House Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., announces staffers for new Congress: Jeff Carroll, staff director, formerly chief of staff in Pallone's personal office; Tiffany Guarascio, deputy staff director, formerly legislative director in Pallone's personal office; Tim Robinson, chief counsel, formerly legislative director for Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill.; Ashley Jones, outreach director, formerly chief of staff to Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga. ... Senate Judiciary Privacy Subcommittee Chairman Al Franken, D-Minn., hires as counsel Leslie Hylton, ex-telecom staffer to former Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. ... Arent Fox adds Alex Manning, ex-staff director, House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, to its Government Relations practice as senior government relations director in Washington office ... Steptoe & Johnson promotes to of counsel Chris Bjornson, practicing before the FCC and other government agencies and in transactional matters ... Sinclair Broadcast names Howard Friedman, Lanx Management, to its board ... CTAM board elections: Mark Greatrex, Cox Communications, to chair; Jamia Bigalow,Fox Networks, vice chair; Jonathan Hargis, Charter, secretary; David Preschlack, Disney & ESPN Media Networks, treasurer ... Nevada Broadcasters Association names Mary Beth Sewald, ex-KRNV Reno, president, succeeding Bob Fisher, who retires ... Smartphone accessories manufacturer Peri names Mohammad Tabatabai, ex-Broadcom, CEO ... New members of CompTIA's Telecom Advisory Council: Co-chairs Jeff Ponts, Datatel Solutions, and Bryan Schroder, Juvo Technologies; Vice Chair Rob Butler, Crossvergence; Laura Bernstein, CRA Telecom; Brandon Burchard, Telegration; Meredith Caram, AT&T; Dave Dyson, Eclipse Telecom; Keith Fotta, Continuum; Tim Kennedy, Carousel Industries; Ian Kieninger, Avant Communications; Michael Paynter, Tier3 Technologies; Craig Schlagbaum, Comcast Business; Charles Stafford, Matrix Integration; Marko Spremo, Telapprise; Richard Williams, Verizon; Guy Yasika, Alteva.