NBCUniversal hires Sal Mendoza, ex-Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, as vice president-diversity & inclusion … Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies hires John Horrigan, ex-TechNet, to head Media and Technology Institute … Video encoding company Sorenson Media promotes Mitchell Holyoak to head its Salt Lake City office and oversee Sorenson Squeeze and Squeeze Server development teams.
Vodafone appointments after buying Cable & Wireless Worldwide (see item above): Named CEO of Vodafone Global Enterprise is Jan Geldmacher, promoted; to CWW directors are Diego Galli for finance; John Thompson for technology; Francesco Bianco for HR; and Mark Allison for integration … Michael Copps, ex-FCC commissioner, named by Common Cause to head its new Media Democracy and Reform Initiative, temporarily giving up position on organization’s board … Neustar hires Kim Hart, ex-Politico, as director-corporate communications, effective Aug. 6 … CBS Interactive China names Daisy Wei, ex-Han Kun Law Offices, director-legal, first CBS Corp. in-house counsel hired in that country … Young Broadcasting promotes Bob Peterson to vice president-station operations for broadcast group … ObjectVideo hires Warren Brown, ex-Tyco, as president … OMG Plc’s 2d3 Sensing says it starts U.S. board “to mitigate the effects of Foreign Ownership Control and Influence on United States Government work": Members are Jon Damush, 2d3 Sensing; Nicholas Bolton and David Deacon, both OMG Plc; and independent directors Leo Hazlewood, ex-SAIC and Central Intelligence Agency; Lawrence Meador, ex-Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and James Peak, Red Arch Solutions.
Viacom promotes Jamie Drew to Nickelodeon Group senior vice president-strategy and business development …DirecTV hires Fazal Merchant, ex-Royal Bank of Scotland, as senior vice president and treasurer.
Clearwire adds ex-Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., to board … Business Roundtable hires Elizabeth Gasster, ex-Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, as vice president of information & technology and regulatory reform … Cincinnati Bell’s CyrusOne cloud company hires Scott Brueggeman, ex-CoreLink Data Centers, as chief marketing officer … Harris Corp. names Robert Duffy, ex-United Technologies Corp., senior vice president of human resources and administration; succeeding Jeff Shuman, leaving to pursue other opportunities … Charles Lesko, ex-CSR, named Entropic vice president-worldwide sales, replacing Bill Bradford, named Minco Technology Labs CEO in January … BlackArrow cable ad technology vendor names director Michael Pohl, ex-C-COR, chairman, replacing Larry Kramer, Gannett, who remains a board member … Harmonic moves: Peter Alexander, ex-Cisco, hired as senior vice president-chief marketing officer; Krishnan Padmanabhan, ex-NetApp, becomes senior vice president-video products; Nimrod Ben-Natan to run Edge and Access business as senior vice president-general manager; Mitzi Reaugh, Miramax, added to board … Disney promotes Caroline Foy Welch, to president-general manager of WTVD-TV Durham, N.C. … Intelsat elects Edward Kangas, ex-Deloitte Touche, to board … Fisher Communications elevates Don Pratt to vice president-general manager of Boise, Idaho, TV stations KBOI and KYUU.
Broadcast earnings: Fiscal Q4 sales at Meredith’s local media group gained 8.8 percent from a year earlier to $84.7 million, the company said. Political ad sales of $3.2 million, compared to $738,000 a year earlier, helped results. Operating profit at the local media group gained 43 percent on higher sales and lower expenses … Journal Communications' Q2 broadcast sales increased 18.4 percent from a year earlier to $54.5 million. Operating profit at the broadcast division gained 57.4 percent to $13.1 million, it said. Political ad sales and retransmission consent revenue helped results at its TV stations while radio revenue also benefitted from political ads, it said.
Kellogg, Huber hires John Thorne, ex-Verizon, as partner, to focus on antitrust, intellectual property and commercial litigation matters … News Corp. hires Jared Sher, ex-Skadden Arps, as News America vice president-associate general counsel … Burson-Marsteller hires Mike Heimowitz, ex-Porter Novelli, as managing director of Issues & Crisis Group.
Gannett promotes Jeffrey Heinz to vice president-investor relations … Netflix hires Kelly Bennett, ex-Warner Bros., as chief marketing officer … DFJ Gotham Ventures technology venture capital firm promotes Thatcher Bell to managing director … SeaWell Networks cable operator video ad company adds Joan Gillman, Time Warner Cable, to board.
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel names David Goldman, who was detailed to Senate Communications Subcommittee staff, as senior legal advisor, to work on wireless, international and public safety issues … Betty Ann Kane, D.C. Public Service Commission, elected chairman of NARUC’s National Regulatory Research Institute; David Boyd, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, elected vice chairman; both one-year terms … News Corp. promotes Peter Rice to chairman and CEO of Fox Networks Group; David Hill to senior executive vice president of the company … American Cable Association elects Colleen Abdoulah, WOW, chairman; Robert Gessner, Massillon Cable, vice chairman, for two-year terms … General Cable Corp. director Charles McClure, Meritor, resigns for personal reasons because of demands relating to ongoing business … National Cable Television Cooperative elects Brad Mefferd, Buckeye Cablevision, a director … MSNBC promotes Lauren Skowronski to vice president of media relations … Waller Capital Partners hires William Bradley, ex-Credit Suisse, as managing director to lead data center, managed hosting and cloud computing practices and support telecom practice … NewsRight President David Westin leaves as CEO and president, to become adviser, replaced by Srinandan Kasi, promoted … Concurrent adds Robert Pons, Live Wire Mobile, and Dilip Singh, InfuSystem Holdings, to board as part of deal for Singer Children’s Management Trust and Lloyd Miller to vote shares in favor of company’s board slate … Lobbyist registrations: NQ Mobile, MWW Group, effective June 1 … NPR, Navigators Global, effective June 12 … Motorola Solutions, Sixkiller Consulting, effective June 25.
Corning changes, effective Aug. 1: Clark Kinlin promoted to executive vice president-telecom business group; Martin Curran promoted to senior vice president and innovation officer, new post; Stephen Miller named vice president and general manager of Corning Optical Fiber and Cable … TVB hires Stacey Lynn Schulman, ex-Turner Broadcasting, as senior vice president-chief research officer, new position.
Paul Sands retires at year’s end as president and general manager of Hearst Television’s WPTZ Plattsburgh, N.Y., and WNNE Hartford, Vt., being replaced by Kyle Grimes … Lobbyist registrations: Motorola Solutions, Barbour Griffith and Rogers, effective June 10 … Virginia state government’s Center for Innovative Technology, Franklin Partnership, effective July 1 … Spectrum Solutions Co., US Strategies, effective July 2.