Among Hogan Lovells promotions to partner are Mark Brennan for technology, media and telecom, and for intellectual property Anna Kurian Shaw, Srecko “Lucky” Vidmar and David Toy, and in IP practice as of counsel is Anishiya Abrol … Parents Television Council Policy Director Dan Isett adds communications to purview … NARUC names Greg White, Michigan Public Service Commission, chairman of Washington Action program, succeeding former co-chairs Nikki Hall, South Carolina Public Service Commission, who was named chairwoman of association’s Utility Marketplace Access Subcommittee, and Larry Landis, who retired from Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission … ZTE promotes Zeng Xuezhong to global head-mobile devices … Adyen, online and mobile payment firm, hires Kamran Zaki, ex-Netflix, as president-Adyen North America … Time Warner hires Lesley Goldman, ex-CNBC, vice president-development & original programming, truTV … BlueCat, IP address management firm, hires Andrew Wertkin, ex-PTC, as chief technology officer, as ex-CTO Richard Hyatt named chief scientist … Lobbyist registration: Charter Communications, ML Strategies, effective Dec. 9.

Madison Square Garden Co.’s Bob Pollichino to retire as executive vice president and chief financial officer in the fall, and for a year afterwards will be a consultant to the company … Fox Broadcasting hires in alternative entertainment Lisa Levenson, ex-Cineflix Productions, as senior vice president and Alex Piper, ex-Asylum Entertainment, as vice president … Emulex hires Kyle Wescoat, ex-Skullcandy, as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer … Packet Design, IP network route analytics software firm, hires Daniel Ley, ex-CA Technologies, as senior vice president-sales … Immersion Corp. hires Jason Patton, ex-YOD China, as vice president and general manager-content & media.

Among Steptoe & Johnson promotions to partner are Stephanie Roy in Telecom, Internet & Media Group, where she works on telecom and media, and promoted to of counsel are Michael Maas and Doug Peterson, both in Intellectual Property Group … Bennet & Bennet law firm hires wireline, wireless and broadband lawyer Erin Fitzgerald as associate … Frontier Communications hires Jennifer Lem, ex-International Flavors and Fragrances, as senior vice president-controller … Nielsen hires Katie Burke, ex-Edelman, as executive vice president-marketing and communications, to be effective Jan. 27 … Women in Cable Telecommunications 2014 board includes Martha Soehren, Comcast, as vice chairwoman; board members Sandy Howe, Arris, and Kelly Regal, Turner Broadcasting System joining executive committee; and named directors at large are Sandra Kapell, Cablevision, Ellen Kroner, AMC Networks, Kathleen O'Reilly, Accenture, and Leigh Woisard, Cox Communications.

Allan Friedman, director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Technology Innovation, moves to George Washington University’s Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute as visiting scholar on cybersecurity policy research … Dickstein Shapiro promotes Katie Scott to partner in Palo Alto, Calif., office’s Intellectual Property Practice… Neil Smit of Comcast Cable takes over as chairman of the NCTA board … NTIA Chief Economist James McConnaughey retires after 24 years at NTIA, following 10 at the FCC … Discovery Communications extends contract of CEO David Zaslav through the end of the decade.

Chris Nelson, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, becomes chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Telecommunications Committee, succeeding John Burke, Vermont Public Service Board … at Wiley Rein: Robert Benton named partner in Corporate, Election Law & Government Ethics and Satellite practices; Maureen Thorson becomes partner in International Trade Practice; Colleen King becomes of counsel in Communications Practice; Brendan Morrissey becomes of counsel in Litigation, Appellate, Communications and Food & Drug Law practices; Kimberly Sikora Panza becomes of counsel in Franchise, Intellectual Property and Privacy practices … Wilkinson Barker attorney Neil Chilson joins staff of Federal Trade Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen as attorney-adviser … Richard Chernock, Triveni Digital, becomes chairman of ATSC’s Technology Group 3, the standards development group working on the ATSC 3.0 next-generation broadcast standard, succeeding Jim Kutzner, who announced his Feb. 1 retirement from PBS … euNetworks Group names Neil Hobbs of Terrepact to its board … Huawei names Bill Gerski, ex-Dish Network and National Rural Telecom Coop, vice president-sales for Huawei Technologies USA … ZTE organizational changes: ZTE Mobile Devices to be headed by Zeng Xuezhong, executive vice president of ZTE; He Shiyou, former head of terminals, to remain as an executive director of ZTE; Pang Shengqing named head of ZTE’s enterprise business; Zhao Xianming promoted to chief technology officer of ZTE.

Quincy Newspapers CEO Ralph Oakley joins NAB TV Board … Victoria Salhus retired as Cablevision Systems senior vice president-deputy general counsel and secretary, effective Dec. 30 … Andrew Ruszkowski promoted to XTAR chief commercial officer … Jesper Ovesen to depart as executive chairman, Nokia Solutions and Networks, when the sale of Nokia’s devices and services business to Microsoft is complete in 2014’s first quarter … Lobbyist Registrations: Yelp, represented by Laurent Crenshaw, effective Nov. 4.

Among Pillsbury promotions to partner disclosed last month, effective Jan. 1, are Ben Esplin in intellectual property, who is lead counsel on Social Media & Games team; Patrick Jennings, on that team; and Dianne Sweeney who works on areas including antitrust litigation and white collar defense for high-technology markets.

Orbital Sciences hires Tom McCabe, leaving Alion Sciences and Technology, as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, effective Jan. 6 … Jim DuBois, Microsoft interim chief information officer, appointed to that post permanently and also named corporate vice president, effective Jan. 1 … Disney board elects Jack Dorsey, of Twitter and Square Inc., a director; Disney board member Judith Estrin, JLabs, won’t seek re-election.

Sinclair promotes to senior vice presidents: Lucy Rutishauser for corporate finance & treasurer, David Bochenek, who remains chief accounting officer, Del Parks for operations & engineering, and Don Thompson for human resources … U.S. Trade Representative Deputy Chief of Staff Janis Lazda leaving, reportedly for Target, though neither USTR nor Target would confirm … Hearst Television digital unit promotes to vice presidents Michael Rosellini for digital operations and Jonathan Sumber for digital sales … American Enterprise Institute adds Bronwyn Howell, New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation, as visiting fellow, Center for Internet, Communications and Technology Policy.

Internet Society hires Kathryn Brown, ex-Verizon and FCC, as CEO, effective Jan. 1, succeeding outgoing CEO Lynn St. Amour, who had said in February she was leaving … TechAmerica hires Mike Hettinger effective Jan. 6 as senior vice president-public sector from the Software and Information Industry Association, which separately hires Carl Schonander, ex-State Department, as director-international public policy, new position … Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., promotes Deputy Chief of Staff Mark Bayer to replace Chief of Staff Jeff Duncan, retiring; Sarah Butler from Markey’s office named to replace retiring executive assistant and scheduler Nancy Morrissey … 4G Americas elects Kris Rinne, AT&T, as 2014 chairwoman, succeeding Chairman Neville Ray, T-Mobile USA, who remains on group’s board … Lobbyist registration: Charter Communications, Capitol Counsel, effective Nov. 15.