FCC hires Will Wiquist as deputy press secretary ... ZwillGen promotes to "shareholder" Jon Frankel, who works on privacy, data security, e-commerce, intellectual property and litigation ... Keller and Heckman hires Michael Fitch, ex-wireless consultant, as senior counsel, Telecommunications Practice Group ... Baker Botts names Suzanne Hengl special counsel, intellectual property ... Univision Communications promotes Chiqui Cartagena to vice president, Political and Advocacy Group.

Kelley Drye hires Lee Terry, ex-U.S. Republican representative from Nebraska, as senior adviser, Government Relations and Public Policy practice group ... FCC hires Bruce Jacobs, ex-Pillsbury Winthrop, as chief of the Enforcement Bureau Spectrum Enforcement Division ... Federated Wireless hires Kurt Schaubach, ex-National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, as chief technology officer ... American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers promotes Elizabeth Matthews to CEO, succeeding John LoFrumento, who retired Dec. 31 ... Copyright Office promotes Sy Damle to deputy general counsel and Maria Strong to deputy director-policy and international affairs ... TechNet hires Matthew Mincieli, ex-Nauset Advisors, as executive director, Massachusetts and the Northeast region.

AT&T hires John Lively, ex-Time Warner Cable, as vice president-federal relations, AT&T Services ... Wilkinson Barker hires Bill Hunt, ex-Dish Network, as partner, and Patrick Halley, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau, as of counsel ... Debevoise & Plimpton hires David O’Neil, ex-Justice Department, as partner and member, White Collar & Regulatory Defense Group and Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice ... National Music Publishers’ Association promotes Senior Vice President Danielle Malito Aguirre to also serve as general counsel ... Broadcast Music Inc. hires Liz Fischer, ex-NBCUniversal, as vice president-corporate communications and marketing ... Council on Foreign Relations names Jay Rockefeller, ex-Democratic U.S. senator from West Virginia, distinguished fellow, with research focuses to include cybersecurity issues ... Satellite Industry Association board elects to 2015 Executive Committee Stacy Fuller, DirecTV, as chairwoman, Jennifer Manner, EchoStar, as vice chairwoman, and Patricia Cooper, Intelsat, treasurer ... Lobbyist registrations: Hollywood.com, Davis & Harman, effective Jan. 1 ... Uber, The Doerrer Group, effective Nov. 24.

Jeff Fleeher, ex-NBCUniversal, joins Universal Pictures Home Entertainment as worldwide chief financial officer ... Joining Mintz Levin intellectual property group from Edwards Wildman, based in Boston: Peter Corless, David Conlin, Kathleen Carr, Kongsik Kim, David Cotta, Steven Jensen, Adam Samansky and Tom Wintner ... Larry Thorpe, senior fellow in Canon U.S.A.'s Professional Engineering & Solutions Division, wins Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award from Television Academy for "contributions" that have "significantly affected the state of television technology and engineering.”

Heather O’Connor departs Jan. 16 as RealD senior vice president-finance and chief accounting officer to accept a post with another company ... Joe Doering, ex-Swisslog Holding and Siemens, moves to communications technology company Kathrein, where he will be board member in charge of sales and marketing ... Lobbyist Registration: Rural Broadband Co., on behalf of itself, effective Jan. 14.

Joanne Maguire, ex-Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, YAS Capital Partners, join Visteon board ... Cox Enterprises names Duncan O'Brien, ex-TIAA-CREF, senior vice president-general manager, corporate strategy and investments ... Former Sprint executive John Harrison joins PCIA-The Wireless Infrastructure Association as senior adviser ... Frontier Communications promotes Stephen LeVan to senior vice president-video content and delivery ... IHeartMedia promotes Jeff Tyler to Minneapolis market president ... Lobbyist Registration: NCTA, Hannegan Landau Poersch Advocacy, effective Jan. 1.

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.

Among those promoted to Dickstein Shapiro partners are Fiona Chaney, whose practices include entertainment, which she leads, Ann-Marie Luciano, in State Attorneys General Practice, and Charles Monterio, Intellectual Property Practice ... Tennessee Supreme Court names Deborah Taylor Tate, ex-FCC commissioner, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts ... Wiley Rein names Karl Nebbia, ex-NTIA Office of Spectrum Management, independent consultant to its Communications Practice ... Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, hires Karen Lightfoot, ex-aide to then-House Commerce Committee ranking member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., as communications director and policy advisor ... ESPN names Aaron LaBerge executive vice president-chief technology officer, succeeding Chuck Pagano, who recently retired ... Avnet Technology Solutions promotes Patrick Zammit to global president ... CenturyLink promotes Tim Meehan to senior vice president-general manager, CenturyLink Government ... Hibernia Networks names Omar Altaji, ex-AT&T and Lucent, chief commercial officer ... ITN Networks, multiplatform video ad sales company, hires Stephen Poulin, ex-MediaVest Worldwide, as executive vice president-platform development.

Beijing-based online game developer and operator Perfect World promotes Yunfan Zhang to chief operating officer.

Newly appointed members of FCC Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture: Bernard Aboba, Microsoft; Bradley Blanken, Competitive Carriers Association; Mary Boyd, Intrado; Tom Breen, AT&T; Robert Brown, National Public Safety Telecommunications Council; Alicia Burns, Frontier Communications; Mario DeRango, Motorola; Tracy Felty, Saline County, Illinois; Laurie Flaherty, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Mark Fletcher, Avaya; James Goerke, Texas 911 Alliance; Jeanna Green, Sprint; Larry Hatch, Oregon APCO/NENA; Joseph Heaps, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice; David Holl, National Association of State 911 Administrators (Pennsylvania); Michael Kennedy, Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Rebecca Ladew, Speech Communications Assistance by Telephone; Chris Littlewood, Center for Public Safety Innovation; Anthony Montani, Verizon; Mehrdad Negahban, beamSmart; Sean Petty, Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT); Richard Ray, National Association for the Deaf; Steve Souder, Department of Public Safety Communications, Fairfax County, Virginia; Brian Tagaban, Navajo Nation; Jeff Wittek, Airbus Defense and Space (Cassidian Communications) ... Audio Precision President Dave Schmoldt adds CEO responsibilities, replacing Bruce Hofer, who will remain chairman and principal hardware engineer ... Internet marketing agency Netmark.com promotes Chief Operating Officer John Broadbent to CEO, replacing Josh Dalton, who will stay on with the company for several months in “an administrative role."