Leosat hires Vern Fotheringham, ex-Kymeta, as CEO (see 1503040016) ... T-Mobile US hires Christine Kurth, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau, as senior policy counsel ... Rook Security says FBI names the company's Tom Gorup as chief, Indiana InfraGard IT Sector, which works on cybersecurity and other issues ... World Teleport Association board elects James Trevelyan, Arqiva Satellite & Media, chairman, effective April 1 ... Among those named by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker to Commerce Data Advisory Council: Danah Boyd, Microsoft; Daniel Castro, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; Chris DiBona, Google; Stan Humphries, Zillow; Heather Joseph, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition; Vadim Kutsyy, eBay; CJ Moses, Amazon Web Services; Colin Parris, GE Software; Brian Schimpf, Palantir; and Kim Stevenson, Intel ... Lobbyist registrations: Mutualink, interoperability firm, The National Group, effective Jan. 14 ... Palo Alto Networks, registering on behalf of itself, effective Jan. 16.