Cybergy Holdings names Andrew Westlund, ex-Amazon, to its board ... HSN Inc. names John Aylward, ex-DSW, Starbucks and Sony, executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... Lobbyist registrations: Twin Logic Strategies on behalf of CEA, Winn Strategies, effective April 7 ... Twin Logic Strategies on behalf of DirecTV, Winn Strategies, effective March 9 ... Twin Logic Strategies on behalf of Sprint, Winn Strategies, effective April 1.
IHeartMedia promotes Linda Little to president, Phoenix market ... LGL Group promotes Patti Smith to chief financial officer ... Specialized Information Publishers Association elects Tim Warren, Warren Communications News, to board ... Craig Hunegs, Warner Bros. TV Group president-business and strategy, to participate in keynote Q&A at Next TV Summit & Expo, June 18, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, Santa Monica ... Lobbyist registrations: Bcast, Whitmer & Worrall, effective April 1 ... Comptel, Northfork Strategies, effective April 1 ... Neustar, Squire Patton Boggs, effective Feb. 12.
IHeartMedia promotes Scott Hopeck to president-New York market ... Huawei promotes Vincent Pang to president of its Western European operations ... Extreme Networks names Chairman Ed Meyercord as president-CEO, succeeding Chuck Berger, resigned from those jobs and from board, and will name another person chairman ... PayPal hires Louise Pentland, ex-Nokia, as general counsel, effective April 27, when hiring of Jonathan Auerbach, ex-Group Digital Life, as senior vice president-strategy and growth takes effect ... Retiring from Mellanox Technologies are Roni Ashuri, senior vice president-engineering, and Chief Operating Officer Shai Cohen, to spend more time with families ... Cox Enterprises elects Byron Trott, BDT & Co., to board ... Lobbyist registrations: Level 3 Communications, Northfork Strategies, effective Feb. 1 ... Northrop Grumman, Covington and Burling, effective Jan. 1 ... Raytheon, Covington and Burling, effective Feb. 20.
Sprint hires Tracy Elizabeth Nolan, ex-Hyla Mobile, as president-general manager, Illinois and Wisconsin, new position ... Frontier Communications moves Becky Potts, ex-chief customer officer, to president, National Region ... Sukhan Kim, who has represented Samsung Electronics for more than 30 years in trade, corporate, litigation and policy matters, rejoins Arnold & Porter as a partner in the Washington office ... At Pandora, Tim Leiweke, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, elected to board, to which Roger Faxon, ex-EMI, is nominated for election, and Robert Kavner and David Sze leaving board, effective June 4 ... Lobbyist registrations: Dish Network, Kent Strategies, effective March 1 ... Viacom, Polsinelli, effective April 1.
Keith Pelley to resign as president of Rogers Media to become new commissioner and CEO of The European Tour, a global golf tour ... Entercom promotes Lance Richard to vice president-market manager, Entercom Sacramento ... Tribune President-Broadcast Media Larry Wert named to NAB TV Board ... Lobbyist registrations: Internet2, The Cormac Group, effective March 1 ... Level 3 Communications, The Cormac Group, effective Jan. 26 ... TracFone Wireless, Steptoe & Johnson, effective March 9.
Ronald Klain, Case Holdings, joins TechNet’s executive council ... IHeartMedia names Sara Morris, ex-FCC, senior director-government affairs in Washington office ... Cox Enterprises promotions: Jon Gamble to senior director-benefits; Scott McLane to director-corporate services; Angela Leung Wasmer, ex-Gap Inc., becomes senior director-corporate responsibility and public affairs ... Lobbyist registrations: Spotify, Baker & Hostetler, Forbes-Tate, Peck Madigan Jones, all effective March 1.
Wacom Technology hires Jeff Mandell, ex-Brightstar and Ericsson, as executive vice president-branded business ... Lobbyist registrations: Amazon Web Services, Cyrrus Analytics, effective April 1 ... NAB, Epplin Strategic Planning, effective Jan. 30.
Sony Pictures Entertainment hires Sanford Panitch, ex-Fox International Productions, as president-international film and TV ... Starz promotes to senior vice presidents: Eric Becker, corporate communications; Shannon Buck, programming publicity; and Colleen Curtis, consumer and digital publicity ... Genband names Patrick Joggerst, ex-BroadSoft, executive vice president-chief marketing officer ... Comptel election results: Deb Ward, TSI, chairwoman; Chris Murray, EarthLink, vice chairman; Jim Butman, TDS, treasurer; board members Greg Palser, CoastCom; Steven Dorf, Kansas Fiber Network; Eric Bender, Wilcon; Dale Schmick, YourTel America; Ron Beaumont, HyperCube; Robert Beaty, Impact Telecom; Dane Jasper, Sonic; Grey Humphrey, Spirit Communications; Milo Medin, Google; Russell Shipley, TelePacific Communications; Lisa Youngers, XO Communications ... Lobbyist registrations: Association of Public Television Stations, Keith Kennedy, effective March 1 ... Comcast, Cove Strategies, effective Feb. 24 ... Cox Enterprises, BGR Group, effective Feb. 1 ... eHealth, Foley Hoag, effective Feb. 18 ... National Telecommunications Institute, Cyrrus Analytics, effective Jan. 26.
Andre Fernandez, ex-Journal Communications, named president of CBS Radio, succeeding Dan Mason, who announced his retirement ... Frontier Communications promoted Kevin Wallick to senior vice president-general manager, West Virginia market ... Matt Mandel, ex-Glover Park Group and House Communications Subcommittee, becomes PCIA head of legislative affairs, effective immediately ... Anthony Molaee was promoted to director-digital programming and operations, iHeartMedia New York ... Lobbyist registrations: the Data Transparency Coalition, registering on behalf of itself, effective April 1 ... MicroLink Devices, Strategic Marketing Innovations, effective Jan. 1 ... Millennium Films, Heather Podesta + Partners, effective March 16 ... Motorola Solutions, The Glover Park Group, effective March 2.
Echelon Vice President Mike Marszewski also named chief financial officer, effective April 24, succeeding William Slakey, executive vice president-CFO, leaving for another company ... Starz promotes to senior vice presidents Eric Becker for corporate communications, Shannon Buck, programming publicity, and Colleen Curtis, consumer and digital publicity ... Shutterstock adds to board Paul Hennessy, priceline.com ... Bob Bowman, president-MLB Business & Media, was to keynote NAB Show's Future of TV workshop Sunday, 5 p.m., Room N235, Las Vegas Convention Center.