Communications Personals
Mintz Levin promotes Mo Cowan to president-CEO ML Strategies, succeeding Stephen Tocco, named chairman ... Fletcher Heald hires intellectual property expert Karyn Ablin, ex-Wiley Rein, as member ... Crown Media Executive Vice President-Business Affairs & General Counsel Charlie Stanford retires, succeeded by Deanne Stedem, joining from parent company Hallmark Cards, and Mark Kern, ex-Hub TV Network, rejoins Crown Media as senior vice president-corporate communications & media relations, new position ... Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission promotes Daniel Mumford to permanent director-Office of Competitive Market Oversight; Megan Good becomes deputy director.
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Time Warner promotes to Warner Bros. Pictures presidents Blair Rich for worldwide marketing and Lynne Frank, international marketing and worldwide planning and operations, new position ... BBC America hires Oswald Méndez, ex-MundoFox Broadcasting, as executive vice president-marketing and digital ... Emcore hires Jikun Kim, ex-Merex Group, as chief financial officer, succeeding Mark Weinswig ... Metaswitch Networks names Ian Maclean, ex-Tango Networks, chief marketing officer ... RingCentral hires, both ex-Avaya, Carson Hostetter as vice president-enterprise sales and Chuck Emmette as head, Professional Services, and David Marler, ex-ShoreTel, as vice president-customer success ... Windstream's Allworx promotes David Plakosh to general manager, and he continues as chief technology officer ... Visteon hires Steven Fitzgerald, ex-Avaya, as vice president-chief human resources officer ... LeEco, streaming and smart devices firm, hires Joshua McGuire, ex-Google, as vice president-general counsel.
Receiving FCC Catherine Forster Public Service Award are: Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau Consumers Policy Division Associate Chief Kristi Thornton; Enforcement Bureau Telecommunications Consumers Division Deputy Chief Sharon Lee; Media Bureau Video Division Chief Policy Counsel Dorann Bunkin; Chief William Hurst, of Office of Engineering and Technology Laboratory Division Technical Research Branch; Office of General Counsel Administrative Law Division Assistant General Counsel Patrick Carney; and Information Technology Center Deputy Chief Information Officer-Management John Skudlarek ... Lobbyist registration: Uber, Capitol Tax Partners, effective May 2.