Intelsat hires Patricia Cooper, ex-Satellite...

Intelsat hires Patricia Cooper, ex-Satellite Industry Association, as vice president-government affairs and policy, new position, effective Aug. 25; SIA searching for replacement (see separate report above in this issue) … NCP, remote access virtual private network provider, promotes Patrick Oliver Graf to CEO … WiTricity, which transfers wireless power over distances, hires Farooq Butt, ex-Dell’s End User Solutions group, as senior vice president-business development and strategy … FCC names Elin Swanson Katz, Connecticut consumer counsel, to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, on behalf of National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, filling position of William Levis, Colorado consumer counsel … Cablevision elects Steven Simmons, Simmons Patriot Media & Communications, to board.