Corporation for Public Broadcasting hires Joyce MacDonald, ex-National Public Media, as vice president-journalism ... Comcast hires Javier Garcia, ex-Yahoo, as vice president and general manager-multicultural services, Comcast Cable ... Electronic Frontier Foundation promotes Cindy Cohn to executive director, effective in April, succeeding Shari Steele, stepping down; Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry promoted to legal director, succeeding Cohn, and will continue to lead IP team; Kurt Opsahl promoted to general counsel, also succeeding Cohn, and also named deputy executive director, new position; David Greene promoted to civil liberties director, new position ... Safe-T Data, cloud security provider, hires Derek Schwartz, ex-Cyclone Commerce, as CEO ... Jeffrey Cammerrer departs as chief financial officer of Appliance Recycling Centers of America to work for a private equity firm in the healthcare industry, effective Nov. 21, his duties to be assumed on an interim basis by CEO Mark Eisenschenk ... Meruelo Media hires Rick Rodriguez, ex-Discovery Networks, as general manager, Meruelo Television ... Lobbyist registration: Neustar, Gephardt Group Government Affairs, effective Oct. 27.