Fates & Fortunes

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Ed Goldman, VP/general manager, WBZ Boston, WSBK Boston and WLWC New Bedford, Mass., named president/CEO, Pro Media Inc., Natick, Mass.

John H. Keib, VP, marketing and sales, Syracuse division, Time Warner Cable, appointed regional VP/marketing and sales management, upstate New York/Maine region.

Ralph Silvan, call center manager, Comcast Knoxville, Tenn., system, named director, Comcast call center, Huntsville, Ala.

Kevan Boner, VP, planning and ultimates, Universal Pictures, Universal City, Calif., named senior VP/CFO, NBC Universal Television Distribution.

At ESPN Communications Department: Bill Hofheimer, managing editor, Walt Disney World media relations, named director, media relations and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA); Tilea Coleman, manager, communications, named senior publicist.

At NBC Entertainment, Burbank, Calif.: Vivi Zigler, senior VP, marketing and advertising services, The NBC Agency, named executive VP, current programs;Ted Frank, senior VP, current series, becomes executive VP, entertainment strategy and programs; Katie O’Connell, executive VP, development and current programming, Imagine Television, named senior VP, New York Development; Michael Weisman, executive producer, The Jane Pauley Show, named executive producer, NBC Universal Television Group; Wendy Luckenbill, director, prime time series publicity, NBC Entertainment, named VP, daytime, alternative and specials; Jamie French, senior press manager, prime time series, becomes director; Jeanette Eliot, manager, operations, NBC Entertainment publicity, appointed director, events and operations; At NBC Sports: David Neal, executive VP, NBC Olympics, named executive producer; Sam Flood, producer, NASCAR on NBC, TNT, NHL, named coordinating producer.

Dan Russell, VP, programming, Travel Channel, Silver Spring, Md., named VP, programming, Discovery Health Channel, Silver Spring.

Shari Howard, director, sponsorships and promotion, marketing operations, TBS and TNT, named VP, sponsored promotions, TV Land & Nick at Nite, New York.

Cara Conte, consultant, the Martial Arts Channel, appointed VP, affiliate sales, HSN and America’s Store.

Rob Green, founder, Media Ventures Pictures, named head of TV movie acquisitions, Granada International, Los Angeles.

Michael Elberg, national sales manager, FSN Florida, Sunrise, Fla., named local sales manager, FSN Florida and Sun Sports.

At KPIX San Francisco: Liam Mayclem, reporter, KRON San Francisco, and Brian Hackney, reporter/meteorologist, KRON, join Eye on the Bay in the same capacities.

Gary Schreier, senior producer, Weekend Business News, Fox News Channel, New York, promoted to executive producer.

Karl Norberg, associate producer, Evening Magazine, KPIX San Francisco, named producer.

Jack Poorman, freelance producer, reality programs, Fox TV, Los Angeles/promo production, KGO San Francisco, joins KGO full-time as promo writer/producer.

Rob Wallace, executive sports producer, WHDH Boston, named senior producer, NESN SportsDesk, New England Sports Network, Boston.

Jennifer Sizemore, deputy managing editor, Houston Chronicle, Houston, named deputy editor, news, MSNBC.com.

At ABC Radio, New York: Mike Connolly, VP, sales, ESPN Radio Network, named senior VP, sales, ABC Radio Networks; Jon Newman, senior editor, ABC News Radio, promoted to manager, news coverage.

Hanna Pantle, senior director, media relations and new media relations, BMI, Los Angeles, named executive director, media relations.

At Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, corporate department, Washington: Thomas J. Dougherty Jr. and Laura C. Mow named partners, telecommunications law practice.

Karalee Vint, manager, board relations, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, North Hollywood, Calif., promoted to director.

Carey Graeber, producer/founder, Great Plains Productions, named president, Women in Film & Television, New York.

Michael O. Johnson, CEO, Herbalife Ltd., elected to board of directors, Univision Communications, Los Angeles, as member, audit committee.

Ann Compton, national correspondent, ABC Radio, New York, elected president, White House Correspondents Association.