Former Rural Utility Service Administrator Christopher McLean, ex-e-Copernicus, rejoins RUS as an adviser to Administrator Jonathan Adelstein on a variety of issues, including smart grid; Greg Rohde, president of e-Copernicus, succeeds McLean as executive director of the Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition … Henning Schulzrinne, ex-Columbia University, becomes distinguished engineering fellow in FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau … Raymond Ipjian, ex-Ameritech, named Star2Star Communications vice president-finance.
Disney promotions: Sean Cocchia to senior vice president and Radio Disney general manager; David Cobb to Disney Channels Worldwide vice president of business planning and strategy … Ruth Morford, ex-ACC Business, hired by PlanetOne Communications as Southeast sales director.
Marilyn Sonn taking place, on interim basis, of Sherrese Smith, going on maternity leave, as aide in office of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; Eloise Gore leaves office of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, where she was detailed, to return to Media Bureau, where she remains an associate chief … Robert Biederman, ex-AT&T, joins Resolute Consulting as executive vice president … Don Detampel, ex-New Global Telecom, named executive vice president of Charter Communications and president of commercial services … William McKenna returns to Arbitron as senior vice president of new media ventures, newly created job … National Exchange Carrier Association’s new board members: Melissa Newman, Qwest; Evelyn Jerden, LICT Corp.; Raymond Henagan, Rock Port Telephone; Wally Beyer, ex-Rural Utilities Service.
Moves at Google: Vice President Marissa Mayer moving from search to geo-local job, title not disclosed; Udi Manber promoted to head company-wide search quality and user experience … David Kline, ex-Discovery, becomes senior vice president-technology and chief information officer, Viacom and MTV Networks … New vice presidents at 3D joint venture of Sony, Discovery Communications and Imax: Tim Pastore, ex-Discovery Channel, for development and production; and Rod Riegel, ex-the Hub, for marketing and communications … New TVB vice presidents of business development and marketing: Brad Seitter, ex-KSHB-TV Kansas City; and Michael Ward, ex-Tribune Broadcasting … Annie Howell named interim senior vice president of communications and media relations for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel … ION Media Networks promotes Yoav Shahar to vice president, West Coast network sales … Rainbow Media promotes Danielle Pantages-Baker to vice president-ad sales, western region.
Matthew Berry, ex-FCC, joins Patton Boggs … Richard Marsden, ex-DotEcon, hired by Nera Economic Consulting as vice president in its energy, environment and network industries practice … Martin Machowsky, ex-MusicFirst spokesman, hired by McGuireWoods Consulting as senior vice president of strategic communications … Kshitij Kumar and Ram Srinivasan, both ex-TellyTopia, hired by Concurrent’s video solutions business as, respectively, vice president and chief architect … Brian Kahn and Melvin Keating appointed to Integral Systems board as part of deal with Vintage Partners … Patti Wheeler hired by Speed cable network as executive vice president of programming and production … Scott Weinstein, ex-Piper Jaffray, hired by Aurora Networks as vice president of new business development.
AOL names Kathy Andreasen, ex-Orchard Brands, chief people officer, effective Oc. 25, and Lauren Hurvitz, ex-MTV, head of corporate communications, effective Oct. 13.
Fiber management company Clearfield promotes Gordon Halloran to national channel manager … Jerry Del Core, ex-Adelante Media, hired by Tribune as vice president and general manager of KTXL-TV Sacramento.
Neustar promotes Lisa Hook to CEO, replacing Jeffrey Ganek, who remains chairman … Patrick Ross to leave as executive director of Copyright Alliance to resume writing career … New CTIA board members: Charlie Townsend, Aloha Partners; Ron Smith, Bluegrass Cellular; Wirt Yerger, Cavalier Wireless; Pat Riordan, Cellcom; Dallas Clement, Cox; Greg Klimek, Mohave Wireless; Johnie Johnson, Nex-Tech Wireless; Bob Dawson, SouthernLINC; Ed Evans, Stelera Wireless; Bret Comolli, Asurion; Andy Lees, Microsoft; Ken Denman, OpenWave Systems; Philip Christopher, Personal Communications Devices; Marty Beard, Sybase 365; Tony Holcombe, Syniverse Technologies; E.Y. Snowden, Tatara Systems; Maurice Tose, TeleCommunications Systems … Xtar names Andrew Ruszkowski, ex-SES, vice president, global sales and marketing … Gregory Bestick, eLanguage, elected to Westwood One board.
James Crowe, Level 3, to be appointed chairman of National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee … Roger Neal, ex-BusinessWeek Digital and AOL Time Warner, named founding executive director of NYC Media Lab, new joint venture of New York City, NYU-Poly and Columbia University … National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications board elections: Raymond Gutierrez, CBS Television Networks, chairman; Lucinda Martinez-Desir, HBO, vice chairman; Marsha Conaway, Time Warner Cable, secretary; Danielle Wade, Bright House Networks, treasurer … Heath Freeman resigns from Emmis board as part of deal to leave if Alden Media didn’t participate in taking company private … Ben Hill named senior vice president and market manager of CBS Radio for West Palm Beach, Fla.
Staff changes at NTIA: Elizabeth Bacon, ex-Senate Commerce Committee staff, joins Office of International Affairs; Manu Bhardwaj moves to Office of Policy Analysis & Development to support Internet Policy Task Force; Cyril Dadd, ex-LawMedia Group, joins Office of Congressional Affairs; Jennifer Duane, ex-Sprint, joins Office of Chief Counsel; Ian Martinez moves from broadband grants program to Economic Development Administration; John Morabito, ex-FCC, joins Office of Policy Analysis & Development; Quinn Staudt, ex-broadband outreach team, moves to NTIA front office to support outreach activities.