Ketchum PR's Executive VP Robert Feldman will become president and CEO of Grey Advertising's worldwide PR company, the GCI Group, beginning April 14. Feldman replaces Jack Bergen, who left GCI to join Westinghouse/CBS. (Ketchum, 212/546-2422)
Hill and Knowlton has lured two news veterans into its folds:
Edward Deitch, who worked as a coordinating producer for more than 13 years on "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw," joins the New York office as senior managing director and head of the media service group; and Gary Weitman joins the Chicago operation as managing director of media relations. Weitman comes to the firm from WBBM-TV, Chicago, where he was managing editor. (Hill and Knowlton, 212/885-0300)
Two senior execs, Jon Kasle and Marjorie Wilner, have joined Manning, Selvage & Lee's New York office as VPs. Kasle was VP/corporate communications for Philips Electronics North America, New York. Wilner was a managing director at Hill & Knowlton, New York. (MS&L, 212/213-7010)
The Hawthorn Group, L.C., Arlington, Va., has added two Washington veterans to its senior management team:
Elvoy Raines, a former senior VP at Powell Tate, Washington, D.C., joins the firm as an executive VP; and B. Roland McElroy, formerly a VP of government affairs at the American Forest & Paper Association, Washington, D.C., joins Hawthorn as a senior VP and director of government relations. (The Hawthorn Group, 703/741-7653)
Lisa Fisher joins the life science and technology division of Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger Inc., San Diego, as an account supervisor. She was manager of PR, market research and events at Stac Inc., San Diego. (Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger, 619/236-1332)
Kathleen Rowe joins The Weber Group, Cambridge, Mass., as an account supervisor. Rowe was the assistant director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office, Cambridge, Mass. (The Weber Group, 617/661-7900)
Colle & McVoy, Minneapolis, was promoted Brad Frisvold from account executive to senior account executive. (Colle & McVoy, 612/897-7653)
Nan Johnson joins Edelmann Scott Inc., Richmond, Va., as a senior account executive. Johnson was manager of communications for the Christian Children's Fund, Richmond, Va. (Edelmann Scott, 804/643-1931)
Eisbrenner Public Relations, Troy, Mich., hired John Sonego as a senior account executive. Sonego was the director of marketing and PR for the Detroit Historical Society. (Eisbrenner, 810/641-1446)
Jennifer Ebert joins Opus Event Marketing, Richmond, Va., as director of PR. Ebert previously managed public relations accounts for The Arnold Agency, Richmond, Va. (Opus, 804/644-2200)
Zynyx Marketing Communications Inc., Miami, named Dindy Yokel de Tellez VP. Yokel de Tellez was a VP at O'Connell & Goldberg Public Relations, Hollywood, Fla. (Zynyx, 305/672-4422)
Robert G. Berick has been promoted to VP at Watt, Roop & Co., Cleveland. He continues as director of the investor relations group. (Watt, Roop & Co., 216/566-7019)
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts named Arhlene Flowers director of corporate PR at corporate headquarters in Toronto. She was managing director of Hill and Knowton's travel and leisure communications group in New York. (Four Seasons, 416/435-4301)
Two senior public affairs professionals join Podesta Associates Inc., Washington, D.C., as principals. They are: Missi Tessier, former communications director and press secretary to Senator Ray Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas); and John Flaherty, former director of government and grassroots constituency campaigns at Winner/Wagner & Associates, Washington, D.C. (Podesta, 202/393-1010)
Tausche Martin Lonsdorf PR, Atlanta, named Mark Wheeler a senior account manager. Wheeler was an account executive at William Mills Agency, Atlanta. (Tausche Martin Lonsdorf, 404/221-1188)
Carla Brock has been promoted from group manager to senior group manager at Selz/Seabolt Communications, Chicago. (Selz/Seabolt, 312/372-7090)
Dimond Communications Group, Boston, hired Richard S. Alder as an account supervisor. Alder was director of client services at After Midnight Inc., Boston. (Dimond, 617/424-8373)
Michelle Cacheris, former marketing coordinator for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Washington, D.C., has joined Geddings Communications LLC, Reston, Va., as a senior account executive. (Geddings, 703/709-6680)
Betsy Fitzpatrick has been promoted from senior account executive to account supervisor at Ketchum Public Relations, Pittsburgh. (Ketchum PR, 412/456-3519)
Jennifer Lentin has joined Roni Hicks & Associates, San Diego, as a senior account executive. Lentin was the PR team leader for the IOF Foresters, San Diego. (Roni Hicks & Associates, 619/238-8787)
