Harris Wiltshire hires Julie Veach, ex-FCC, as partner ... Internet Association hires Ellen Schrantz, leaving as aide to Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., as director-government affairs and counsel ... Leaving Cogent is Ernest Ortega, vice president-global sales and chief revenue officer, the company said in an SEC filing; a spokesman told us that employee Jim Bubeck succeeds Ortega on an interim basis, while Wells Fargo analyst Jennifer Fritzsche told investors that may become permanent ... FCC names Sally Talberg, Michigan Public Service commissioner, to serve Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, succeeding James Cawley, Pennsylvania Public Utility commissioner Disney board elects Maria Elena Lagomasino, WE Family Offices, a director, effective Dec. 1 ... Univision promotes Rosemary Mercedes to senior vice president-corporate communications ... Comcast hires Carol Eggert, ex-military and civilian official, as vice president-military and veteran affairs, new position ... Lobbyist registration: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, The Washington Tax & Public Policy Group, effective Aug. 8.
Vinson & Elkins hires from Perkins Coie IP lawyers Christopher Kao and David Tsai as partners, to work on patent, copyright, trademark and trade secrets litigation, and Kao is also managing partner of the Palo Alto office ... Sage Communications hires Catherine Melquist, ex-MTN Government, as senior vice president, satellite division, succeeding Penelope Longbottom, head of the Longbottom Communications division that Sage acquired two years ago and who is retiring Oct. 31 ... Personal BlackBox hires Patrick Deegan, ex-Institute of Data Driven Design, as chief technology officer ... Inrix hires Chris Handley, ex-Vodafone, as vice president-product management and analytics.
Univision Communications hires Derek Bond, ex-Imagina US, as senior vice president-production strategy ... American Library Association hires Nancy Gravatt, communications expert, as press officer, Washington office, succeeding Jazzy Wright, departing for University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health ... Electronic Frontier Foundation hires Rob Manhatton, ex-Excelsior Paint & Design, as Web developer, maintaining open-source democracy tools ... Demand Media names LEAFtv founders Geri Hirsch and Erin Falconer executive editor and general manager, LEAFtv, respectively ... Symantec hires Dan Rogers, ex-Salesforce, as chief marketing officer ... MicroTech, cloud computing services provider, hires David Hinson, former director of Commerce Department's Minority Business Development Agency, as chief financial officer and chief of mergers and acquisitions ... Arctic Economic Council names Robert McDowell, Wiley Rein, chairman, (newly formed) AEC telecom working group ... Rovi board adds Eddy Hartenstein, ex-DirecTV and member of Tribune Publishing board ... Lobbyist registrations: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, registering on behalf of itself, effective Aug. 3 ... Nex-Tech, telecom company, FaegreBD Consulting, effective Aug. 1 ... Univision Communications, Covington & Burling, effective July 6.
Adobe Senior Vice President David Wadhwani leaves "to pursue a CEO opportunity," the company said, and Bryan Lamkin, who runs Document Cloud business and corporate development and technology, will also lead the Digital Media business; Abhay Parasnis, chief technology officer and senior vice president-cloud technology, now also runs security and research teams; and Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer Mark Garrett adds corporate development to his other duties ... Hercules Technology Growth Capital hires Melanie Grace, ex-WHV Investments, as general counsel and chief compliance officer ... Telecommunications Industry Association adds to board Jaxon Lang, CommScope, and Susan Schramm, Viavi Solutions ... Digicel adds to board Michael Willner, longtime cable executive who ran Insight Communications, effective Nov. 1.
Ogilvy Government Relations hires Tim McGivern, ex-AT&T ... Application Developers Alliance President Jon Potter resigns; Executive Director Jake Ward named acting president and board's executive committee will recommend his permanent appointment ... Hogan Lovells hires Nirali Patel, ex-Willkie Farr and who has represented telecom, VoIP and broadband clients, as counsel, Communications practice group ... Lobbyist registrations: Charter Communications, WilmerHale, effective Aug. 25 ... Eatel, FaegreBD Consulting, effective July 1 ... Up Entertainment, Mehlman Capitol Strategies, effective July 29.
Lionsgate TV business promotes Sandra Stern to president, Lionsgate Television Group ... Convergys hires Lloyd Wirshba, ex-Barclaycard US, as chief commercial officer, North America ... LifeLock hires Jamison Manwaring, ex-Goldman Sachs, as vice president-investor relations ... GlobalLogic, product development services company, hires Doug Ahrens, ex-AppliedMicro, as chief financial officer.
AT&T Services Vice President-Public Policy Joel Lubin retiring, effective Sept. 30 ... Copyright Alliance hires Keith Kupferschmid, leaving Software & Information Industry Association, as CEO, effective Oct. 1; Sandra Aistars, who had been CEO, hired by George Mason University School of Law as clinical professor and head-new Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Program ... Information Technology Industry Council hires John Miller, ex-Intel, as vice president-global cybersecurity policy and law ... CBS Entertainment Chairwoman Nina Tassler steps down at year's end and remains in advisory role through at least 2017; succeeding her is Glenn Geller, promoted to president, CBS Entertainment.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman hires Tim Wu, taking leave from Columbia University, as senior enforcement counsel and special adviser, to work on technology, competition and Internet issues ... Wilson Sonsini hires Christopher Olsen, ex-FTC Consumer Protection Bureau, as partner, privacy and data protection practice ... LeoSat hires Mark Rigolle, ex-adviser to satellite operators, as CEO ... Following Madison Square Garden Co. spinoff of sports and entertainment businesses from media business expected to occur Sept. 30, Andrea Greenberg promoted to president-CEO, MSG Networks, where Cablevision's Bret Richter named chief financial officer, and joining as directors are Eugene DeMark, ex-KPMG, Joel Litvin, retiring from NBA, William Bell, who has consulted for Cablevision and used to work there, Hank Ratner, Cablevision vice chairman and ex-MSG Co., Paul Dolan, Cleveland Indians, and Quentin Dolan, New York University.
USTelecom President-CEO Walter McCormick to resign, effective end of 2016 ... Microsoft promotes Brad Smith to president-chief legal officer ... GeoDigital International hires Chris Thibodeau, ex-Harman International, as senior vice president-general manager, autonomous driving business unit ... Sinclair hires Jerry Lilly, ex-Jdesics, as vice president-operations ... STX Entertainment hires Yahoo Chief Marketing Officer Kathy Savitt as president-digital, responsible for the studio's global digital content strategy, effective October ... Tegna promotes Tom Cury to president-general manager, KENS San Antonio ... Comcast promotes Caley Gray to vice president-communications, NBCUniversal Content Distribution Group, new position.
TechNet hires David Toomey, ex-FCC Office of Legislative Affairs, as director-federal policy and government relations ... FirstNet hires Dean Prochaska, ex-National Institute of Standards and Technology, as director-standards ... Debevoise & Plimpton hires Jeewon Kim Serrato, ex-Fannie Mae, as counsel, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice ... CBS and Lionsgate's Pop network promotes David Mandell to chief operating officer, new position, and he remains general counsel ... NATPE hires Matt Palmer, ex-entertainment consultant, as chief marketing officer, new position ... AMC Networks hires Sallie Schoneboom, ex-NBCUniversal, as senior vice president-public relations, IFC ... Returning to E.W. Scripps is Cater Lee, as vice president-programming ... Warren Communications News promotes John Hendel to associate editor, Communications Daily.