Jen Howard, press secretary to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, will leave Jan. 14 to take senior communications role at new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Arris hires Don Toft, ex Cisco, as vice president of sales responsible for its Comcast business … Sheila Kirby, ex Tribune, joins the Radio Ad Bureau as senior vice president of professional development Feb. 1.
Joshua Seidemann, ex-Independent Telephone and Telecom Alliance, becomes National Telecom Co-op Associate director-policy, effective Jan. 3 … Verizon Wireless promotes Christine Berberich to New England region president.
Telemundo promotes Michael Rodriguez to executive vice president of multimedia development and distribution … Openwave names Brian Beattie, Synopsys, to board … Journal Broadcast Group promotes Beverlee Brannigan to director of country programming, new position … Cox Enterprises names Grace Huang, ex-Cox Media Group, senior director of business development.
Joseph Euteneuer, ex-Qwest, to become Sprint Nextel’s chief financial officer after CenturyLink takes over Qwest, replacing Bob Brust, retiring … Telemundo promotions: Lee Flaster to senior vice president-planning, strategy and business operations; Meara Abramson to director-pricing and planning … Lutz Schuler, ex-Telefonica O2 Group, becomes managing director, Unitymedia … Turner Sports Ad Sales promotes Will Blair to senior vice president-sponsorships and sales.
Maria Pallante, senior adviser to Librarian of Congress, named acting register of copyrights, effective Jan. 1 … Copyright Alliance board names Sandra Aistars, ex-Time Warner, executive director … Lisa Miller leaving House Commerce Committee, where she was Republican counselor and communications director, effective Jan. 3 … MPAA hires Karen Thorland, ex-Loeb & Loeb, as vice president and senior content protection counsel effective Jan. 18, replacing Lisa Stone, leaving to raise her young children … Named senior vice presidents for Turner and SI digital ad sales: Ken Shapiro, promoted, and Larry Gelfand, ex-NHL … AOptix Technologies hires Earl Charles, ex-eMeter, as chief financial officer.
Center for Democracy & Technology Vice President James Dempsey to be nominated for seat on Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board … Investor James Lee joins BitTorrent advisory board …Integra Telecom hires Steve Zimba, ex-Cbeyond, as chief marketing officer … Colleen Kenny promoted to vice president, CBS Marketing Communications … CBS promotions to vice president and general manager of CW affiliates: Laura Caruso for WTOG Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., and Tom Canedo for WUPA Atlanta.
Telford “Trey” Forgety, ex-Department of Homeland Security, becomes National Emergency Number Association’s director-government affairs … Ruth Pritchard-Kelly, ex-consultant and Swidler Berlin, becomes SES World Skies’ director-regulatory affairs … Richard Bates, Disney, joins Media Institute board … NPR hires Bob Kempf, ex-Boston.com, as vice president of Public Interactive, public-media app-services provider … Linzhen Xie, Peking University, joins UTStarcom board … SeaChange names Peter Feld, Ramius LLC, to board … Nickelodeon promotes Marc Epstein to vice president of new business for integrated marketing … Joseph Flaherty, CBS, named member emeritus, ATSC board.