North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark, ex-state Republican...

North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark, ex-state Republican Party president, has been elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners at the NARUC annual meeting, replacing David Coen, Vermont Public Service Board … Barry Ohlson, ex-Wilkinson Barker, becomes Cox Enterprises chief policy counsel … CompTel names Alan Hill, ex-XO Communications, vice president-government relations … Clear Channel confirms it hired Robert Pittman, Pilot Group, as chairman of media and entertainment … Brightpoint names Larry Paulson, ex-Nokia, executive vice president-chief marketing officer … Paul Saleh, ex-Menza Partners, hired by Gannett as senior vice president and chief financial officer; Gracia Martore gives up CFO title, remains president, chief operating officer.

In McGraw-Hill restructuring, Jack Callahan, ex-Dean Foods, named executive vice president and chief financial officer, succeeding Robert Bahash, named president of education unit … CNN en Espanol hires Eduardo Suarez, ex-Mega TV, as vice president of programming, new position … Mobile500 alliance, which promotes mobile DTV, names John Lawson, ex-Ion Media and Association of Public Television Stations, executive director … Charles Salem, ex-aide to Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., becomes Microsoft managing director-public policy, in Washington office … SeaChange promotes Steven Davi to senior vice president-advanced technology … Adam Thierer, ex-Progress & Freedom Foundation, becomes senior research fellow at Mercatus Center of George Mason University’s Technology Policy Program … NBC Universal hires Lou Tosto, ex-Linkstorm, as CNBC senior vice president of digital and mobile ad sales.