AMC Networks' IFC promotes Christine Lubrano to senior vice president-original programming and hires Maura Madden, ex-IFC and ex-MTV, and Jeff Meyerson, ex-Fox, as vice presidents-original programming ... Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Eric Garcia to revenue chief, radio division, and he continues to manage New York radio station operations as general manager ... Cincinnati Bell adds to board John Eck, Univision Communications ... Silicon Valley Leadership Group adds to board Hank Fore, Comcast California ... Adtran promotes Ronan Kelly to chief technology officer, Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa regions ... Tremor Video adds to board Michael Todd, Victorious ... Lobbyist registrations: Comcast, Edolphus Towns on behalf of Gray Global Advisors, effective July 1 … Comptel, Alpine Group, effective Aug. 1 … Real-Time Technology Group, Eckert Seamans, effective Aug. 13 ... Pandora, registering Katie Peters on behalf of itself, effective Sept. 3.

FTC names Ashkan Soltani, technology consultant and researcher who has previously worked at the agency, chief technologist, succeeding Latanya Sweeney, returning to Harvard University, where she directs Harvard’s Data Privacy Lab ... Perseus Telecom starts Perseus TMT, targeting telecom carriers, multimedia and technology companies, and names President Wendell Kadunce to run it ...Tremor Video hires Coleen Collins, ex-own consulting firm, as head-people ... Silicon Image hires Khurram Sheikh, ex-JKSFS, as chief strategy and technology officer ... Broadcast Music Inc. names Lauren Branson, ex-Yep Roc Records, director-public relations ... Lobbyist registrations: Amazon, Venable, effective July 8 ... ViTel Net, a telehealth firm, American Defense International, effective Sept. 1 ... Oracle, Venable, effective Sept. 15.

FCC hires Jean Kiddoo, ex-Bingham McCutchen, as Wireless Bureau deputy chief ... Marc Andreessen resigns from eBay board ...Center for Democracy & Technology hires Lisa Hayes, ex-American Constitution Society for Law & Policy, as vice president-program & strategy, and Chris Calabrese, ex-American Civil Liberties Union, as senior policy director ... Pandora hires Steve Bené, ex-Electronic Arts, as general counsel ... Wilson Sonsini hires Margaret Lassack, ex-FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, as of counsel ... SoftBank Group hires Rajeev Misra, ex-Fortress Investment Group, as head-strategic finance, effective Nov. 3.

Rogers hires Nitin Kawale, ex-Cisco Systems Canada, as president, enterprise business unit, effective Dec. 1; Larry Baldachin, interim president of the unit, will be a "key executive" there ... Discovery Communications moves Vice President Sarah Davies to that position in production and development, Discovery Family Channel ... President Barack Obama plans to nominate Michelle Lee, deputy undersecretary and deputy director of the Patent and Trademark Office, as Commerce Department undersecretary for Intellectual Property and PTO director, and Victoria Espinel, BSA/The Software Alliance, as member, Trade Policy and Negotiations Advisory Committee ... Videotron promotes in Strategy & Marketing Section to vice presidents Julie Brault for brand & interactive media, and Bertrand Hébert, marketing-telecom, and moves Vice President Marie Ginette Lepage to that position for marketing-content and broadcasting ... Lobbyist Registrations: Digital Receiver Technology, The Charles Group, effective Aug. 15 ... JSA Health Telepsychiatry, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective Sept. 1 ... Videotron promotes in Strategy & Marketing Section to vice presidents Julie Brault for brand & interactive media, and Bertrand Hébert, marketing-telecom, and moves Vice President Marie Ginette Lepage to that position for marketing-content and broadcasting ... Discovery Communications moves Vice President Sarah Davies to that position in production and development, Discovery Family Channel.

Comcast promotes Peter Dobrow to vice president-communications, NBCUniversal’s Hispanic cable network mun2... Elected to inaugural board of Open Interconnect Consortium: Jong-Deok Choi, executive vice president, Samsung Electronics; Imad Sousou, general manager, Intel Open Source Technology Center; Bernard Shung, general manager-new business development, MediaTek; Kip Compton, chief technology officer, Cisco Video & Collaboration Group ... L-com Global Connectivity, supplier of wired and wireless connectivity products, hires Bill Miller, ex-Nexans, as executive vice president-sales and product development ...Diablo Technologies, developer of technology for data-intensive applications, hires David Ferretti, ex-Skyera, as senior vice president-global sales ... Skkynet Cloud Systems adds to board John Adiletta, Somerset International Group.

NAB General Counsel and Executive Vice President Jane Mago retiring, will be a consultant there through 2015 and help oversee music licensing litigation at the Copyright Royalty Board; to be succeeded as head of the legal department by Executive Vice President Rick Kaplan, who now oversees legal and regulatory affairs and is general counsel ...IFC promotes Kevin Vitale to senior vice president-brand marketing ... Birch Communications, following July's purchase of Cbeyond, names at combined company Vincent Oddo as president and CEO, Chris Aversano as executive vice president-chief operating officer, Edward James as senior vice president-chief financial officer, Chris Bunce as senior vice president-general counsel, Christopher Ramsey becomes senior vice president-chief sales officer, and Melanie Kreh promoted to vice president-marketing.

FCC hires Julissa Marenco, ex-ZGS Communications, as Media Bureau assistant chief ... Cloud-based software supplier China Information Technology hires Robin Yang, ex-Harbert Management Corp., as chief financial officer ... Jacob Glick, ex-Google, joins Rogers as chief corporate affairs officer, new post ... CSG hires Peter Zuong, ex-Ericsson, as vice president-chief information security officer ... Joshua Riley, ex-aide to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., rejoins Boies Schiller as counsel.

Discovery Communications promotes to vice presidents Sara Burns for programming, Investigation Discovery and American Heroes Channel, and for development and production, Destination America Sara Helman and Caroline Perez … VoIP phone-maker Snom promotes Guido Wohlers to chief financial officer … National Association of State Chief Information Officers board for 2014-15 program year includes Chief Information Officers Stu Davis, Ohio, president; David Gustafson, Nevada, vice president; Darryl Ackley, New Mexico, secretary/treasurer, and executive committee directors Claire Bailey, Arkansas; Carlos Ramos, California; Mark Raymond, Connecticut; Paul Baltzell, Indiana; Alex Pettit, Oregon; Karen Robinson, Texas; Sam Nixon, Virginia; and Gale Given, West Virginia … Lobbyist registration: Internet Freedom Business Alliance, Jochum Shore, effective Sept. 10.

Center for Democracy & Technology hires Erik Stallman, ex-Steptoe & Johnson, as director, Open Internet Project, and general counsel … Comcast hires Judy James, ex-Republic Services, as director-government affairs, northern Bay Area of California, which covers Marin, Mendocino, Napa, North Solano and Sonoma areas … 21st Century Fox adds to duties of Fox Networks Group Executive Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Claudia Teran to also be general counsel, Fox Sports … GSN hires Chris Moseley, ex-Madison Square Garden Co., as executive vice president-chief marketing officer … Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers elections for 2015-16 include: Robert Seidel, CBS, president; Matthew Goldman, Ericsson, executive vice president; Stephen Beres, HBO, governor, Hollywood region; and Merrick Ackermans, Turner, governor, Southern U.S. region … Unwired Planet director David Lockwood retiring from board at end of his term.

Disney hires Karey Burke, whose Dark Toy Entertainment had a deal with ABC Studios, as executive vice president-programming and development, ABC Family … Frontier Communications promotes to regional vice presidents in the East region, to expand to include Connecticut after the telco buys AT&T’s operations there (see separate report above in this issue): Kira Howell, marketing; and Cyn Stehouwer, operations … Elevated on Broadcast Music Inc. board to chairman is Paul Karpowicz, Meredith Local Media Group, succeeding Susan Davenport Austin, Sheridan Broadcasting, elected presiding director; joining board are Caroline Beasley, Beasley Broadcast, and William Hoffman, Cox Media Group … Agari, which prevents email cyberattacks, adds Martin Brauns, ex-Interwoven, to board … Rovi hires Kathy Weidman, ex-MoonBeam Partners, as senior vice president and general manager-metadata.