Wireless lawyer Mitchell Lazarus retiring as partner at Fletcher Heald at end of the year ... Windstream promotes: Tony Thomas to president and CEO and names him a director, succeeding Jeff Gardner, who resigned and will remain a senior adviser to the CEO and on the board through Feb. 1; Bob Gunderman to permanent chief financial officer; David Works to president, enterprise; David Redmond, who remains president of consumer and adds small and medium business; and Mike Shippey to president, carrier.

Returning to AT&T is Betsy Brady, ex-Microsoft, as senior policy advisor ... Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., incoming Commerce Committee ranking member, tentatively names staff for committee next Congress: Kim Lipsky, staff director for the ranking member; Chris Day, deputy staff director; and Clint Odom, general counsel and policy coordinator ... Intelsat promotes Stephen Spengler to deputy CEO, and, effective April 1, to CEO, when Chairman and CEO David McGlade becomes executive chairman ... David Flowers resigns from Sirius XM board because he’s retiring Dec. 31 as Liberty Media managing director-alternative investments, replaced on Sirius XM board by Mark Carleton, Liberty Media senior vice president ... Otelco CEO and director Michael Weaver retiring Dec. 31, date when promotion is effective of President Robert Souza to also be CEO and a board member; Weaver to consult with the company for a year.

Global Capacity hires Vic Pierni, ex-Verivo Software, as chief financial officer ... At WE tv, AMC Networks promotes Suzanne Gladstone Murch to vice president-original programming, new position, and hires as vice presidents-development Angela Molloy and David Stefanou ... National Hispanic Media Coalition hires Elizabeth Ruiz, ex-staff attorney to judges on Virginia's Chesapeake Circuit Court, as policy counsel ... Wiley Rein promotions include: to partners Matthew Dowd, in the Intellectual Property, Appellate, and Litigation practices; Stephen Obermeier, Litigation, Appellate, White Collar Defense & Government Investigations, Government Contracts, and Communications practices; and Brett Shumate, Appellate, Litigation, and Communications practices; and to of counsel: Rachel Hunnicutt, Intellectual Property and Food & Drug Law practices; and Joan Stewart, Communications Practice ... Charter Communications hires Jodi Robinson, ex-Starz Entertainment, as senior vice president-user experience design and development.

Satellite Industry Association hires Tom Stroup, ex-Shared Spectrum Co., as president ... USTelecom hires Diane Griffin Holland, ex-FCC, to law and policy team as vice president ... Verizon promotes Craig Silliman to executive vice president-public policy and general counsel, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Randal Milch, named strategic policy adviser to CEO Lowell McAdam, overseeing strategic policy initiatives ... Icontrol Networks hires Ken Hahn, ex-QuinStreet, as chief financial officer, and Steve Gribbon, ex-ADT, as senior vice president-worldwide sales ... SpotXchange hires Randy Cooke, ex-NCC Media, as vice president-programmatic TV ... Gigamon hires Scott Sullivan, ex-VSS Monitoring, as vice president-worldwide channel sales ... YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki appointed to Salesforce board ... Lobbyist registrations: iApp Creative, digital payment firm, Tauzin Consultants, effective March 24 ... Gada Secure Pay technology company, TG&C Group, effective Dec. 1.

Viacom promotes David Katz to senior vice president-content relations, Nickelodeon Group ... Hargrove, trade show, event and exhibit firm, hires Dan Cole, ex-CES, as senior vice president-trade shows and exhibits ... Quantcast hires Peter Kuipers, leaving The Weather Co., as chief financial officer, and Peter Sirota, ex-Amazon Elastic MapReduce, as senior vice president-engineering ... Warburg Pincus names Andrew Sukawaty, Inmarsat, as executive-in-residence, to work on investments in media, tech and telecom, effective in January ... PCTel elects to board Jay Sinder, telecom executive ... Elected to 2014-15 terms at Fibre Channel Industry Association are: Mark Jones, Emulex, chairman and president; Greg McSorley, Amphenol, treasurer; Jay Neer, Molex, secretary; and at-large members: Craig Carlson, QLogic; Kevin Ehringer, Data Center Systems; Saito Kinya, Fujitsu Japan; J Metz, Cisco; Steven Wilson, Brocade; and as marketing chairman Rupin Mohan, Hewlett-Packard.

Mintz Levin hiring additional lawyers who work on pay-TV and ISP issues from Edwards Wildman: Sharon Monahan as of counsel and Ari Moskowitz as associate ... Mintz Levin's consulting affiliate ML Strategies hires Cort Bush, ex-aide to then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., as director-government relations ... Universal Music Group hires Mike Tunnicliffe, ex-GroupM, as executive vice president-business development & partnerships, U.S., new post, effective Jan. 1 ... Goodman Networks hires Craig Holmes, ex-Sizmek, as chief financial officer, succeeding interim CFO Geoff Miller

Cablevision hires Mickey Paxton, ex-Jumpinfish, as senior vice president and executive director-creative services.

Mintz Levin hires from Edwards Wildman as members Seth Davidson and Craig Gilley, who have worked on issues affecting cable operators, ISPs and others ... John Neuffer departs Dec. 31 as senior vice president-global policy at Information Technology Industry Council to become Semiconductor Industry Association president and CEO, succeeding Brian Toohey, who a year ago announced his plans to leave to become executive vice president at DEKA Research & Development Corp., but agreed to stay until a successor was named ... Scott Ackerson retiring from 21st Century Fox as executive vice president-news, Fox Sports, effective in March, after which he continues in an advisory capacity ... Viamedia hires John Victory, ex-WTIC(AM) Hartford, as general manager, Hartford ... Insight Venture Partners, private equity and venture capital firm, hires Nick Sinai, ex-U.S. deputy chief technology officer, as venture partner ... Tremor Video hires Utpal Kalita, ex-WPP, as head-engineering.

Akin Gump hires David Turetsky, ex-FCC International Bureau, as partner, public law and policy practice, to work on areas including cybersecurity ... Wiley Rein hires Shawn Chang, ex-aide to House Commerce Committee Democrats, as of counsel, Public Policy Practice, where he will work with communications, technology and other clients ... MPAA Executive Vice President-Content Protection and Chief of Operations Michael Robinson retiring in March 2015; Dean Marks, Warner Bros. Entertainment, hired as executive vice president, deputy general counsel and chief-global content protection, effective at beginning of next month ... HSN Inc. hires Jeffrey Kuster, ex-Fruit of the Loom, as president, Cornerstone, and executive officer, HSNi ... Cox Media Group promotes Paul Briggs to vice president-general manager, WHBQ-TV Memphis.

Viacom moves Senior Vice President Tony Maxwell to that job for promotional creative and strategy in Nickelodeon Group ... Genband hires Ricardo Diaz, ex-Westell Technologies, to lead Caribbean and Latin American sales region.