Center for Democracy & Technology promotes Chris Calabrese to vice president-policy ... Lobbyist registrations: CenturyTel Service Group, a subsidiary of CenturyLink, Forbes-Tate, effective June 1 ... National Consumers League, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, effective May 4.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting hires Tish King, ex-Broadcasting Board of Governors, as senior vice president-corporate communications ... CBS' Showtime Networks promotes President David Nevins to also be CEO, effective Jan. 1, when he succeeds Matthew Blank, who'll remain chairman ... Qualcomm hires Frank Meng, ex-21Vianet Group and who had previously worked for Qualcomm, as chairman, Qualcomm China, from which Xiang Wang is departing as senior vice president and president ... Univision Communications promotes Roberto Ruiz to executive vice president-strategy and insights ... Dick Costolo to depart July 1 as Tweeter CEO, will remain on Twitter’s board, to be replaced as CEO by Chairman Jack Dorsey until permanent replacement is found.
Librarian of Congress James Billington retiring, effective Jan. 1 ... Quantcast hires Stephen Collins, ex-Bazaarvoice, as chief financial officer, succeeding Peter Kuipers, who left to pursue other opportunities ... Univision Communications hires Sameer Deen, ex-Scripps Networks Interactive, as senior vice president-Univision Digital ... Pitney Bowes moves Lila Snyder to president-global ecommerce, running new unit combining newly acquired Borderfree with Pitney Bowes’ existing e-commerce business ... Media General promotes Steve Watt to vice president-general manager, WKRN-TV Nashville, succeeding Stan Knott, promoted to vice president-broadcast markets ... USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore adds to board Greg Taylor, CenturyLink Government.
FCC promotes Daniel Margolis to legal adviser, commission's Office of Native Affairs and Policy, and Sayuri Rajapakse to senior legal adviser in that office ... General Cable hires Michael McDonnell, ex-TPC Group, as president-CEO and adds him to the board, effective July 1, when Gregory Kenny retires from those jobs ... Univision Communications promotes Patsy Loris to senior vice president-news, Univision News ... Disney promotes Wendy McMahon to senior vice president-digital media, ABC Owned Television Station Group ... United Online elects Kenneth Denman, Emotient, to board, succeeding Dennis Holt, who recently completed his term ... Lobbyist registrations: Lyft, the Podesta Group, effective May 6 ... GreenTec-USA, cybersecurity firm, Paul Marcone & Associates, effective June 1 ... T-Mobile, Waxman Strategies, effective June 4.
Womble Carlyle hires Doug Bonner, ex-Drinker Biddle, as partner, telecom, cable & broadcast team ... Imax hires Jason Brenek, ex-Disney, as president of its new home entertainment division ... Littelfuse, circuit-protection product supplier, hires Matthew Cole, ex-Ametek, as senior vice president-general manager, Industrial Business Unit, new position ... Retiring from Cox Media Group is Orlando TV Vice President-General Manager Shawn Bartelt, effective June 19; promoted to succeed her is Paul Curran ... Wi-SUN Alliance hires Bob Heile, ex-ZigBee Alliance, as director-standards.
MPAA extends contract of Chairman and CEO Chris Dodd into 2018 ... Brady Corp. hires Russell Shaller, ex-Teledyne, as senior vice president and president, identification solutions, effective June 22 ... Interlink Electronics, human-machine interface firm, hires Tracy Kern, ex-Vitesse Semiconductor, as chief financial officer ... Sports Fans Coalition names Ryan Rudominer, SackNFLTaxBreaks.org, chairman, Mid-Atlantic region.
Named to incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins' new leadership team: Pankaj Patel, executive vice president-chief development officer; Kelly Kramer, executive vice president-chief financial officer; ex-chief information technology officer Rebecca Jacoby, senior vice president-operations; Guillermo Diaz promoted to CIO; Francine Katsoudas, senior vice president-chief people officer; ex-head of mergers and acquisitions strategy; Hilton Romanski, senior vice president-chief technology and strategy officer; Karen Walker, senior vice president-chief marketing officer; Chris Dedicoat, senior vice president-worldwide sales; Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president-services; Mark Chandler, senior vice president-general counsel; Ruba Borno, ex-Boston Consulting Group, vice president-growth initiatives and chief of staff; Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior and Senior Vice President-Services Edzard Overbeek, will move to strategic adviser roles, effective immediately, and stay through the transition; Executive Vice President-Industry Solutions and Chief Globalisation Office Wim Elfrink to retire, effective July 25.
Madeleine Findley, ex-FCC Office of General Counsel, moves to Wireline Bureau as a deputy bureau chief ... Wilkinson Barker said media transaction expert Doc Bodensteiner, ex-Wiley Rein, joined the firm as a partner effective immediately ... Turner Broadcasting promotes Sandy Padula to senior vice president-research for TBS and TNT ... Hearst TV promotes Dave Kaylor to director-veteran recruiting ... L-3 Communications promotes Mark Von Schwarz to senior vice president and president of the company’s Aerospace Systems business segment ... Liberty Global promoted Betzalel Sergio Kenigsztein to president-chief operating officer, Liberty Global’s Latin American and Caribbean Operations, effective July 1 ... Tribune Broadcasting names Michael Page, ex-Gannett Digital Ventures, vice president-digital local sales ... New members of Digital Analytics Association board: Colin Coleman, Equifax; Adam Greco, Web Analytics Demystified; Deanna Pagano, MetLife; and Amy Sample, Public Broadcasting Service. New officers are: Chair, Jim Sterne,Target Marketing; President, Casey Carey, Google; Vice President, Eric Feinberg, ForeSee by Answers; Vice President-Marketing, Steve Petitpas, Microsoft; Treasurer, Ned Kumar, FedEx; Secretary, Robin Chiang, First Data Corp. ... Lobbyist registration: Music Innovation Consumers (MIC) Coalition, counting the Computer & Communications Industry Association, Google, NAB and Pandora among members, TwinLogic Strategies, effective April 29.
SES promotes Patrick Biewer to CEO, LuxGovSat S.A. ... Orange Group promotes Paul Molinier to CEO of Viaccess-Orca, effective June 15, replacing François Moreau de Saint Martin, moving to Orange Business Services as vice president-industry and IT large accounts ... Comcast names Chris Satchell, ex-Nike, executive vice president-chief product officer, Comcast Cable ... New on Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions board: Kelly Ahuja, Cisco Systems, as treasurer, and Chris Drake, iconectiv, as chairman of the ATIS Technology and Operations Council.
Time Warner Cable Chief Financial Officer Arthur Minson has left the company, will remain as an adviser until the Charter transaction closes; promoted to acting co-CFOs are William Osbourn, senior vice president-controller and chief accounting officer, and Matthew Siegel, senior vice president-treasurer ... James Rasulo to resign as CFO of Walt Disney Company effective June 30, but will remain in an advisory capacity to assist in the transition to new CFO, to be named later ... Comcast Spotlight names Justin Evans, ex-Collective Inc., to newly created position of vice president-principal data and research strategist ... Sling TV names Ben Weinberger, ex-Digitalsmiths, senior vice president-chief product officer.