Wyndham Robertson, ex-Fortune magazine, returns to Media General board … Raymond Gilmartin to retire from Microsoft board, effective at Nov. 28 shareholder meeting; Nancy Tellem, ex-CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, joins Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president … Intel China Chairman Sean Maloney to retire in January.

John Legere, ex-Global Crossing, named new CEO of T-Mobile USA …Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam to keynote at CES, Jan. 8 in Las Vegas … Raymond Gilmartin to retire from Microsoft board after 11 years, effective at next shareholder meeting, Nov. 28 in Bellevue, Wash.; Nancy Tellem, ex-CBS Network Television Entertainment Group, joins Microsoft as Entertainment & Digital Media president … USA Mobility’s Amcom hires Colin Balmforth, ex-Lawson Software, as president-Amcom Software, replacing Christopher Heim… Belo Corp. hires Linda Danna, ex-KGPE-TV Fresno, as president and general manager of WHAS-TV Louisville, effective Oct. 15 … CableReady hires Maurizio Tavares, ex-Rede TV Network, as vice president-global sales manager, new position … Sunlight Foundation hires Bill Pease, ex-GoodGuide, as “evangelist” to Silicon Valley and Western U.S. … Veria Living cable programmer promotes Elizabeth Browde to senior vice president-head of programming … Michael Rayfield, ex-Nvidia, hired by Micron Technology as vice president-Wireless Solutions Group.

Twitter hires Will Carty, former Republican staffer for Senate Commerce Committee, as manager-public policy … Neustar hires Ted Prince, ex-National Geographic Ventures, as senior vice president-media and new ventures, including UltraViolet initiatives … Richard Strasser, Copyright Royalty Board senior staff attorney, named interim CRB copyright royalty judge after Judge Stanley Wisniewski retired Aug. 31 … Charter Communications hires as executive vice presidents: Tom Adams, ex-Time Warner Cable, for field operations; and Kip Mayo, ex-Cablevision, for customer operations … Net Element hires: Tim Greenfield, ex-Gold Mobile, to president-mobile commerce and payment processing; Matthew Milner, ex-Hearst, named president-entertainment and culture; where Paul Coyne, ex-4mm Games, becomes executive vice president … Bass Berry hires James Carpenter, ex-Infineon Technologies and Fitzpatrick Cella, as associate in Intellectual Property and Technology Practice … Lobbyist Registrations: L3 Communications, LaRocco and Associates, effective Aug. 1 … Salesforce.com, Franklin Square Group, effective Aug. 1 … Shift Systems, Patton Boggs, effective Aug. 27 … World Intellectual Property Organization, Manchester Trade Ltd., effective Sept. 3.

Xand data center company hires Yatish Mishra, ex-RagingWire, as president and chief technology officer … Cablevision hires Sandra Kapell, ex-AIG, as executive vice president-human resources and administration, new position … AMC Networks Senior Vice President-Financial Strategy John Hsu adds title of treasurer … Crown Media Family Networks hires Randy Pope, ex-Larry Levinson Productions, vice president-programming … Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers board for 2012-2013 term: Ralph Brown, CableLabs; Pat Crull, Time Warner Cable; Martha Soehren, Comcast; Jim Hughes, CommScope.

NARUC hires Holly Rachel Smith, energy lawyer, as assistant general counsel … CBS hires Marty Wilke, ex-Tribune Broadcasting, as president-general manager of WBBM-TV Chicago; succeeding Bruno Cohen, promoted to same titles for CBS Television Station group’s San Francisco and Seattle stations; Tribune promotes Steve Farber to WGN-TV Chicago acting general manager, replacing Wilke … Kevin Cuddihy, Univision, joins NAB TV board, replacing Doug Kranwinkle, from same company … Changes at CBS Sports programming: Bess Barnes, ex-ESPN, hired as vice president-college sports programming; Executive Vice President Rob Correa and Senior Vice President Dan Weinberg expand duties … Paul Quinn, president-general manager of Hearst Television’s WGAL Lancaster, Pa., retiring this year … Greater Media promotes Trip Savery to vice president-station manager, Charlotte, N.C., stations … Washington Post Co. elects Dave Goldberg, SurveyMonkey, to board … Fadi Chehadé starts as president-CEO of Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, two weeks ahead of schedule, replacing interim CEO Akram Atallah, who remains chief operating officer and expands duties to run Registry and Registrar Services; Tarek Kamel promoted to senior advisor-government affairs; Sally Costerton, ex-Hill & Knowlton Public Relations, named to lead ICANN stakeholder engagement, new position; Maguy Serad promoted to vice president-contractual compliance.

President Barack Obama to nominate Jeffrey Shell, Comcast’s NBCUniversal, as Broadcasting Board of Governors chairman … Independent Film and Television Alliance renews contracts through 2015 of CEO Jean Prewitt and Executive Vice President Jonathan Wolf … Sonus Networks promotes: Todd Abbott to executive vice president-strategy and go-to-market; and Jeffrey Snider to senior vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel.

Discovery Communications moves Alden Mitchell Budill to vice president-domestic distribution and strategy, for its OWN and Hub joint venture networks … Univision Communications promotes Jesus Chavez to senior vice president-interactive, Univision Television Group … Seven Networks hires Martin McKendry, ex-Openwave, as senior vice president-engineering and operations … Accedian Networks hires Patrick Dolan, ex-Genband, as vice president-sales, Europe, Middle East and Asia … Lobbyist Registrations: Music Choice, Arent Fox, effective Aug. 10.

President Barack Obama plans to nominate: Joshua Wright, George Mason University School of Law, as FTC commissioner; Scott Kieff, George Washington University Law School, as International Trade Commission member … Alexander Hoehn-Saric, ex-Commerce Department, hired by FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel as policy director, responsible for media and technology issues; Holly Saurer, who was interim media adviser to Rosenworcel, returns to Media Bureau … News Corp. promotes Paul Cheesbrough to chief technology officer … Cablevision hires Andrew Ip, ex-Meridian Advisory Group, as vice president-wireless technology and operations … Entercom promotes Michael Doyle to regional president … Discovery Communications promotes Lara Richardson to Discovery Channel senior vice president, marketing-creative … RigNet managed remote communications provider to oil and gas companies hires Brad Alexander, ex-Westlake Securities, as vice president-corporate development, new position … PlayNetwork hires Nicole Rikkinen, ex-Microsoft, as vice president-marketing … WIK-Consult European telecom research firm hires Ilsa Godlovitch, ex-European Competitive Telecommunications Association, as director of new office in Brussels … Lobbyist Registrations: TrellisWare Technologies, Innovative Federal Strategies, effective Sept. 4 … Adobe Systems, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, effective Aug. 1.

NARUC Executive Committee adds Jack Betkoski, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, replacing David Coen, Vermont Public Service Board …Viacom promotes Scott Mills to executive vice president-human resources and administration, succeeding Denise White, leaving company. … Michael Willner and Sidney Knafel, ex-Insight Communications until acquired by Time Warner Cable this year, are leading Penthera Partners, selling software to move HD video between cloud and Internet Protocol-enabled phones and set-tops … Alcatel-Lucent changes, effective Jan. 1, in management simplification: Chief Financial Officer Paul Tufano also becomes chief operating officer; Robert Vrij to president-global sales & marketing; Stephen Carter named president-managed services, and executive vice president-corporate restructuring; Philippe Keryer moves to president-networks & platforms; Rajeev Singh-Molares will focus on commercial operations in China … Networks’ Sundance Channel hires Claudia Gorelick, ex-Viacom’s Logo, as senior vice president-digital media and business strategy … Mellanox Technologies, a data center interconnection provider, promotes Jacob Shulman to chief financial officer as CFO Michael Gray retires, effective Nov. 5 … Equinix hires Sara Baack, ex-Level 3, as chief marketing officer.

Carson Agnew, 63, former president of Progeny, died Wednesday after a long bout with cancer. He had been vice president of regulatory affairs at NextNav since last year, when Progeny merged with Commlabs to form the new company. Prior to going into the telecom industry, Agnew taught economics and telecom policy at Stanford. He’s survived by his wife and two daughters.