Dave Grimaldi, ex-office of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., joins FCC as...

Dave Grimaldi, ex-office of Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., joins FCC as chief of staff and media legal advisor to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, as expected (CD Sept 17 p9); acting chief of staff Angie Kronenberg stays in Clyburn office as wireline advisor … Preparing for when Ivan Seidenberg retires, Verizon names Lowell McAdam, ex-Verizon Wireless, chief operating officer, effective Oct. 1; Francis Shammo promoted to executive vice president-chief financial officer; Daniel Mead promoted to replace McAdam as Verizon Wireless CEO … Tina Pidgeon promoted by GCI to senior vice president of governmental affairs and senior counsel, a job created after Dana Tindall died last month in a plane crash with ex-Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and others aboard; Tim Fitzpatrick, Pidgeon’s husband, to leave Comcast SportsNet as vice president of public relations in mid-October to move to Anchorage with her … Mike Iandolo, ex-Alcatel Lucent, joins AirHop advisory board … Qualcomm promotes Steve Mollenkopf to executive vice president and group president … Tribune Interactive names Mike Glickenhaus executive vice president of products and solutions, taking over from John Martin, who joins research and marketing department as vice president … Discovery names Gabriel Sauerhoff, ex-Disney and ESPN, vice president-digital media distribution … Danielle Kriz, ex-Canyon Snow, joins Information Technology Industry Council as director of global cybersecurity policy.