New Hires
Brown Powers & Company, New York, named Steven Merahn, M.D. senior VP/director of client services; was EVP/managing director of Stratis KPR, the PR division of KPR Inc., New York.
CHA Relocation Management Inc., San Ramon, Calif., appointed Carrie Stanoff director of marketing; was a marketing communications specialist with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, San Ramon, Calif.
Communico, Indianapolis, hired Theresa M. Browning as director of PR; was director of communications at the Indianapolis office of Purdue University.
Creamer Dickson Basford, New York, appointed Phillip Bloom senior VP; was senior VP/managing director at Burson-Marsteller, New York.
Dewe Rogerson, NewYork, appointed Richard Simonelli director; was managing director at the New York Stock Exchange.
Donovan Group, an integrated marketing firm in Northborough, Mass, named Don Goncalves director of PR; was director of national technology PR at Creamer Dickson Basford, Westwood, Mass.
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, London, appointed Nick May head/director of its global healthcare sector; was healthcare practice chair for the European division of Burson-Marsteller, London.
Hill and Knowlton, New York, hired Don R. Hyman as senior managing director; was director of PR for the pharmaceutical division of Bayer Corporation, West Haven, Conn.; Lisa Van Riper as managing director, marketing communications; was director of communications for Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits, Atlanta; and Shellie R. Winkler as senior managing director/director of strategic development of the health practice; was a healthcare practice strategist for Burson-Marsteller, New York.
Independent Sector, Washington, D.C., named Matthew W. Hamill VP, government relations; was VP for administration and director for tax policy for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C.
James E. Arnold Inc., a management consulting firm in New York, appointed Anthony Rudel managing director for creative and editorial services; was a programming executive for Sony Worldwide Networks, New York.
Liberty Financial Companies, Boston, hired Alicia Verity as director of investor relations and financial communications; was senior account manager, investor relations at FitzGerald Communications, Cambridge, Mass.
Liggett-Stashower Public Relations Inc., Cleveland, hired Kristi Ward as PR program manager; was public affairs coordinator for Time Warner Cable, Cleveland.
M Booth & Associates, New York, named Suzanne Fiur senior VP and director of the consumer products division; was senior VP at DeVries Public Relations, New York.
Mallinckrodt Inc., St. Louis, hired Barbara A. Gould as VP of investor relations; was director of investor relations and corporate communications at M.A. Hanna Company, Cleveland.
Ogilvy Public Relations, London, appointed Paul Philpotts as its new European president; was head of the London office of Burson-Marsteller.
PResence EURO RSCG, New York, hired Diane Donlon as senior VP and director of strategic development; was director of public affairs at Hoffman-La Roche, New York.
Rapp Collins Worldwide, named Jack Mello director of corporate PR; was VP of corporate and business communications at Shandwick, New York.
R.R. Donnelley Financial, New York, appointed Judy Poole director of communications; formerly head of Poole & Associates, New York.
St. Joe Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla., named P. Michael Reininger senior VP of its new entertainment division; was VP/product development for Disney Development Company, Orlando, Fla.
Via Marketing & Design, San Mateo, Calif., appointed Michael Klein communications principal; was partner and principal at One Horse Rhino, a strategic marketing and communications agency in San Francisco.
Promotions
Karen Allport, from account supervisor to VP at Dix & Easton, Cleveland, Ohio.
Marialisa Arnold, from assistant manager of PR to manager of PR; and Cindy Riccio, from senior manager to director of PR for Sara Lee Hosiery, New York.
Monica Baer and Briggen Wrinkle, from account supervisors to VPs at Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee.
Nancy Z. Brennan, from VP to senior VP at Manning, Selvage & Lee, Chicago.
Claire P. Burke from account supervisor to VP, account management at Vorhaus Public Relations, New York.
Elaine Cruikshanks, managing director of Hill and Knowlton, Belgium; and Brian Mersereau, executive VP and general manager of Hill and Knowlton, Ottawa, have been named to additional posts of deputy chairs.
Lori Grant, from director of client services to VP/management supervisor; and Kevin Roberts, from account director to VP/management supervisor at Lally, McFarland & Pantello/EURO RSCG, Montreal.
Linda Kwong, from PR manager to director of corporate communications at BIC Corporation, Milford, Conn.
Steve Lombardo, from senior strategist and researcher to CEO of the KRC research unit at BSMG Worldwide, New York.
Wayne Pacelle, from VP for government affairs and media to senior VP for communications and government affairs at The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Jeff Perlman, from PR counselor to VP of client services at JMPR Public Relations Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif.
Juan Sanchez, from general manager to VP at The Jeffrey Group, Miami.
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