-Univision, as chief marketing officer ... Charter Communications said it extended contract of CEO Tom Rutledge a year to Feb. 13, noting it will offer him the positions of CEO and chairman with a new, five-year contact once Charter finishes buying Bright House Networks ... ExteNet Systems hires Anthony Lehv, ex-Prince Lobel, as senior vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary, succeeding George Vinyard, outgoing general counsel, who will retire ... Space Systems Loral promotes Matteo Genna to chief technology officer.
National Geographic Society board moves include: director Jean Case, Case Foundation and ex-AOL, named chairwoman, succeeding ex-society CEO John Fahey, retiring from the board; Tracy Wolstencroft, Heidrick & Struggles, named vice chairwoman ... Lobbyist registrations: NCTA, Stark Strategic, effective Jan. 1 ... LocusPoint Networks, Gottlieb Strategic Consulting, Feb. 10.
Hired at Ligado Networks, the day it changed its name from LightSquared (see 1602100057), are Tamara Casey, ex-Nexius Insight, as chief technology officer, Scott Wiener, ex-Alta Nova Group, as chief strategy officer, and Ashley Durmer, ex-Durmer Solutions, as senior vice president-government relations and corporate communications ... Helping run APCO new project on public safety communication problems and broadband called Project 43 is Steven Proctor, APCO past president who's at the Utah Communications Authority ... CenturyLink hires for Unify, Dean Douglas as president-sales and marketing, and Bill Hurley as chief marketing officer.
With Q2 realignment of Akamai, promoted are Rick McConnell to general manager-Web division and president, Bill Wheaton to general manager-Media division and executive vice president, Sanjay Singh to senior vice president-global operations, and Adam Karon to senior vice president-global services and support, while Robert Hughes, who was president-worldwide operations, moves to strategic adviser to CEO Tom Leighton and senior management for the next year in what the company called a "planned transition" ... iHeartMedia names from its Premiere Networks Alissa Pollack to executive vice president-global music marketing, a new initiative ... Clover Technologies, which helps recycle mobile and other devices, hires Bashar Nejdawi, ex-Ingram Micro, as CEO-Global Wireless business, new position ... Rivada Networks hires Conor Allen, ex-NYSE Technologies, as senior vice president-head, market technology ... Digital Realty Trust hires Edward Higase, ex-KVH Co., as managing director, Asia Pacific ... U.S. Chamber of Commerce affiliated U.S.-Cuba Business Council elects Carlos Gutierrez, Albright Stonebridge Group, first chairman, and vice chairs Frank del Rio, Norwegian Cruise Lines; Mike Fernandez, MBF Healthcare Partners; Candace Matthews, Amway; and Tom Nides, Morgan Stanley ... Brocade adds to board Kim Goodman, ex-American Express.
Retiring in May as CPB senior vice presidents are Jennifer Lawson, for television & digital content, and Bruce Theriault, journalism and radio; Joseph Tovares, senior vice president-diversity and innovation, becomes chief content officer ... Palantir promotes Peter Öhling to CEO, succeeding Ulf Lilja, who continues as senior adviser ... Black Box hires E.C. Sykes, ex-Switch Lighting, as president-CEO and adds him to board, effective Feb. 29, when ex-CEO Mike McAndrew resigns from the board ... PayPal promotes Sri Shivananda to senior vice president-chief technology officer, effective April 1, succeeding James Barrese, planning to take time off.
Retiring from Scripps Networks Interactive is Chief Development Officer Joseph NeCastro, who led its buy of TVN, where Scripps Networks International President Jim Samples succeeds NeCastro on the board; NeCastro will advise Scripps Networks Interactive as a consultant to its international division ... Epix hires Ian Puente, ex-Samuel Goldwyn Films, as senior vice president-business and legal affairs ... Everbridge hires Joel Rosen, ex-Endurance International, as chief marketing officer ... Vringo adds Bruce Bernstein, Rockmore Capital, to board, from which Ashley Keller resigns ... Lobbyist registrations: Artists Rights Society, Sentinel Worldwide, effective Feb. 1 ... IT firm Technology Integration Group, Thompson Coburn, effective Dec. 23.
Office of Management and Budget hires Sam Black, ex-Satellite Industry Association, as program examiner, working on issues including NASA programs ... Control4 names Pakedge founder-CEO Victor Pak vice president, heading network solutions group, as part of Control4's buy (see 1602050037 and here) of Pakedge ... Nuance hires Bob Schassler, ex-Motorola, as executive vice president-general manager, mobile division, succeeding Mike Thompson, who will pursue interests outside the company ... Time Warner hires Christine Merrifield, ex-MediaVest Worldwide, as Turner senior vice president-ad sales strategy and monetization ... MobileIron hires Daniel Fields, ex-Oracle, as senior vice president-engineering and chief software development officer, succeeding Suresh Batchu, who continues as chief technology officer ... Lobbyist registration: TracFone Wireless, Waxman Strategies, effective Jan. 1.
Steve Davis, ex-CenturyLink, joins Denver law firm of Campbell, Killin, will provide legal and consulting services in communications, broadband, video and other technology sectors … New Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers board members: Chris Fetner, Netflix, and Leon Silverman, Disney Digital Studio Services … FirstNet hires April Ward, ex-Telecommunications Industry Association, as senior media adviser ... Viacom changes: Sumner Redstone moves to newly created position of chairman emeritus; CEO Philippe Dauman replaces him as executive chairman; Shari Redstone to remain non-executive vice chair … Replacing Sumner Redstone at Redstone-controlled CBS, Leslie Moonves becomes chair of the CBS board, will continue as president-CEO; Shari Redstone will remain CBS vice chair ... American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, appoints Paul Rourke, ex-Viacom, executive vice president-chief financial officer … Digital Prism Advisors names Jonathan Murray, ex-New York Times and Warner Music Group, executive vice president-chief technology officer ... New board members at Alliance for Women in Media and its Foundation (AWM/F): Kristen Welch, Discovery Communications, to remain chair of both organizations; continuing as chair-elect of AWM/F is Sarah Foss, Imagine Communications; treasurer is Keisha Sutton-James, Inner City Broadcasting; treasurer-elect is Christine Travaglini, Christal Radio/KRG Partnerships; and past chair is Kay Olin, Kay Olin and Associates ... Lobbyist registration: Dish Network, Heather Podesta + Partners, effective Jan. 25.
Columbia Capital hired John Leibovitz, ex-FCC, as venture partner ... Yahoo promotes April Boyd to head-global public policy, and said Charles Schwab resigned from the board "due to his other professional commitments and demands on his time, and not due to any disagreement with Yahoo on any matter related to Yahoo’s operations, policies or practices" ... Edelson, plaintiffs’ class-action law firm that works on technology and privacy cases, elects as partners Roger Perlstadt and Eve-Lynn Rapp, who also is hiring partner ... At Ericsson, which said it starts IoT initiative to license standardized technology to device makers, the new platform is headed by Kasim Alfalahi, who was chief intellectual property officer and head-IPR & Licensing ... Participant Media promotes Pivot TV executives Jerry Blake, to executive vice president-business and legal affairs, and Carla Lewis-Long, to senior vice president-distribution ... Viavi hires Oleg Khaykin, ex-Silver Lake Partners, as president-CEO and board member, succeeding interim President-CEO Richard Belluzzo, who remains chairman.
FCC hires Marc Paul, ex-Lukas Nace, as legal adviser to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, with primary responsibility for media issues ... Harris Wiltshire promotes Bill Wiltshire, a founding member, to managing partner, succeeding Mark Grannis, who remains on executive committee ... USTelecom promotes Sarah Versaggi to lead government affairs team as senior vice president, succeeding Alan Roth, retired (see 1510140044) ... T-Mobile US promotes to vice presidents Steve Sharkey for government affairs, technology and engineering policy, and Cathleen Massey, federal regulatory affairs ... MasterCard hires Alexander Niejelow, ex-National Security Council, as senior vice president-public policy, working on cybersecurity, data management, privacy and other tech issues.