Brenda C. Siler was recently named national director of communications and marketing for the United Negro College Fund. She was formerly director of public relations
for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Val Belmonte, former executive director of U.S. Figure Skating, was named associate vice president for athletic marketing and development at Quinnipiac
University in Hamden, Conn.
Ashley Smith, former director of local marketing and publicity at ESPN, joined Turner Network Television in Atlanta as director of marketing.
Amanda Mott was named director of communications at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia. She had been director of communications and public relations at Episcopal Community Services.
Kimberly Ward Manning was hired as vice president of marketing and public relations of the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. in Bethlehem, PA. She was formerly
director of project development for Flad & Associates, a Raleigh, N.C., architecture and engineering firm.
Lorraine Voles, formerly communications director for Senator Tom Harkin (D-Neb) and Vice President Al Gore, was named communications director for Senator Hillary Rodham
Clinton (D-N.Y.). She was previously a spokesperson for the advocacy group America Coming Together.
Joel Amsterdam was named vice president of publicity for Concord Music Group, Beverly Hills, Calif. He was formerly vice president for press and artistic development
for the Elektra label.
Marion Ciciarelli was appointed public relations manager at Oswego Health Inc. in Oswego, N.Y. She was previously a journalist for two upstate New York newspapers, the Fulton Patriot and the Palladium-Times.
Joanna Mineau, former manager of public relations for the Chicago-based Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., launched the boutique agency Page 1 PR.
ISIS Public Relations & Marketing in Fort Collins, Colo.,is closing in January after nine years. The agency's owners will open new PR agencies: Melissa
Katsimpalis will launch MUSE Consulting, with a focus on the arts and biotechnology, and Laura Sandell will begin Dowling Public Relations, focusing on a wide client
spectrum.
At the Horn Group Inc., Len Dieterle joined the company as managing director of its Boston operations. He was formerly senior vice president at Porter
Novelli.
Washington-based Marmillion + Company announced that Norma Jane Sabiston, chief of staff to Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La), is joining the agency in January as a vice
president.
