American Baby magazine (owned by Primedia), New York, names Emilie Gale senior account manager; previously an account manager at USA Today, Arlington, Va.
The Miami Herald hires William Cone as general manager and executive producer of Herald Events, a branding/corporate events marketing arm; was in charge of event marketing for parent company Knight Ridder, Miami.
Michelin North America, Greenville, S.C., appoints Michael I. Fanning PR manager; previously VP, corporate communications at Liberty Corp., Greenville.
USA Networks, New York, appoints Samantha Brown director, affiliate relations, Western region; previously senior account executive for ESPN Networks, New York.
APCO Associates, Sacramento, hires Tracy McCargo as manager; was public affairs director for the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, San Francisco.
DeLaunay/Phillips Communications Inc., Seattle, names David Frei VP; was an independent consultant, including a position as a publicist for ABC-TV Sports.
GCI Group, Los Angeles, appoints Robert Chew president; Chew is the founder and president of PFI Communications, Los Angeles, recently acquired by GCI.
Gilbert & Manjura Marketing, Longwood, Fla., names Keith Card SVP of PR; previously director of marketing for Miami-based Benihana, an international restaurant chain.
Hill and Knowlton, Los Angeles, appoints Eileen Morcos managing director; was an investor relations specialist with The Financial Relations Board Inc., Los Angeles.
The Kamber Group, Washington, D.C., rehires Steve Johnson as VP of public affairs; was director of advertising and media at Holland and Knight, LLP, Tampa.
Lane Marketing, a full-service PR and marketing agency in Portland, Ore., names Lisa Donoughe VP of media relations; was VP for New York PR firm Kratz & Company.
Miller/Shandwick Technologies, New York, hires Rick Sacks as an account manager; was director at Spector & Associates, New York; also Norman Iannarelli as an associate account executive; previously PR coordinator at Mecklermedia Corp., Westport, Conn.
Nelson Communications Group, Sacramento, rehires Julie Marengo as senior strategic consultant for the firm's campaigns division; was director of communications for the League of California Cities, Sacramento.
Porter Novelli, New York, hires Diana Castelnuovo-Tedesco as SVP in the consumer practice; previously VP of press and PR for Coty/Lancaster Group Worldwide, a Paris-based cosmetics manufacturer.
Doug Dowie, from SVP to general manager; and Lisa Robinson, from SVP to deputy general manager for Fleishman-Hillard, Los Angeles. * Rob Flaherty, from director to senior partner at Ketchum, New York.
Christian Horn, from director, marcom to VP, marketing communications; and Mary Kay Metcalf, from PR manager to associate communications director, Creative Marketing Alliance, Princeton Junction, N.J.
Patricia Leichtman, from account manager to media relations director at Griffin & Company Inc., Washington, D.C.
Kenneth Lewis, from director to SVP and director of the health sciences group; and Carl Pansini, from VP of marketing to SVP of marketing for Makovsky & Company Inc., New York.
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, London, brings on board John Mahoney as managing director; Mahoney was managing director of Edelman, Dublin; Hugh Gillanders, from director of the Dublin Financial Unit to managing director of Edelman, Dublin; and Tari Hibbitt, from managing director to chief executive at Edelman, London. * Allison Mink, from account manager to client services director at Weber/RBB, Miami.
Tom Ordover, from executive producer/senior media consultant to VP/executive producer for Golin/Harris International, Chicago.
Mark Schannon, from associate director to director; and Lorraine Thelian, from director to senior partner at Ketchum, Washington, D.C.
Jill Schuker, SVP and managing director for The Kamber Group, Washington, D.C., will also head TKG's public affairs practice.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden appoints Brian Craig VP of marketing; was VP of marketing for AeroGroup International Inc., New York.
Optimum Public Relations, Washington, D.C., adds Steve Harlan to its board of directors; Harlan previously was vice chairman of the D.C. Control Board.
