Univision Communications names ex-radio President Jose Valle to president of political & advocacy sales, and Executive Vice President-Univision Local Media Jaime Jiménez also now responsible for Univision Radio content and operating hubs in Los Angeles, Miami and San Antonio ... 21st Century Fox names Brian Sullivan, ex-Sky Deutschland, president-digital, Fox Networks Group, effective July 27 ... AT&T names Richard Fisher, ex-Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, to board ... Logitech International new nominees to board: Sue Gove, Golfsmith International; Lung Yeh, Enspire Capital; and Edouard Bugnion, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Monika Ribar and Matthew Bousquette won't seek re-election, joining previously announced Daniel Bore.
21st Century Fox's Roger Ailes signed new multiyear contract to continue as chairman and CEO, Fox News and Fox Business Network, and chairman, Fox Television Stations ... Vringo and Ken Lang forming a new tech security company as a subsidiary, and he'll remain Vringo head-technology but resigned from the board ... Vormetric hires Susan Leonard, ex-Hansen Medical, as vice president-human resources.
European Commission promotes Alexander Italianer to secretary-general, succeeding Catherine Day, retiring effective Sept. 1 ... Neustar hires Brian Foster, ex-Damballa, as senior vice president-information services; Ted Prince to focus on corporate development and management of strategic relationships after also leading information services team ... Nexstar promotes Michael Smith to vice president-general manager, WFRV-TV, Green Bay, Wisconsin, and associated digital services, succeeding Joseph Denk, promoted to same position at TV and digital operations serving Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee.
Verizon hires Scott Krohn, ex-3M, as treasurer, succeeding Matt Ellis, previously named to lead finance in Verizon’s Operations ... Stepping down from 21st Century Fox is Senior Executive Vice President David Hill, to start Hilly, production venture ... Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers hires Reni Gorman, ex-Minds Rewired, as vice president-learning and development ... MediaLink hires Howard Homonoff, new media consultant, as senior vice president ... Discovery Communications hires Martin Creel, ex-Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools, as vice president-curriculum and instruction, Discovery Education.
Wilkinson Barker hires trademark law expert Mitchell Stabbe, ex-Locke Lord, as partner ... Intellectual property law firm Wolf Greenfield hires John Welch, ex-Lando & Anastasi, as counsel, Trademark Group ... Hulu hires Yue Zhuge, ex-Landscape Mobile, as vice president-research & development, in Beijing office.
Intelsat hires Karen Schmidt, ex-Comcast Business, as vice president-marketing ... NTT Communications hires Jeffrey Bannister, ex-Infosys, as executive vice president-sales, NTT America’s Global Enterprise Services ... Bessemer Venture Partners promotes Kristina Shen to vice president ... Deluxe Entertainment Services Group hires Michael Tomkins, ex-Fox Sports, as CEO, Deluxe MediaCloud for Asia-Pacific ... Elected to National Music Publishers’ Association board are Justin Kalifowitz, Downtown Music Publishing, Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir Media Management, and Jody Klein, ABKCO Music & Records, and at new NMPA SONGS (Supporting Our Next Generation of Songwriters) Foundation, chairman is NMPA CEO David Israelite, and charter board members are songwriters Kara DioGuardi, Jewel and Lee Thomas Miller.
Time Warner Cable promotes Executive Vice President John Keib to also be chief operating officer-residential services ... Tessera Technologies hires Steve Teig, ex-Tabula, as chief technology officer; Craig Mitchell, who had been CTO there and president of its Invensas Corp., is to spend more time on Invensas growth.
Graham Media hires Jeff Hoffman, ex-WTKR Norfolk, as vice president-general manager, WKMG-TV Orlando ... Bandai Namco Entertainment America hires include Hide Irie, ex-Agetec, as executive vice president-chief operating officer, and Eric Hartness, ex-Amazon Game Studios, as vice president-marketing ... Weather Co. hires Domenic Venuto, ex-Publicis Groupe, as general manager, AdFX ... AirTight Networks, cloud-managed Wi-Fi firm, promotes Rick Wilmer to CEO, and hires Kester Kyrie, ex-Cyphort, as vice president-worldwide sales and channels ... CompTIA's charitable arm Creating IT Futures Foundation names Jim Afdahl, GED Testing Service, chairman; Guy Fruda, Deloitte, vice chairman; and as directors Angela Allen, IBM; John Malonson, Raytheon; and Tracey Welson-Rossman, Chariot Solutions.
At 21st Century Fox, effective July 1 and as expected, Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch become executive co-chairmen, Chase Carey executive vice chairman through June 30, 2016, and James Murdoch promoted to CEO ... CSG International promotes Bret Griess to president, and he remains chief operating officer; Peter Kalan remains CEO and a member of the board ... Hawaiian Telcom promotes Scott Barber to president and CEO and adds him to board, succeeding Eric Yeaman, resigned to become the president-chief operating officer of First Hawaiian Bank and remains on the telco's board ... Discount Two-Way Radio hires Kenneth Klyberg, ex-Relm Wireless, as chief operating officer ... Windstream hires Christie Grumbos, ex-Sam’s Club Mexico, as treasurer ... Gannett promotes Cam McClelland to vice president-permanent controller.
Entravision promotes Jose Villafane to president, Entravision National Sales, new position ... NFL hires Jordan Levin, ex-Microsoft, as senior vice president-chief content officer, new position ... Haier hires Kevin Dexter, ex-Samsung Electronics America, as chief operating officer ... RF Code hires Dave Duncavage, ex-Metal Oxide Technologies, as vice president-operations ... Roku hires Steve Louden, formerly with Expedia, as chief financial officer ... Lobbyist registrations: Comcast and Disney, Bridge Street Group, effective May 1 ... Inmar, digital platform firm, Waldo Law Offices and Washington Health Strategies Group, effective Jan. 1 ... Kentucky Broadcasters Association and NAB, Newberry Advisors, effective June 1 ... Viacom, Bridge Street Group, effective May 2.