Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to add title of chairman Jan. 1, following retirement of Ivan Seidenbeg; Melanie Healey, Procter & Gamble, joins board … Meredith Baker, NBCUniversal, and John Orlando, CBS, join Media Institute board … Wowza Media Systems hires Chris Knowlton, ex-Microsoft, as vice president of product management.
Moves at SeaChange: Founder Bill Styslinger to retire as CEO and chairman; board member Raghu Rau named interim CEO; Director Thomas Olson named chairman … Dean Manson, Hughes Networks, becomes EchoStar executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, remains general counsel of subsidiary Hughes Communications … Chris Thomes, ex-Saban Brands, named Disney/ABC TV Group vice president, digital media studios … Bernard Gershon, ex-Disney, joins Earth911 advisory board … New Telecom Industry Association board members: Bryan Glutting, ACS Solutions; Vish Nandlall, Ericsson; Stratton Nicolaides, Numerex; Geoff Roman, Motorola Mobility; Steve Sifferman, Tarana Wireless … New at American Intellectual Property Law Association: President William Barber, Pirkey Barber; President-elect Jeffrey Lewis, Patterson Belknap; First Vice President Wayne Sobon, Rambus; Second Vice President Sharon Israel, Mayer Brown; Immediate Past President David Hill, Finnegan, Henderson; Secretary Elizabeth Morgan, Morgan Law Firm; Treasurer Georgann Grunebach, Fox Legal Group; board members Barbara Fiacco of Foley Hoag, Kevin Tottis of Law Offices of Kevin Tottis, Chen Wang, DuPont, Michael Martinez de Andino of Hunton & Williams; Mark Whitaker of Baker Botts named general counsel … SES names Ferenc Szelenyi, ex-Dell, senior vice president-commercial, Europe, replacing Norbert Hotzle, leaving company … Spanish Broadcasting System promotes Jackie Nosti-Cambo to vice president-business analytics … CommLaw Group promotes Michael Donahue to partner.
Changes at Univision: Luis Patino promoted to senior vice president-Univision TV Group; Ignacio Meyer, ex-Wireless Latin Entertainment, named vice president-business development … New vice presidents-political sales at Ion Media Networks: Robert Russo, ex-Katz TV, and William O'Shea, ex-Millennium Sales and Marketing … VOD service provider Epix hires Kirk Iwanowski, ex-Sundance Channel, as chief marketing officer … Globecast names Lisa Coelho, ex-AT&T U-verse, vice president-WorldTV … Sensio Technologies names Diana Cantu, ex-International Datacasting, vice president-business development, Live 3D.
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council names Heather Burnett Gold, ex-XO Communications, its full-time president … RRsat Global Communications founder and CEO David Rivel to retire June 30 … Gilat promotes Glenn Katz to CEO of its Spacenet subsidiary, effective Jan. 1, replacing Andreas Georghiou, who remains adviser … Gannett names Teresa “Teri” Gendron, ex-NII Holdings, vice president-controller, replacing George Gavagan, who continues as vice president-chief accounting officer until he retires in February.
Commissioner Ronald Briséé elected chairman of Florida’s Public Service Commission for a two-year term beginning Jan. 2 … Ariel Roblin promoted to president-general manager, KETV-TV Omaha … ESPN promotions: George Bodenheimer to executive chairman; John Skipper to president.
Lisa Hone detailed from FCC Wireline Bureau to Commissioner Michael Copps’ office as wireline aide … MPAA moves: Cybele Daley promoted to senior vice president, government affairs, and Anna Soellner, ex-Center for American Progress, named vice president, corporate communications … VOD service provider EPIX promotes Andy Hunter to general manager, digital media applications and products … NBCUniversal’s Daily Candy names Fernando Romero, ex-Gilt City, vice president of advertising sales.
Agilent Technologies promotes Ron Nersesian to executive vice president-chief operating officer; Guy Sene promoted to replace him as head of electronic measurement group …
FCC promotions: Greg Guice to director, Office of Legislative Affairs; Christopher Lewis to deputy director … New CTIA officers: Chairman Pat Riordan, Cellcom; Vice Chair Mary Dillon, U.S. Cellular; Secretary Dan Mead, Verizon Wireless; Treasurer Bret Comolli, Asurion; Chairman Emeritus Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel … SoundExchange names Jonathan Bender, ex-Concord Music Group, chief operating officer … Jon Steinlauf promoted to Scripps Network Interactive executive vice president-ad sales and marketing … Elected at Academy of TV Arts & Sciences: Chairman Bruce Rosenblum, Warner Bros. TV; Vice Chair Kevin Hamburger, The Talk; Second Vice Chair Frank Scherma, @radical.media; Secretary Marcelino Ford, Intel Media Group … New at Univision: Jason Newman, ex-ESPN, vice president-sports sales; Rick Resnick, ex-Time Inc., vice president-sports marketing … Andrew Morton, ex-Prodea Systems, named head of sales and market development for Entone’s broadband TV business … Jefferies adds Thomas Seitz, ex-Height Analytics, as managing director and analyst covering U.S. telecom companies.
New NARUC officers: President David Wright, South Carolina PSC; First Vice President Philip Jones, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission; Second Vice President Colette Honorable, Arkansas PSC … John Shea, ex-MTV, becomes NBCUniversal executive vice president-integrated media, new position.