Disney promotes Thomas Staggs to chief operating officer; continues to lead Parks and Resorts until a successor is named ... Future of Music Coalition promotes Casey Rae to CEO ... Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, hires Rachel Petri, leaving Senate Commerce Committee, as press secretary, effective Feb. 9 ... Windstream hires Joseph Harding, ex-Integra, as executive vice president-enterprise chief marketing officer ... Returning to Journal Communications is Trina Jashinsky, ex-Fiserv, as vice president-human resources ... T3Media, media and entertainment title management, delivery and monetization firm, hires Mark Pougnet, ex-Front Porch Digital, as chief operating officer and chief financial officer ... Catbird, software-defined security firm, hires Bart Vansevenant, ex-Verizon, as chief marketing officer.

Effective on or around April 1, Jack Domme promoted to CEO, Americas, and executive officer, Hitachi Ltd., as Takashi Hatchoji retires as chairman, Hitachi America, and group chairman, Americas; Eriyoshi Konno promoted to president-CEO, Hitachi America, succeeding Masaya Watanabe, named president-CEO, Healthcare Group and Healthcare Company, Hitachi Ltd.; Domme remains CEO, Hitachi Data Systems, and also will be: vice president and executive officer, Hitachi Ltd.; chairman and CEO, Hitachi Information & Telecommunication Systems Global Holdings; and chairman, Hitachi Consulting; in June, Hatchoji will retire as a Hitachi Ltd. director.

Joining Future of Music Coalition board are Ryan Chisholm, Nettwerk Music Group, Merrill Garbus, tUnE-yArDs, Dick Huey, Toolshed, Vickie Nauman, digital music executive, Thao Nguyen, Thao & the Get Down Stay Dow, Benji Rogers, PledgeMusic, and Ken Umezaki, Digital Daruma; and founding board members Michael Bracy, Walter McDonough and Brian Zisk will have emeritus status ... Verizon elects to board Mark Bertolini, Aetna ... Lobbyist registration: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Thorn Run Partners, effective Feb. 1.