Senate Finance Committee approved Wednesday by unanimous voice vote nomination of Stefan Selig to be Commerce Department undersecretary for international trade … Agilent promotes Dominique Grau to senior vice president-human resources, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Jean Halloran, retiring Oct. 31; Halloran to join board of electronic measurement company Keysight around when it’s spun off from Agilent in November … Genband, multimedia communications product developer, hires Tom Smith, ex-CounterPath, to lead multiple system operator cable team, and Brian Toomey, ex-Westell, to head “US Regionals” sales team … AMC Networks promotes Elana Mandelup to vice president-corporate communications.

Huawei promotes Ming He to country general manager, U.S. operations … Neustar hires Lisa Joy Rosner, ex-NetBase, as chief marketing officer … Professional Services Council, representing government contractors, hires Dave Wennergren, ex-CACI, as senior vice president-technology policy, leading group’s new Technology Policy Council … Kopin, wearable computing technology provider, hires Stuart Nixdorff, ex-AAC, as senior vice president-sales and marketing, Paul Baker, ex-Zink Imaging, as vice president-business development, and Ernesto Martinez-Villalpando, ex-Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, as special assistant to the CEO … CTIA board adds Rick Corker, Nokia, replacing Matt Rothschild, who represented Nokia before its handset business was sold to Microsoft, and Bashar Nejdawi, Ingram Micro North America Mobility, as large supplier representatives, and Jonathan Kriegel, DoCoMo Pacific, replacing Jay Shedd, ex-DoCoMo Pacific, as carrier representative.

Mintz Levin hires Geoffrey Why, ex-commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Cable, as partner, communications practice, where he will focus on telecom and wireless issues and especially those before state commissions … Cablevision hires Kevin Packingham, ex-Samsung Telecommunications America, as executive vice president-product management … Comporium, video and telecom provider, promotes Matthew Dosch to executive vice president-customer operations and external affairs … Zayo Group Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer Marty Snella resigns to “take a break,” says the provider of fiber services for broadband and other applications … Mellanox Technologies, provider of interconnection and other services to data centers, adds to board Dadi Perlmutter, ex-Intel.

TechNet hires Mike Ward, ex-office of Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., as vice president-federal policy and government relations … Promotions at Entertainment Software Association: Ali Amirhooshmand, to senior director-federal government affairs, and Tim Johnson, to director-state government affairs … Arianespace hires Isabelle Veillon, formerly of Burson-Marsteller, as vice president-communication … Among those named to Virginia Cyber Security Commission are Karen Jackson, Virginia technology secretary, and Richard Clarke, Good Harbor Security Risk Management, as co-chairs, and as members Rhonda Eldridge, Technica Corp., Paul Tiao, Hunton and Williams, Andrew Turner, Visa, and John Wood, Telos Corp. … Lobbyist registrations: Cox Communications California, Government Solutions, effective May 1 … Rural Media Group, Hogan Lovells, effective April 1.

Gene Stein, ex-BermanBraun, named CEO of Sonar Entertainment … Arris names Jeong Kim, ex-Bell Labs, to board … Lobbyist Registrations: AARP, Advance/Newhouse Communications, the American Public Communications Council and Florida-based software firm Info Tech, Alignment Government Strategies, all effective April 1.

O'Melveny & Myers hires Thomas Donilon, ex-national security adviser to President Barack Obama, who rejoins law firm as partner, vice chairman and member of Policy Committee … Creative Commons hires Ryan Merkley, ex-Mozilla Foundation, as CEO … Comcast hires Michael Willner, ex-Insight Communications and now at Penthera Partners, as president and CEO of SpinCo, new cable company to be spun off after Comcast’s planned buy of Time Warner Cable and divestment of subscribers to Charter Communications; Charter CEO Tom Rutledge will be SpinCo nonexecutive chairman … Gunderson Dettmer law firm hires Melissa Marks, ex-Boxee, who returns to firm, as associate representing venture capitalists and high-technology companies on tech issues.

AARP promotes Jo Ann Jenkins to CEO, succeeding Barry Rand, effective Sept. 1 … SEC hires Gina Talamona, ex-Justice Department, as communications director … TNCI, telecom provider, hires Victor Flores, ex-Telscape Communications/Sage Telecomm, as vice president-network operations … CellTrust, mobile communication firm, hires Bryan Glancey, ex-Samsung Electronics, as chief technology officer.

Scott Blake Harris, ex-Wilkinson Barker, returns to the law firm that changes its name back to Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, where he’s chairman … Akin Gump hires Michael Drobac, ex-Patton Boggs, as senior policy adviser-public law and policy practice, working on technology and telecom … NPR hires Michael Beach, ex-Intelsat, as vice president-distribution, overseeing Public Radio Satellite System … Clear Channel Media and Entertainment San Francisco promotes Katie Wilcox to market president, succeeding JD Freeman, retiring.

Comcast hires Ken Klaer, ex-Cisco, as senior vice president-premises technology … LIN Media hires Adrienne Roark, ex-CBS, as president and general manager, KOIN Portland, Oregon … Zayo Group, bandwidth colocation and fiber provider, elects Linda Rottenberg, Endeavor, to board, as directors Tony Downer, Oak Investment Group, and Lawrence Fey, GTCR, resign … Lobbyist registration: Back9Network, pay-TV network, Covington & Burling, effective March 27.

NPR hires Jarl Mohn, ex-Liberty Digital, as president and CEO, succeeding Paul Haaga, acting CEO and president, effective in July … Returning to Wiltshire & Grannis is Amy Richardson, ex-Ellis & Winters, hired as partner, rejoining Government Investigations practice … FCC hires Kim Hart, ex-Neustar, as press secretary to Chairman Tom Wheeler, as commission spokeswoman in Office of Media Relations.