Fletcher Heald hires telecom lawyer Laura Stefani, ex-Goldberg Godles, as of counsel ... New America Foundation hires Josh Stager, ex-legal fellow to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., as policy counsel, Open Technology Institute, working on issues including net neutrality ... Cablevision promotes Lisa Anselmo to vice president-corporate communications ... Harbinger Group CEO, Chairman and board member Philip Falcone resigning from those positions, effective Dec. 1; board member Joseph Steinberg named chairman and Keith Hladek resigning from board, and he and Falcone are expected to focus on HC2 Holdings and Harbinger Capital Partners.

Velocitel, wireless network services company, hires Kevin Hostetler, ex-Taylor-Wharton Cryogenics, as CEO, succeeding James Estes, who remains chairman ... National League of Cities elects: To leadership Ralph Becker, Salt Lake City mayor, as 2015 president; Melodee Colbert-Kean, Joplin, Missouri, council member, as first vice president; and Matt Zone, Cleveland councilman, as second vice president; and to two-year board terms elected city officials including Matthew Appelbaum, Boulder, Colorado; Elvi Gray-Jackson, Anchorage; Michael Kasperzak, Mountain View, California; Thomas McCarthy, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Jermaine Reed, Kansas City, Missouri; Michael Sesma, Gaithersburg, Maryland; and representing associations Matt Greller, Indiana Association of Cities and Towns; Alan Kemp, Iowa League of Cities; Lamar Norton, Georgia Municipal League; and Bennett Sandlin, Texas Municipal League.