- General Electric, Fairfield, CT, appointed Dan Henson chief marketing officer. He was chief commercial officer of GE Commercial Finance, and in his new
capacity he will oversee the company's communications projects.
- Susan Goodenow has been named vice president of business public relations for Major League Baseball, headquartered in New York. She was officer for corporate
partnerships and cause marketing at the American Red Cross.
- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Toronto, named Tammy Phillips executive director of public relations. She was acting director of public relations for The Fairmont
Royal York
- Burson-Marsteller, New York, named Patrick Ford as its new CEO. He was chairman of the company's global Corporate/Financial Practice and New York Market Leader, and he
will succeed the retiring Ken Rietz.
- Edelman appointed Kevin Brett as senior vice president, leading the agency's Semiconductor group in Silicon Valley. He was director of corporate public relations at
LSI Logic Corp.
- The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, has named the Board of Advisors for its new Plank Center for Public Relations Studies. The board members are: Dr.
Culpepper Clark, dean of the university's College of Communication & Information Sciences; Ronald Culp, chairman of Citigate Sard Verbinnen and former senior
vice president of public relations and government affairs for Sears, Roebuck & Co.; John "Jack" Felton, former vice president of public relations at McCormick
Spice and president/CEO-Emeritus of the Institute for Public Relations; John "Jack" Koten, former senior vice president of public relations at Ameritech and co-
founder and past president of the Arthur W. Page Society; William Heyman, president and CEO of Heyman Associates; Dr. Linda Hon, associate professor of public
relations at the University of Florida; Betsy Plank, chairwoman of The Plank Center; Dr. Maria P. Russell, professor of public relations and director of the New
Initiatives in Public Relations Education at Syracuse University; Deborah Shriver, vice president and chief communications officer at The Hearst Corporation; and Andre
Taylor, vice president of communications for Alabama Gas Corporation.
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