PR People: New Hires/Promotions

Feinstein Partners Inc. Names New Partner

Patricia Jones, senior VP of marketing communications at Feinstein Partners Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has been named a partner in the firm. Jones joined FPI in 1995 to establish a marketing communications practice. (Feinstein Partners, 617/577-8110)

Cohn & Wolfe Names New Atlanta General Manager

Charley Farley, vice chairman and chief creative officer of Cohn & Wolfe's Atlanta office since 1993, will now assume the role of general manager. Farley will maintain his vice chairman status. (Cohn & Wolfe, 404/880-5252)

Personnel Changes

  • At APCO Associates, a public affairs and strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C., four senior associates have been promoted to VP. They are Buddy Gill, Susan Brodsky, Fabia D'Arienzo and Robert Schooling. (APCO, 202/778-1056)
  • Richard P. Welcome has joined TrizecHahn Corporation, San Diego, as senior VP of development. Welcome was executive VP of Homart, San Diego (TrizecHahn, 619/546-1001)
  • David Morelli and Josh Cobden have joined Environics Communications, Toronto, as senior consultants. Morelli was PR manager for Microforum Inc., Toronto. Cobden was a consultant at Goodman Communications, Toronto. (Environics, 416/920-9000)
  • Nancy Fierle has rejoined Dix & Eaton Inc., Cleveland, as VP of production services. Most recently, Fierle was manager of creative services/production services at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. (Dix & Eaton, 216/241-0405)
  • Golin/Harris Communications, Chicago, has hired Kim Durk as Account Supervisor. Durk was a Chicago-based PR consultant for various sports and special-events clients. (Golin/Harris Communications, 312/836-7100)
  • Lauren A. Rudowitz has been appointed senior account executive at Keating Communications Inc., New York. Rudowitz was an account executive at Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, New York. (Keating Communications, 212/760-2400)
  • Colle & McVoy Marketing Communications, Minneapolis, has promoted four managers to VP. They are Bobbi Anderson Iversud, Cynthia Clanton, Denise Munson and Jeff Wozniak. ( Colle & McVoy, 612/897-7653)
  • Brower, Miller & Cole, Newport Beach, Calif., has promoted Seth Feller from account executive to senior account executive. (Brower, Miller & Cole, 714/720-8407)
  • Sue Ann Bailey has joined KVO Advertising and Public Relations, Portland, as senior account supervisor of its Mentor Graphics account team. Bailey was director of communications for Florida-based Weiss Research. (KVO, 503/221-7411)
  • Nicoll Public Relations Inc., Sharon, Mass., has promoted Kimberly D. Fians from account executive to Account Supervisor. (Nicoll, 617/784-4400)
  • Scott Griffiths has joined Townsend & O'Leary, Laguna Hills, Calif., as senior VP and account director. Griffiths comes to T&O from William & Scott Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., where he was the founder and chairman. (T&O, 714/855-7870)
  • Vollmer Public Relations, Houston, has promoted Denisha Rauston from account executive to management supervisor and Barry Clifford has been promoted from assistant account executive to account executive. (Vollmer, 713/546-2230)
  • Jamie Roth has been promoted from marketing associate to media specialist at Marcy Monyek and Associates, Chicago. (Marcy Monyek, 312/263-2135)