TracFone hires Mark Rubin, ex-Verizon, to head Washington office ......

TracFone hires Mark Rubin, ex-Verizon, to head Washington office … Heather Sawyer moves on House Judiciary Committee to Democratic chief counsel, Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee … At Qualcomm annual shareholder meeting, as expected (CD Dec 16 p21), Steve Mollenkopf promoted to CEO, succeeding Paul Jacobs, named executive chairman … FiberLight hires Kristine Kropp, ex-tw telecom, as executive vice president-service delivery … Clear Channel promotes Katz Radio Group CEO Mark Rosenthal to also oversee Katz Television Group as CEO, Katz Media Group … AMC Networks promotes at SundanceTV Mark Williams to senior vice president-brand creative and Jessica Gleason to vice president-production … Fullscreen video-sharing network hires Michael Wann, ex-SpinMedia, as chief revenue officer … TechAmerica adds to public sector board Sonya Cork, Verizon Enterprise Solutions … Signalhorn adds to board John Belcher, ex-Arinc … Lobbyist registrations: Granite Telecommunications, Mitch Rose Strategic Consulting, effective Jan. 15 … USTelecom, Simmons & Russell Group, effective Jan. 28.