Bionutrics Inc., Phoenix, appointed Sandra Gotham Meehan senior VP, corporate communications; was managing partner of Gotham Meehan Partners, New York.
Carlson Wagonlet Travel, Minneapolis, appointed Patrice Vick director communications and PR; was assistant VP/corporate communications for Norwest Corp., Minneapolis.
Colle & McVoy, Minneapolis, hired Bob Hanvik as account manager in PR; was account supervisor at Tunheim Santrizos Co., Bloomington, Minn.
Duffey Communications, Atlanta, hired Paul Smith as senior account executive; was director of public affairs for the Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce in Florida.
Electronic Media Communications L.L.C., Newport Beach, Calif., hired Ron Sylvester as EVP and GM; was senior VP of production for Edelman PR Worldwide, New York.
Grant/Jacoby Inc., Chicago, named Andrea Jaeckel senior account executive; was account manager at LEC Limited, Chicago.
Golin Harris Communications, Chicago, hired Scott Farrell as senior VP; was senior VP and group manager at Cohn & Wolfe, Chicago.
Keller Crescent Co., Evansville, Ind., hired Talisa Griffith as PR assistant account manager; was admission counselor at the University of Evansville.
Laer Pearce & Associates, Irvine, Calif., hired Gerry Tschopp as account supervisor; was account management supervisor at Porter Novelli, Irvine, Calif.
The Loomis Group Inc., San Francisco, named Bruce Hokanson associate director of PR/account manager; was VP of PR at Mathews and Clark Communications, San Francisco.
Metrocall Inc., Alexandria, Va., named Michael T. Scanlon Jr. senior VP/marketing communications; was associate executive director of American Bar Association.
Miller/Shandwick Technologies, Boston, appointed Liz O' Donnell VP; was VP and assistant GM at Bohle Company, Los Angeles.
NBC News, New York, hired Cory Shields as director of media relations; was director of communications for MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, New York.
Podesta Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., hired Drew Littman; he was policy director to California Sen. Barbara Boxer (D).
PR Associates Inc., Detroit, hired Richard H. Pacini as senior VP; was manager/marketing communications for Rockwell Automotive's Light Vehicle Systems, Detroit.
R&B Public Relations, Mineola, N.Y., hired Susan Murphy-Jacobsen as director of PR; previously worked on freelance projects; and Stephen Koenigsberg as director/media relations; was director of PR for Market Guide Inc.
Richard French & Associates, Raleigh, N.C., hired three new executives: Steve Eisenstadt as media relations specialist; was a business reporter for (Raleigh) News & Observer; Alicia Haigler as account executive; was news producer at WTVD News Channel 11, Durham, N.C.; and Hollister Trott as media relations associate; Hollister was public relations specialist with the Science Museum in London.
Shandwick Public Affairs, Washington, D.C., hired Maureen Santini as Senior VP; was VP at Powell Tate, Washington, D.C.
Silverman Media & Marketing Group Inc., New York, hired Arthur Solomon as account supervisor; was senior VP/sports and marketing for Burson-Marsteller, New York.
SunAmerica, Los Angeles, named Don Spetner VP/corporate communications; was VP/corporate communications for Nissan North America.
Promotions
Cathy Boje, from director of operations to VP of operations at West Glen Communications, New York.
Barbara S. Brogliatti was appointed senior VP, corporate communications at Warner Bros. Inc., New York,; was senior VP, worldwide television publicity, promotion and PR.
Louis Capozzi was named chairman and CEO of Manning, Selvage & Lee, New York; was executive VP of creative and strategic planning
Steve Carr, from VP/account supervisor, PR to VP/director of integrated PR at Cramer-Krasselt, Chicago.
Cone Communications, Boston, announced four promotions: Donna Caturano, from senior account executive to account manager; Jutta Dinkelacker, from account administrator to account executive; Margaret Gazzara, from executive assistant to operations manager;
Mark Josephson, from account executive to senior account executive.
Franne Entelis and Mary Cammack Eitel were named VPs at The Headline Group, Atlanta; Eitel also serves as director of entertainment services and Entelis also serves as director of media services.
Michelle Gardner and Lora Herbert were promoted from account executives to senior account executives at LaBreche & Murray Public Relations, Minneapolis.
David Hakensen and Thomas J. Jollie were promoted from VPs to senior VPs at Padilla Beardsley Inc., Minneapolis.
Sheri Johnson, from account executive to account supervisor at Laer Pearce & Associates, Irvine, Calif.
Irving B. Kalick, promoted from EVP/affiliate sales and marketing to EVP/marketing, business development and program distribution for QVC, West Chester, Penn.
Alex Kozlov, from account supervisor to senior account supervisor at KSK Communications Ltd., Vienna, Va.
Sean P. Murray, from account supervisor to account group supervisor at Golin Harris Communications, Philadelphia.
Scott C. Pansky, from senior account executive to account supervisor at The Gable Group, San Diego.
Mary Kay Reiff, from account executive to senior account executive at LaBreche & Murray Public Relations, Minneapolis.
Tammy Roberts, from PR manager to director of corporate communications at Bob Evans Farms, Columbus, Ohio.
Elsa M. Runk, from account executive to senior account executive at Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger, Inc., San Diego.
Leigh Wietsma, from account executive to PR director at Sefton Associates Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Michael G. Zimmerman, from EVP to president and COO at Watt, Roop & Co., Cleveland; Mark J. Willis, from senior VP to EVP.
