Franco Bernabè, Telecom Italia, elected chairman of GSMA board … Space Foundation hires Art Ratkewicz, ex-Air Force Space Command, as manager-cyber initiatives, new position … New Clearwire board members, nominated by Sprint Nextel: William Blessing, ex-Embarq; Mufit Cinali, Springwell Capital Partners; and Hossein Eslambolchi, ex-AT&T.

Gary Andres, ex-Dutko Worldwide, becomes House Commerce Committee staff director … Time Warner Cable promotes Robert Marcus to president and chief operating officer, replacing Landel Hobbs, who is leaving the company … Corporation for Public Broadcasting names Jennifer Lawson, ex-Howard University TV, senior vice president-TV and digital video content … Bravo Media promotes Andy Cohen to executive vice president of original programming and development … Crown Media hires Annie Howell, ex-Discovery Communications, as senior vice president of communications and media relations.

Randall Rothenberg leaving Interactive Advertising Bureau as president and CEO Jan. 17 to become Time Inc. chief digital officer; Chief Operating Officer Patrick Dolan will lead group as it searches for new CEO … Skip Pizzi, ex-Radio Ink, Microsoft and NPR, joins NAB as director-digital strategies … ShoreTel hires Peter Blackmore, ex-UTStarcom, as president and CEO; Don Girskis, who was interim CEO, resumes position as senior vice president of worldwide sales.

Aspen Institute names Gary Epstein, ex-Latham & Watkins, managing director and general counsel, International Digital Economy Accords Project … New at Univision: Isaac Lee, ex-Poder, president-news; Alexander Brown, ex-Petry Holding, president-sports … Bright House Networks promotes Craig Cowden to senior vice president, network engineering and operations … Interactive Advertising Bureau promotions: Patrick Dolan to executive vice president and chief operating officer; David Doty to senior vice president and chief marketing officer, new position; and Mike Zaneis to senior vice president and general counsel … Martha Stewart Living board elects Claudia Slacik, JPMorgan Chase, a director, replacing Michael Goldstein, stepping down at year’s end.

Brady “Tripp” Rackley, ex-Firethorn, joins Cox Enterprises board … New Fiber-to-the-Home Council board members: Kevin Bourg of Enablence Systems, Doug Dowling of Tyco Electronics, and Kevin Morgan of Adtran … NBC Universal promotes Joe Navarro to Telemundo senior vice president of human resources … New GMV Space Systems board members: Robert Spearing, ex-NASA; Ronald Luzier, ex-Swales Aerospace; and Victor See, Integrity Applications.

David Fish leaves Verizon, where he worked in the Washington office as executive director of external communications … Co-chairs of FCC Emergency Access Advisory Committee: Richard Ray, Los Angeles Department on Disability, and David Dzumba, Telecom Industry Association … PCS Wireless hires Mitch Black, ex-Brightpoint, as president of sales and purchasing … Netflix Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy resigns Friday to pursue opportunities outside the company, being replaced by David Wells, who was vice president of financial planning and analysis … Tribune Broadcasting promotes Ashley Messina to vice president and general manager of WDCW Washington, after having been interim head of the CW affiliate.

Verizon Communications names Anthony Melone, ex-Verizon Wireless, executive vice president and chief technology officer, replacing Shaygan Kheradpir, leaving for Barclays … New CTIA officers: Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel, chairman; Pat Riordan, Cellcom, vice chairman; Mary Dillon, U.S. Cellular, secretary; Bret Comolli, Asurion, treasurer; new executive committee members Frank O'Meara, Allied Wireless, F.J. Pollak, TracFone Wireless, and Ron Smith, Bluegrass Cellular … John Betkoski, Connecticut DPUC, joins NARUC board … Canoe Ventures names David Grabert, ex-Cox Communications, vice president-marketing … Comcast hires Mark Lazarus, ex-Career Sports & Entertainment, as senior sports adviser …. Viacom promotes Jeff Lucas to head sales for music and entertainment groups of MTV Networks … Women in Cable Telecommunications hires Amy Lynn Marshall Lambrecht, ex-George Mason University, as associate vice president of resource development … CBS Radio hires Jerry McKenna, ex-Entercom, as senior vice president and market manager for Las Vegas … Turner Sports Ad Sales hires Greg Millard, ex-IMG, as vice president of NCAA partnerships, new position.

Michael Treschow decides to resign as Ericsson chairman next year or in 2012 … Francisco Ros, ex-government of Spain, joins Qualcomm board … Michael Vivio promoted by Cox Enterprises to president of Cox Target Media/Valpak effective early next month, succeeding Greg Bicket, retiring … Nickelodeon promotes Keiren Fisher to senior vice president of series production, West Coast … MSG Sports promotions: Howard Jacobs to executive vice president-marketing and sales; Mike Ondrejko to senior vice president-corporate sales and service; Sean Downes to vice president-corporate entertainment.

Cox Communications names Don Hallacy, a consultant who used to work at Sprint, interim chief technology officer … Ben Sherwood to return to ABC as president of ABC News … McGraw-Hill hires John Berisford, ex-PepsiCo, as executive vice president of human resources starting Jan. 3, replacing David Murphy, retiring … Samsung Mobile hires Brian Rosenberg, ex-Ericsson North America, as senior vice president of sales … New Brightpoint vice presidents-business development, Americas, both ex-ModusLink: Dana Hicks and Tom Cherryhomes.

Center for Democracy & Technology hires Justin Brookman, ex-N.Y. Attorney General’s Office, to lead Project on Consumer Privacy … Dan Dooley, ex-Sprint, becomes president-general manager, Telecommunication Services Division, Transaction Network Services Inc. … Dick Amell, ex-Time Warner Cable, joins Bright House Networks as corporate vice president, video engineering and operations … NBC Universal promotes David O'Connell to Bravo senior vice president of production and operations and hires Christian McLaughlin, ex-VH1, as Bravo production vice president … Discovery promotes Alyson Jackson to vice president-international production management … Insight Communications hires Keely Bostock as vice president of programming and video services … Greg Blatt, ex-Match.com, hired as CEO by IAC and joins board, succeeding Barry Diller, who becomes chairman and senior executive.