FTC hires Latanya Sweeney, Harvard University, as chief technologist, effective in January, and Andrea Matwyshyn, University of Pennsylvania, as senior policy advisor on privacy and data security in Office of Policy Planning, effective next month … Harris Broadcast hires Steve Reynolds, ex-Comcast, as chief technology officer and Skip Sorenson, ex-CompuCom, as chief financial officer … Tribune Co. moves Rich Graziano to president/general manager, WPIX New York, succeeding Eric Meyrowitz, departing the company, and Graziano continues running Connecticut stations WTIC-TV Hartford and WCCT-TV Waterbury until a new general manager is named … Bright House Networks hires Alan Mason, ex-Time Warner Cable, as vice president/general manager-news and local programming, effective Dec. 30.
AT&T promotes Rich Guidotti to oversee operations in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi as general manager, and he remains vice president … Named to NPR board as public members are Fabiola Arredondo, Siempre Holdings, and Chris Boskin, media consultant; also joining board are Kerry Swanson, Northwest Public Radio, and Howard Wollner, ex-Starbucks and now new chairman of NPR Foundation’s board.
Motorola Solutions promotes Gino Bonanotte to chief financial officer, after he was acting CFO, and executive vice president … CBS hires Mickey Carter as senior vice president-TV networks distribution, after recently hiring another ex-Fox executive, Jonathan Sarrow, for similar role … MPAA hires Steven Fabrizio, ex-Jenner & Block, as senior executive vice president-global general counsel, effective early next month.
CBS hires Larry Tu, ex-Dell, as senior executive vice president and chief legal officer, based in Los Angeles, effective in early January, succeeding Louis Briskman, retiring (CD Nov 13 p15) … Xangati hires Sundi Sundaresh, adviser to the cloud company that has customers including Comcast and eBay, as president and CEO.
CBS Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel Louis Briskman to retire by year’s end … Covington & Burling hires Aaron Cooper, leaving Senate Judiciary Committee as chief intellectual property and antitrust counsel, as of counsel for global public policy and government affairs practice, effective Dec. 9 … Garvey Schubert brings in Judy Endejan, ex-Graham & Dunn, as an owner in the communications practice and in Seattle office … Verizon Enterprise Solutions hires Eddie Schwartz, ex-RSA, as vice president heading security and cyberintelligence practice.
Young Broadcasting hires Kenny Lawrence, ex-Meredith Corp., as general manager of KLFY-TV, Lafayette, La., replacing Mike Barras, retiring at year’s end and to be senior adviser through June.
Michael Dolan, a consultant for Nielsen, becomes chairman of ATSC’s Technology and Standards Group 1, effective in January, replacing Richard Chernock of Triveni Digital, whose three-year term expires at year-end … NBCUniversal names Matt Schnaars, ex-Walt Disney Co., senior vice president-TV networks distribution, NBCUniversal … Electronic Communications Committee names Johannes Vallesverd, Norwegian Post & Telecommunications Authority, chairman of the ECC’s Working Group on Numbering and Networks … Discovery Communications promotes James Rosenstock to the newly created position of president-Discovery Education International.
American Enterprise Institute hires Richard Bennett, who recently left the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, as visiting fellow, Center for Internet, Communications and Technology Policy … Also hired recently from TechAmerica (CD Nov 6 p15) by Information Technology Industry Council are Carol Henton as vice president-state, local and education public sector, Pam Walker as director-federal homeland security, and Erica McCann as manager-federal procurement … Nielsen promotes Mitch Barns to CEO, succeeding David Calhoun, who becomes executive chairman, succeeding James Kilts, who remains on the board, effective Jan. 1 … Tribune Co. hires Richard Cusick, ex-Yahoo, as general manager, Tribune Media Services, to be effective Monday.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler names Deborah Ridley, ex-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as confidential assistant, and Sagar Doshi, ex-Google, as special assistant … Women in Cable Telecommunications hires James Cardillo, ex-Republican National Committee, as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and promotes Talton Gibson to senior vice president-marketing and communications … Information Technology Industry Council hires Trey Hodgkins, ex-TechAmerica, as senior vice president-public sector, to lead the council’s new Information Technology Alliance for Public Sector … Iowa Public Radio hires Myrna Johnson, ex-Boston Schoolyard Initiative, as executive director, effective Jan. 27 … CenturyLink’s Savvis hires Fiona Cullen, ex-IBM, as managing director-European, Middle East and Africa operations … Lobbyist registration: NAB, Columbia Strategies, effective Sept. 24.
FCC promotes Patrick Halley to acting director, Office of Legislative Affairs, taking over from Greg Guice, who left the agency this summer and now is with Akin Gump … Public Knowledge Vice President Michael Weinberg and Chief Operating Officer Brooke Hunter named acting co-presidents, as Gigi Sohn departs for FCC (see separate report above in this issue) … Leaving Arris are Rob McLaughlin, leader of North America sales and global marketing & communications team, and John Burke, leader of cloud solutions team and corporate strategy and development team, effective end of November, to pursue other opportunities … Multi-Tech Systems hires Rodney Landers, high-technology industry executive who remains consultant to Safe Retrieve, as CEO of machine-to-machine communications firm, with Patricia Sharma, wife of late founder Raghu Sharma, named chairwoman, and Del Palacheck promoted to chief operating officer … Equinix hires Pete Hayes, ex-Frontier Communications, as chief sales officer … Among those on 2013-14 American Intellectual Property Law Association board are: Wayne Sobon, Inventergy, president and chairman of the executive committee; Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown, president-elect; Denise DeFranco, Finnegan Henderson, first vice president; Mark Whitaker, Baker Botts, second vice president; and Bernard Knight, McDermott Will, general counsel.