Jim Johnsen, Alaska Communications, named president of the University of Alaska ... Animal Planet promotes Andy Weissberg to senior vice president-programming, and Erin Wanner to vice president-production.

Promotions at Emmis Communications: Patrick Walsh to president-chief operating officer and Ryan Hornaday to executive vice president-chief financial officer ... Public Radio International appoints Alison Ranney, Koya Leadership Partners, to its board ... NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content promotes Lleni Sandoval to vice president-human resources ... Brian Collins resigns from board of Craig Wireless Systems ... Kathleen Schneider, ex-Criteo, joins Level 3 Communications as senior vice president-product and marketing, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

21st Century Fox promotes Kristopher Jones to vice president-government relations ... Frontier Communications names Gabriela Zabalúa, ex-AARP, vice president-multicultural marketing ... Chris Pruitt, ex-KMVT-TV and KSVT-TV, Twin Falls, Idaho, returns to Nexstar Broadcasting as vice president-general manager, KWKT-TV, KYLE-TV and associated digital services for the Waco, Temple and Bryan, Texas, market ... National Association of State Chief Information Officers names Yejin Cooke, ex-National Association of Counties, director-government affairs ... Texting Base said Kimberley Partoll, ex-AOL, is joining SMS marketing firm as investor and adviser ... Qualcomm hires Sunil Lalvani, ex-BlackBerry, as corporate vice president and president of Qualcomm India; Avneesh Agrawal departs Qualcomm as corporate senior vice president and president of Qualcomm India and South Asia, plans unannounced ... Lobbyist registrations: American Association of Independent Music, Thorsen French Advocacy, effective July 13 ... Bond & Associates on behalf of ACA, Dunlap Consulting, effective May 25 ... Software Contract Solutions, Lobbyit.com, effective June 1 ... TwinLogic Strategies on behalf of the Competitive Carriers Association, Yahoo, Winn Strategies, effective June 8.

AT&T, which completed purchase of DirecTV (see 1507240055), names John Stankey CEO, AT&T Entertainment & Internet Services, to lead combined DirecTV and AT&T Home Solutions; DirecTV President, Chairman and CEO Mike White plans to retire ... Wiley Rein's McBee Strategic hires Greg Garcia, ex-Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council, as executive vice president, leading its cybersecurity policy advocacy, communications and coalition management practice ... TierPoint, cloud computing and colocation firm, names Jerry Kent CEO, and he remains chairman, will stay in those roles at Suddenlink until its deal to be bought by Altice is complete, and remains CEO of Cequel III, telecom management firm with management agreements with Suddenlink and TierPoint; he succeeds Paul Estes at TierPoint, who remains Cequel III executive vice president ... Allied Minds' BridgeSat, developing an optical system to improve wireless data transfer from satellites, hires David Mitlyng, ex-SSL, as senior vice president-business development and strategy ... Electronic Recyclers International promotes James Kim to chief financial officer ... National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications elects to board James Anderson, Turner Broadcasting System ... Lobbyist registration: Pearl Mobile DTV, Podesta Group, effective May 1.

Pete Moller, ex-GE, named CEO of HEVC Advance patent pool ... Digital Entertainment Group hires John Powers, ex-Warner Home Video, as executive director ... Yahoo promotes Lisa Utzschneider to chief revenue officer ... CA Technologies hires Ayman Sayed, ex-Cisco, as chief product officer, effective Aug. 10 ... Viacom moves Senior Vice President James Stephenson to that role for animation and games, Nickelodeon, new position ... Zenith Research & Development President Jong Kim promoted to senior vice president at parent LG Electronics ... Cisco Chief Strategy Officer Hilton Romanski to join Technicolor board after Technicolor's deal to buy Cisco's connected devices business is completed (see 1507230028) ... Lobbyist registrations: News Corp., Harbinger Strategies, effective May 20 ... Oracle, Horizon Government Affairs, effective July 1.

Cable Center President-CEO Larry Satkowiak retiring, effective at year end ... Rubicon Project, automated advertising company, hires Theresa Mueller, ex-Rocket Fuel, to head political sales at new Washington office; Senior Vice President Dallas Lawrence to be senior political adviser supporting campaign strategy and advocacy outreach ... Qualcomm, as part of strategic realignment plan and deal with investor JANA Partners, adds to board Mark McLaughlin, Palo Alto Networks, and Tony Vinciquerra, Texas Pacific Group and ex-Fox Networks Group, and soon a third director both sides will pick; Brent Scowcroft and Duane Nelles retired from the board, Donald Cruickshank previously told the company he won't run for re-election in 2016, and Raymond Dittamore, if re-elected then, won't run in 2017.

Comtech Telecommunications promotes Comtech Xicom Technology President John Branscum to also be president, Comtech EF Data, succeeding Robert McCollum, retiring July 31 ... Evernote hires Chris O’Neill, formerly of Google [X], as CEO ... Harman International promotes Global Automotive Audio General Manager Phillip Eyler to president-infotainment, replacing Sachin Lawande (see 1506100002), who left June 29 to join Visteon as CEO ... Norsat adds to board Peter Ciceri, Archipelago Marine Services; Shannon Susko leaves board to focus full time on a new venture ... Lobbyist registration: KM LPTV of Chicago-13, Thompson Coburn, effective June 2.

21st Century Fox promotes Associate General Counsel Jared Sher to also be senior vice president ... PCTel promotes Jeff Miller to senior vice president-global sales ... Adobe hires Abhay Parasnis, ex-Kony, as senior vice president-platform technology and services/chief technology officer ... SFX Entertainment moves Greg Consiglio to president-CEO, Beatport, and names Wouter Tavecchio CEO, SFX Europe; named to new global steering committee: Consiglio, Ritty Van Straalen, president/CEO, SFX Live; Richard Rosenstein, SFX chief financial officer; and Kevin Arrix, SFX executive vice president-brand partnerships ... Electro Rent Chief Financial Officer Craig Jones retiring effective Aug. 31; Vice President-Finance Allen Sciarillo becomes acting CFO ... Electronic Recyclers International promotes Rich Calzada to chief technology officer, new position ... Elected to Media Institute board is Todd Mayman, Tegna.

IHeartMedia hires Kenny Day, ex-Yahoo's BrightRoll, as senior vice president-political sales and strategy ... SeaChange International elects board member Steve Craddock, Del Ray Group, chairman, succeeding Tom Olson, who remains on the board; resigning is Chief Technology Officer and General Manager of In-Home Products Shiva Patibanda ... Henkels & McCoy, utility construction firm, hires Michael Beggs, ex-Windstream, as senior director-telecom, Central region ... Named to keynote Interactive Ad Bureau's MIXX Conference Sept. 28-29, Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel, New York: Michael Roth, CEO, Interpublic; Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify; Ben Silbermann, CEO, Pinterest.

NAB promotes Curtis LeGeyt to executive vice president-government relations, succeeding Kelly Cole, leaving Aug. 14 to start a consulting firm ... Pennsylvania State University names Sascha Meinrath, X-Lab, Palmer chair in telecom, College of Communications, succeeding Richard Taylor, who retired ... Starz hires Jeffrey Hirsch, ex-Time Warner Cable, as president-global marketing and product planning, new position ... ThinkingPhones, cloud communications company, hires Don Pratt, ex-Arbor Networks, as chief financial officer ... Broadview Networks moves David Dickson to lead initiative to expand agent distribution, as vice president-channel sales, Western and Central regions ... Entercom promotes Nikki Nite to vice president-programming and operations, Austin, succeeding Cat Thomas ... Cox Media Group promotes Kim Guthrie to executive vice president-national ad platforms, and president, CoxReps, succeeded by Bill Hendrich as executive vice president-radio and CMG Research, who is succeeded by Susan Larkin, promoted to regional vice president, Jacksonville and Orlando radio, while Marian Pittman is promoted to executive vice president-digital strategy, and CoxReps President Jim Monahan is retiring ... Lobbyist registration: Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, J.C. Watts Cos., effective July 1.