AOL names Kathy Andreasen, ex-Orchard Brands, chief people officer, effective Oc. 25, and Lauren Hurvitz, ex-MTV, head of corporate communications, effective Oct. 13.

Fiber management company Clearfield promotes Gordon Halloran to national channel manager … Jerry Del Core, ex-Adelante Media, hired by Tribune as vice president and general manager of KTXL-TV Sacramento.

Neustar promotes Lisa Hook to CEO, replacing Jeffrey Ganek, who remains chairman … Patrick Ross to leave as executive director of Copyright Alliance to resume writing career … New CTIA board members: Charlie Townsend, Aloha Partners; Ron Smith, Bluegrass Cellular; Wirt Yerger, Cavalier Wireless; Pat Riordan, Cellcom; Dallas Clement, Cox; Greg Klimek, Mohave Wireless; Johnie Johnson, Nex-Tech Wireless; Bob Dawson, SouthernLINC; Ed Evans, Stelera Wireless; Bret Comolli, Asurion; Andy Lees, Microsoft; Ken Denman, OpenWave Systems; Philip Christopher, Personal Communications Devices; Marty Beard, Sybase 365; Tony Holcombe, Syniverse Technologies; E.Y. Snowden, Tatara Systems; Maurice Tose, TeleCommunications Systems … Xtar names Andrew Ruszkowski, ex-SES, vice president, global sales and marketing … Gregory Bestick, eLanguage, elected to Westwood One board.

James Crowe, Level 3, to be appointed chairman of National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee … Roger Neal, ex-BusinessWeek Digital and AOL Time Warner, named founding executive director of NYC Media Lab, new joint venture of New York City, NYU-Poly and Columbia University … National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications board elections: Raymond Gutierrez, CBS Television Networks, chairman; Lucinda Martinez-Desir, HBO, vice chairman; Marsha Conaway, Time Warner Cable, secretary; Danielle Wade, Bright House Networks, treasurer … Heath Freeman resigns from Emmis board as part of deal to leave if Alden Media didn’t participate in taking company private … Ben Hill named senior vice president and market manager of CBS Radio for West Palm Beach, Fla.

Staff changes at NTIA: Elizabeth Bacon, ex-Senate Commerce Committee staff, joins Office of International Affairs; Manu Bhardwaj moves to Office of Policy Analysis & Development to support Internet Policy Task Force; Cyril Dadd, ex-LawMedia Group, joins Office of Congressional Affairs; Jennifer Duane, ex-Sprint, joins Office of Chief Counsel; Ian Martinez moves from broadband grants program to Economic Development Administration; John Morabito, ex-FCC, joins Office of Policy Analysis & Development; Quinn Staudt, ex-broadband outreach team, moves to NTIA front office to support outreach activities.

Viacom promotes James Barge to chief financial officer -- replacing Thomas Dooley, who remains chief operating officer -- and Katherine Gill-Charest to controller … Changes at Liberty Global: Diederik Karsten promoted to managing director of European broadband operations, a new position, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Gene Musselman, retiring … Karl Sun, ex-Google, joins MediaForge board … Daniel Hesse, Keith Cowan and Steven Elfman, all of Sprint Nextel, resign from Clearwire board … Terry Bleakley, ex-MeaSat, becomes Intelsat regional vice president-Asia Pacific sales, effective Nov. 15 … Association of Cable Communicators executive board members: President Jim Maiella, Cablevision; First Vice President-Membership Rosa Gatti, ESPN; Second Vice President-Programs Anthony Surratt, Time Warner; Secretary Sandy Colony, Insight; Treasurer Annie Howell, Howell Public Relations; at large, Misty Skedgell, Turner Broadcasting … Erin McIlvain, ex-Dish Network, hired by Hallmark Channels as vice president of national accounts.

New at FCC: Michelle Carey, ex-NTIA, deputy chief, Media Bureau; Michael McKenzie, ex-Microsoft, Wireless Bureau deputy chief overseeing mobility, spectrum management and technologies … Kelley Dunne, ex-DigitalBridge, Verizon and Bell Labs, to become CEO of telecom nonprofit One Economy by year-end … Carol Kruse, ex-Coca-Cola Co., hired by ESPN as senior vice president of marketing.

Greg Guice ends detail to House Commerce Committee to return to FCC as assistant for House affairs to Chairman Julius Genachowski … Monica Desai, ex-FCC, named partner at Patton Boggs communications and technology group … Moves to new international production arm of TLC: Luis Silberwasser, senior vice president, international head of content; Darcy Tomlin, vice president, programming; Jon Sechrist, head of lifestyle programming; Sarah Thornton, ex-Pulse Films, head of development and production … NeoNova Network Services board member Ray Carey named CEO and chairman; Outgoing CEO John Carlson remains on board … Ming Wu, ex-China Cable Networks, hired by Arris as vice president of business development for Chinese market … Dan Minchin promoted by Insight Communications to director of business operations for Louisville district; Michael Pasquillini hired as director of advanced services engineering and reports for central operations.

Changes in office of FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker: wireline aide Christi Shewman to return to Wireline Bureau; Brad Gillen switches from media aide to wireline aide; Krista Witanowski detailed from Media Bureau to become Baker’s acting media aide; confidential assistant and staff attorney Millie Kerr to leave FCC; Kari Amstutz, ex-staffer to Rep. Charles Djou, R-Hawaii, becomes confidential assistant; Tasha Kinney, ex-Department of Agriculture, becomes staff assistant … Changes in office of Commissioner Michael Copps: senior policy advisor Jennifer Schneider leaving to become Frontier Communications vice president of legislative affairs; Margaret McCarthy, ex-office of Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., named policy advisor for broadband, wireline and universal service, beginning Oct. 12 … Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke to become CEO of NBC Universal after Comcast takes control … Mohit Kaushal, ex-head of FCC connected health team, hired by West Wireless Health Institute as executive vice president of business development and chief strategy officer … Changes at Hearst TV: John Drain, ex-Comcast Spotlight, joins Oct. 4 as senior vice president-finance; Jeana Stanley promoted to vice president-administration and IT … Christopher Wegmann adds responsibilities at Radio One in becoming vice president and general manager for its Washington market stations … Belinda Lui, ex-Microsoft Hong Kong, moves to Time Warner as head of Asia-Pacific international relations and public policy, replacing Hugh Stephens, who will leave after an interim period … George Bell takes leave from General Catalyst to become Jumptap CEO and board member; former CEO Dan Olschwang remains on board … Chris Rooke, ex-CBS, hired by SVnetwork as senior vice president of business development and strategic partnerships, new position … Peter Aquino, ex-RCN, named to TiVo board.

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker to leave after Comcast deal closes … Matthew Rose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, joins AT&T board … Frontier Communications promotions: Rhonda Lutzke to senior vice president-general manager, Mid-State Territory; Michael Flynn to senior vice president-general manager, Illinois; Dave Davidson to senior vice president-general manager, Ohio … Wireless Telecom Group promotes Robert Censullo to acting chief financial officer, replacing Paul Genova, who remains CEO … Changes at Sierra Wireless: Dan Schieler moves to senior vice president-general manager, mobile computing; Didier Dutronc moves to senior vice president-general manager, M2M solutions unit; Philippe Guillemete promoted to chief technology officer; Andrew Berman, head of AirLink business unit, to leave company.