HULLIN RESIGNS FROM TIME WARNER PR POST
Tod R. Hullin, one of the highest paid communications executives in the country, has resigned from Time Warner Inc. as senior VP of communications and public affairs.
Hullin, whose compensation package exceeded $1 million last year, plans to move to Utah with his wife. Time Warner execs are saying little about Hullin's decision and pointing media to a memo the company issued on Feb. 1.
Time Warner Chairman Gerald Levin and Time Warner President Richard Parsons have not decided if Hullin will be replaced and there is "no time table" for that call to be made, according to Edward Adler, a spokesperson for Time Warner. Turner Broadcasting purchased Time Warner on Oct. 10 for $7.5 billion. Adler said that Hullin's resignation will not affect the way Time Warner handles its PR strategies, which include corporate communications, investor relations, and media and government relations. That department will remain intact with its present staff of about 50.
In the PR community, Hullin, who had been with Time Warner for six years, is known for his hefty salary and for the deal he struck when he came on board at Time Warner. His compensation, in addition to pension contributions and other employee benefits, included options on 35,000 shares of Time Warner stock. Hullin's salary last year was $525,000 salary, plus a $550,000 bonus.
(Time Warner, Edward Adler, 212/484-8000)
PRSA Names New Director of Counselors Academy
Christine Heyssel, who was an independent PR consultant, was named program director of the Counselors Academy by the Public Relations Society of America. She replaces Steve Erickson who resigned in November. Erickson also was the spokesperson for PRSA, but a replacement for that position still hadn't been announced last week. (PRSA, 212/460-1454)
AAAA Advisory Council Nominates New Chairmen
The Advisory Council of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, New York, nominated at its Jan. 23 meeting, Ralph W. Rydholm and Patrick J. McGrath to serve, respectively, as chairman and vice chairman for the 1997/98 year.
Rydholm is CEO of EURO RSCG Tatham, Chicago. McGrath is president and CEO of Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor Inc., New York. (AAAA, 312/640-3258)
MAAN Names Boyle to VP Spot
The Mutual Advertising Agency Network, which links non-competing agencies across the U.S. and Canada, appointed Les Boyle to VP of the MANN executive committee. Boyle is president of Indianapolis-based CRE Marcom. (CRE, 317/631-0260)
Job Additions/Promotions:
Kathleen Norris-Johnson and Stacy Effron have come on board the Repovich-Reynolds Group Inc., Pasadena, Calif., as fulltime executive recruiters.
The addition of the duo is meant to increase the firm's investor relations, marcom and corporate communication placements. (Repovich,818/585-9455)
Grace Thompson Leong has been promoted from managing director to VP of Hunter & Associates Inc., New York. Leong joined Hunter & Associates in 1989 after she came there from Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart. (H&A, 212/679-6600)
Norine Shults has been named VP/group director of Arnold Public Relations, Boston. Shults comes to Arnold after a five-year tenure with Burson-Marsteller in New York. (Arnold, 617/737-6400)
Technology PR firm Miller/Shandwick Technologies, Boston, has appointed Lisa Kelaita senior VP. She was VP and general manager of the agency's Silicon Valley office. (Miller/Shandwick Technoligies, 617/536-0470)
Mark Shal has been appointed VP of Makovsky & Co.'s Health Sciences Division. He was a communications program manager for Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Del. (Makovsky, 212/508-9644)
James Sloan has been hired as senior managing director of corporate services for the firm's Chicago office.....
Lisa Glodine McCurdy joined H&K as a managing director in the firm's New York office. She had coordinated congressional outreach programs for U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration, Office of the Under Secretary.....
Linda Fedow was named consumer health marketing director at the company's New York headquarters. She was acting director of the agency's New York marcom group. Carla Stanmyre comes on board the New York office as director of marcom services.(Hill & Knowlton, 212/885-0300)