U.S. Council for International Business hires Barbara Wanner, ex-Coalition of...

U.S. Council for International Business hires Barbara Wanner, ex-Coalition of Services Industries, as vice president-information, communications and technology … TechAmerica hires: Pam Walker, ex-National Association of State Chief Information Officers, as senior director-homeland security; and Erica McCann, ex-Compusearch, as procurement policy manager … uSell.com names Chairman Sergio Zyman as CEO, replacing Daniel Brauser who remains president; and co-Chairman Michael Brauser becomes regular director … Harry Fox Agency promotes Michael Simon to president and CEO, succeeding Gary Churgin … Application Developers Alliance elects Joel Spolsky, Fog Creek Software, chairman … New to Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board: Ralph Brown, CableLabs; Pat Crull, Time Warner Cable; Roger Hughes, Armstrong Cable; Martha Soehren, Comcast; Nick Segura, Charter Communications; David Haigh, Midcontinent Communications … Charter Communications hires Jim Blackley, ex-Cablevision, as executive vice president-engineering and information technology, new position … World Teleport Association board adds: Mark Rathert, SES; Kurt Riegelman, Intelsat; Francis Rolland, GlobeCast UK; and Jose Sanchez Ruiz, Eutelsat … LIN Media promotes: Jay Howell to vice president-regional TV; and, named president-general manager, Patrick Wholey for WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV both Providence, R.I.; and Joseph Abouzeid for Dayton, Ohio’s WDTN-TV and WBDT-TV … Belo Corp. names Brad Ramsey, ex-Gray Television, president-general manager WVEC-TV Hampton/Norfolk, Va., effective Nov. 5 … Peter Stern, Time Warner Cable executive vice president-chief strategy officer, adds title of chief people officer and corporate development leader …Lobbyist registrations: Cisco, Fierce, Isakowitz, effective Sept. 1 … Connected Nation Development Corp., Bates Capitol Group, effective Sept. 1.