Phoebe Yang, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s senior advisor...
Phoebe Yang, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s senior advisor on broadband, to leave FCC in December to lead acquisitions strategy at The Advisory Board Company …Ian Dillner, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau and House Communications Subcommittee, becomes Verizon vice president of federal regulatory affairs … New at FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Office of Native Affairs and Policy: Deputy Chief Irene Flannery, ex-Wireline Bureau Telecommunications Access Policy Division; Senior Legal Advisor Cynthia Bryant, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau; and Senior Advisor for Consultation Policy Dan Rumelt, ex-senior advisor for outreach in Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau … BitTorrent names Shahi Ghanem, ex-DivX, chief strategist and executive vice president of marketing … Richard Chernock, Triveni Digital, elected chairman, Advanced TV Systems Committee Technology and Standards Group, replacing John Henderson, CEA, whose term expires Dec. 31 … Comcast promotes J.T. Ramsay to chief blogger … Longtime New York State Broadcasters Association President Joseph Reilly to step down June 30 … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing hires Mark Snow, ex-Swire Marketing, as vice president and general manager of direct marketing.