Marilyn Sonn taking place, on interim basis, of Sherrese Smith, going on maternity leave, as aide in office of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski; Eloise Gore leaves office of Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, where she was detailed, to return to Media Bureau, where she remains an associate chief … Robert Biederman, ex-AT&T, joins Resolute Consulting as executive vice president … Don Detampel, ex-New Global Telecom, named executive vice president of Charter Communications and president of commercial services … William McKenna returns to Arbitron as senior vice president of new media ventures, newly created job … National Exchange Carrier Association’s new board members: Melissa Newman, Qwest; Evelyn Jerden, LICT Corp.; Raymond Henagan, Rock Port Telephone; Wally Beyer, ex-Rural Utilities Service.

Moves at Google: Vice President Marissa Mayer moving from search to geo-local job, title not disclosed; Udi Manber promoted to head company-wide search quality and user experience … David Kline, ex-Discovery, becomes senior vice president-technology and chief information officer, Viacom and MTV Networks … New vice presidents at 3D joint venture of Sony, Discovery Communications and Imax: Tim Pastore, ex-Discovery Channel, for development and production; and Rod Riegel, ex-the Hub, for marketing and communications … New TVB vice presidents of business development and marketing: Brad Seitter, ex-KSHB-TV Kansas City; and Michael Ward, ex-Tribune Broadcasting … Annie Howell named interim senior vice president of communications and media relations for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel … ION Media Networks promotes Yoav Shahar to vice president, West Coast network sales … Rainbow Media promotes Danielle Pantages-Baker to vice president-ad sales, western region.

Matthew Berry, ex-FCC, joins Patton Boggs … Richard Marsden, ex-DotEcon, hired by Nera Economic Consulting as vice president in its energy, environment and network industries practice … Martin Machowsky, ex-MusicFirst spokesman, hired by McGuireWoods Consulting as senior vice president of strategic communications … Kshitij Kumar and Ram Srinivasan, both ex-TellyTopia, hired by Concurrent’s video solutions business as, respectively, vice president and chief architect … Brian Kahn and Melvin Keating appointed to Integral Systems board as part of deal with Vintage Partners … Patti Wheeler hired by Speed cable network as executive vice president of programming and production … Scott Weinstein, ex-Piper Jaffray, hired by Aurora Networks as vice president of new business development.

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.