Changes at Cox Media Group: Joe Pomilla, ex-CMG Charlotte, to lead CMG Boston as vice president-general manager, WFXT, replacing Tom Raponi, retiring; Cedric Thomas promoted to CMG Charlotte area vice president-general manager, WSOC-TV and WAXN-TV; Susan Connor, ex-KIRO-TV Seattle, promoted to vice president-general manager, CMG Memphis for WHBQ-TV; Jason Meder, ex-CMG Tampa Radio, promoted to general manager-CMG Orlando; Kevin Hayes, ex-Sinclair's El Paso stations, returns to CMG as general manager-WPXI Pittsburgh; Bob Longo promoted to CMG Jacksonville general manager; Ralph Renzi promoted to general manager-CMG Miami Radio ... Hewlett Packard Enterprise promotes Antonio Neri to president-CEO, effective Feb. 1, replacing Meg Whitman, remaining on board ... National Retail Federation adds Bethany Aronhalt, ex-House Education and Workforce Committee, as senior director-media relations.
Ex-House Commerce Committee Chief Counsel David Redl sworn in Tuesday as assistant secretary-communications and information, Department of Commerce, where he will be NTIA administrator ... Arizona Corporation Commission adds Ryan McCarthy, ex-Maricopa County Attorney's Office, as policy adviser for new (see 1710240054) Commissioner Justin Olson ... Wireless ISP Association board hires Richard Bernhardt national spectrum adviser, a full-time job; he had worked in that role for WISPA as a contractor.
APCO International adds ex-staffer Jay English, ex-Department of Homeland Security, to newly created post of chief technology officer ... R Street Institute adds Paul Rosenzweig as senior fellow, working on cybersecurity and tech policy, including privacy; he remains at Red Branch Consulting ... Talari Networks adds Patrick Sweeney, ex-Dell/SonicWall, as CEO ... Univision Communications moves up Senior Vice President Antonio Roman to that title for local media New York sales, including broadcasting, digital and "experiential marketing" ... AccuWeather hires Kurt Fulepp, ex-Time Inc., as chief product officer.
AT&T hires O'Melveny & Myers media lawyer Daniel Petrocelli as lead trial counsel in case DOJ sues to block company's buy of Time Warner (see 1711170059) ... Wiley Rein promotions to partner include, effective Jan. 1, Katy Ross, in Telecom, Media & Technology and Unmanned Aircraft Systems practices; and Jeremy Schofer, in Corporate Practice and also in TMT ... Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) appoints Arthur D’Andrea (see 1711170029), his ex-assistant general counsel, a public utility commissioner; term ends Sept. 1, 2023; he was sworn in Wednesday.
Synchronoss Technologies hires Glenn Lurie, retired from AT&T (see this section of the Aug. 4 issue of this publication), as CEO and on the board, succeeding Stephen Waldis, who remains chairman ... Duff & Phelps retains cybersecurity expert John Bass, ex-CIA, in Legal Management Consulting Practice as director ... Interactive Advertising Bureau adds Orchid Richardson, ex-33Across, as vice president-managing director, IAB Data Center of Excellence ... Congressional Antitrust Caucus co-Chairs are Reps. Rick Nolan, D-Minn., Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis.
With FCC having hired Matthew Duchesne as chief, Office of Native Affairs and Policy (see 1711130036), acting Chief Lyle Ishida remains for some time in ONAP to assist with transition and then remains in Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau "in another position yet to be announced," spokesman says ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission adds Norman Kennard as a commissioner after Senate OK'd 49-0; he succeeds Robert Powelson, resigned upon confirmation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (see 1708040038); Kennard’s term expires March 31, 2019.
Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas, retiring ... Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, changes include: Matt Jensen promoted to legislative director, succeeding John Tanner, taking over legislative affairs at Department of the Interior; Ally Riding, ex-Fresh Lime and ex-Mormon.org, joins as press secretary; and Hatch Judiciary Counsel Ryan Leavitt hired as deputy chief of staff by newly elected Rep. John Curtis, who succeeded fellow Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz ... Madison Square Garden Co.'s David O'Connor steps down as president-CEO; Executive Chairman James Dolan now also is interim CEO.
FCC hires Matthew Duchesne, ex-U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, as chief, Office of Native Affairs and Policy; acting Chief Lyle Ishida remains at the agency ... FCC members appoint Commissioner Brendan Carr to Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service and Federal-State Joint Board on Jurisdictional Separations (see 1711130035); Carr succeeds FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, vacating those positions; Carr and Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel join Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services because of their commission positions ... TiVo board elects Enrique Rodriguez, ex-AT&T Entertainment Group, president-CEO and names him to the board; he succeeds Thomas Carson, retiring and leaving the board, staying as adviser through Q1.
Rivada adds David Hendon to lead "pursuit of open access wholesale wireless opportunities" in the U.K., where he advised Ofcom until early this year; XM Satellite founding general counsel Joseph Titlebaum named Rivada Networks general counsel ... Fiber Broadband Association President-CEO Heather Burnett Gold retires Sept. 30 ... Intel adds from AMD Raja Koduri as chief architect, senior vice president of newly formed Core and Visual Computing Group and general manager of new edge computing initiative.
FirstNet President TJ Kennedy leaving, effective at year's end, to pursue other opportunities in the private sector ... Florida public service commissioners elect Commissioner Art Graham chairman for two-year term beginning Jan. 2; he has been chair in the past, including 2014-16; Julie Imanuel Brown is chairman through Jan. 2 and her commissioner term ends Jan. 1, 2019 ... In more changes at NPR (see 1711020028), it says CEO Jarl Mohn takes "temporary medical leave due to health issues related to his heart surgery in March"; board asks Chief Operating Officer Loren Mayor to manage day-to-day operations, as she did during Mohn's past medical leave.