Richard Funess joined Ruder Finn, New York, as managing director
of Ruder Finn/Americas. Prior to joining Ruder--ranked among the
world's 15 largest firms--he was president of the Americas unit of
top-ten global PR firm Manning Selvage & Lee (MS&L), New York.
Funess joins another MS&L colleague, Anthony Esposito, who last
month left Manning to become executive vice president and chief
financial officer at Ruder. (Ruder, 212/593-6428)