Tollgrade Communications board member Edward Kennedy becomes CEO, replacing Joseph Ferrara, who left company … Brian Ross to resign as Cincinnati Bell chief operating officer effective Aug. 8 to pursue new, undisclosed opportunities … Jason Klarman promoted to president of Oxygen Media … Rose Kirk, ex-Verizon Wireless, becomes Verizon vice president of public relations for corporate reputation …

NTT American promotes Kazuhiro Gomi to president, CEO and board member … Tom Consgrove, Discovery, to head joint venture 3D TV network planned by Sony, Discovery and IMAX … Aaron Bennett, ex-Alvarion, becomes IPWireless executive vice president-sales, Americas … Brian Schrand, ex-Cincinnati Bell, joins Clearfield as senior member of technical staff … Shopping programming company Delivery Agent names Stephen Recht, ex-Glam Media, chief financial officer … Sinclair Broadcast Group promotions to vice president: Dave Schwartz for sales and Rob Weisbord for new media … Andy Songer promoted by Local TV to vice president of technology for its 19 stations … Stephen Hayes promoted by Local TV to president and general manager of WTVR-TV Richmond, Va.

Bill Goodwyn promoted by Discovery Communications to president of global distribution and CEO of Discovery Education … NBC Local Media promotions: Michael Jack to president and general manager of WNBC New York and Tom O'Brien to executive vice president of Nonstop Network … New at Comcast: Mike DeCandido, ex-Bank of America, senior vice president, call center operations; Tina Waters promoted to senior vice president, human performance … Eddie Hill, ex-American Express, hired by World Wrestling Entertainment as senior vice president of marketing … Dianne Early promoted to vice president of Cox Media Virginia.

Eric Bash, ex-Federal Trade Commission, becomes FCC Enforcement Bureau associate chief … New at Knight Foundation: John Bracken, ex-John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, named director of new media; Judith Kleinberg, ex-InSTEDD, to program director for San Jose and Silicon Valley … Jeff Perkins, ex-Huntbridge, named NPR vice president and chief people officer.

John Coleman, Centre County Chamber of Commerce, nominated to Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, to fill out the unexpired term of commissioner Kim Pizzingrilli, who resigned in February. The term expires April 1, 2012 … New at LiveWire Mobile: Dean Foulis, ex-Oracle, as chief technology officer; Adam Thibault promoted to vice president of sales … Gavin Harvey, ex-Fuse, hired by Sportsman Channel as CEO … Kevin Ellman, ex-Disney, named Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family senior vice president of business and legal affairs. Lori Silfen, ex-New Line Cinema, becomes vice president of business and legal affairs … SeaChange agrees to add Edward Terino, GET Advisory Services, and Raghu Rau, a consultant, to board as part of settlement with Ramius … Dan Lawrie promoted by Cox Media Group to vice president and market manager for San Antonio radio stations … NBC.com promotions to vice president: Josie Ventura for primetime production; Robert Angelo for late night, daytime & mobile … Brien Kennedy returns to CBS as vice president and general manager of WCCO-TV Minneapolis … Rene Rodriguez, ex-Traffic Sports USA, hired by Spanish Broadcasting as director of sports marketing for Mega TV.

Stephen Traylor, ex-National Association of Counties, returns to National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, as executive director, general counsel … Ernesto Falcon, ex-office of Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., hired by Public Knowledge as director of government affairs … Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids & Family Group appointments: Antonious Porch promoted to senior vice president and deputy general counsel for digital media and other businesses; Diane Longoria, ex-Viacom, named vice president of business & legal affairs … Frances Berwick promoted to president of Bravo Media … Lockheed Martin General Counsel James Comey leaves to join Bridgewater Associates … Robert Turner, ex-SES New Skies, joins Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions as senior vice president-business development … Philip Harlow, ex-CapRock Communications, becomes XTAR president-chief operating officer … SES Astra names Norbert Holzle, ex-NDSatCom, chief commercial officer … Kendice Briggs, ex-Westfield Corp., hired by Playboy Enterprises as senior vice president of human resources … Entravision promotes Margarita Wilder to vice president and general manager of San Diego-area TV operations … Allen Roberts promoted to vice president-operations, Cox Virginia.

Hill staffers moving to USTelecom: Gregory Willis, ex-general counsel to Senate Business Committee, named vice president, general business policy issues; Annie Chavez, ex-aide to Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., becomes director, government affairs … Enrique Rodriguez, ex-Microsoft, hired by Cisco as senior vice president and general manager of service-provider video-technology group … Amina Fazlullah joins Benton Foundation as policy counsel to work on National Broadband Plan implementation issues. Joanne Hovis, CTC, named to Benton board … Ameer Karim, ex-Hewlett-Packard, named by Entone as vice president of hybrid TV initiatives for the Americas … Bill Feininger, ex-Nielsen Media Research, becomes senior vice president of FourthWall Media’s new media measurement unit … Chad Harris promoted by Hallmark Channels to senior vice president for integrated marketing and new media … Robert Miron retiring at year-end as Bright House Networks chairman; CEO Steven Miron will assume responsibility for company … Shirley Fujimoto, Jeffey Sheldon, David Rines and Kevin Cookler, partners at McDermott Will, move to Fish & Richardson’s Washington office… Rebecca Murphy Thompson, ex-Patton Boggs, becomes Rural Cellular Association general counsel … Hossein Moiin, ex-BT, joins Nokia Siemens Networks as chief technology officer July 1 … Global Crossing promotes John Sutton to executive vice president-general manager, federal sector … Alan Wells, Iowa Telecom, joins Windstream board … Stephanie Brom promoted to new position of senior vice president and managing director of Petry Network … Marc Forest, ex-IMG Media, becomes MSG Media vice president, programming & development.

EMI Music names Bertrand Bodson, ex-Bragster.com, senior vice president, global digital marketing … David Wright and Elizabeth Fleming re-elected to four-year terms on the South Carolina Public Service Commission … Bill DeMuth to leave SureWest June 30 as chief technology officer, Ken Johnson, general manager of operations in Kansas, will head company’s strategic technologies team … Angie Cook, ex-Bonneville International, returns to Emmis Communications June 1 in new position of vice president of Emmis Digital … Marissa Ronca promoted by truTV to vice president of development.

Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott leaves to become State Department policy adviser for innovation. Research Director Derek Turner to replace Scott as head of policy team …

T-Mobile USA CEO transition: Robert Dotson to retire in May 2011; Philipp Humm to be promoted to replace him … Millicom International Cellular board changes: Allen Sangines-Krause, chairman; Daniel Johannesson, vice chair; Michael Massart, audit committee chair … Brian Wallach, ex-ABC Family, becomes vice president, sales integration, Discovery-Hasbro joint venture The Hub … Eric Shanks leaves DirecTV in June to become president, Fox Sports … NBC News promotes Ryan Osborn to new position of director, social media … Rob Glaser, ex-RealNetworks, joins Accel Partners board.