President of PRSA Joins Cook PR
Edward R. Albanesi, president of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), will serve as a consultant for William Cook Public Relations, Jacksonville, Fla., a subsidiary of The William Cook Agency. (William Cook PR, 904-798-1610)
MWW CEO Goldman Named to Meadowlands Board
Ellen Goldman, CEO of MWW/Strategic Communications, Inc., East Ruthford, N.J., has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center by the Liberty HealthCare systems Board of Trustees, East Rutherford, N.J. (MWW, 201-507-9500)
Former Time Warner Exec Named to Medialink Board
Former Time Warner executive Paul Sagan will join the Board of Directors of Medialink Worldwide Inc., New York, which recently went public. Sagan was president and editor of new media at Time Inc., New York. (Medialink, 212-682-8300)
New Hires and Promotions
Gregory Spector has been promoted from senior VP to president of international PR and public affairs firm GCI San Francisco. (GCI, 415/974-6200)
Mary Haderlein has been promoted from senior VP, management director to senior VP/partner at Grant/Jacoby, Inc., Chicago. (Grant/Jacoby, 312/664-2055)
Charles R. Moses has been named senior VP/public affairs at Paul Werth Associates, Columbus, Ohio. He was director of governmental affairs operation for GTE, Columbus. (Paul Werth Assoc. 614/224-8114)
Patrick Pollino, VP of Mercer Management Consulting Inc., Boston, has been promoted to director of the firm's corporate marcom group, also based in Boston. (Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. 617/861-7580)
Wendy Schweiger has been promoted to VP of PR house Edward Howard & Co. Cleveland, Ohio, from senior account executive at the company's Akron office. (Edward Howard & Co., 216/ 781-2400)
David A. Scanlon has been promoted to executive VP of account services and Daniel J. Driscoll has been named executive VP of business development at Arnold Communications, McLean, Va. Both had been senior VPs and account group directors. (Arnold, 703/760-2839)
Nelson M. Fellman has joined Anne Klein & Associates, Marlton, N.J., as senior VP for strategic planning. Fellman served for nine years as president of Rosanio, Bailets & Talamo, Cherry Hill, N.J. (AKA, 609/988-6560)
In April, Keith Mabee will join the staff of Dix & Eaton Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, as senior executive VP. He is VP/corporate relations at Figgie International, Cleveland. (Dix & Eaton, 216-241-0405)
Jeffrey Linton and Michael Paulus were promoted to executive VP/corporate communications and executive VP/marketing communications, respectively, at Dix & Eaton, Inc., Cleveland. They both were Dix & Eaton VPs. (D&E, 216-241-0405)
Lloyd Axelrod has been named senior VP at Roundhouse Public Relations Inc., White Plains, N.Y. Axelrod was senior VP at Cohn & Wolfe, Atlanta. (Roundhouse, 914-328-1906)
Ron Gamache has been appointed VP of Dawson/Duncan Communication's Boston office. Gamache was assistant VP of Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Rhode Island. (Dawson/Duncan, 508-673-6828)
Christopher Dobens has been promoted from director to VP and director of Creamer Dickson, Basford, Inc., Irvine, Calif. (CDB California, 714-260-4776)