New Hires
Ambit Marketing Communications, Fort Lauderdale, hires Stu Opperman as PR director; was an account executive at O'Connell & Goldberg.
APCO Associates appoints David Puglia VP in the Sacramento, Calif., office; he spent seven years in PR and communications with former Attorney General Dan Lungren.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden appoints Brian Craig as VP of marketing; was VP of marketing for AeroGroup International Inc., New York.
Centraal, San Carlos, Calif., names Donna Loughlin VP, corporate communications; was sr. director at Exodus, Santa Clara, Calif.
Cohn & Wolfe, New York, names Elizabeth Beck as SVP/Group Manager; was EVP/NY Consumer Practice Group for Shandwick, New York.
Creative Marketing Alliances Inc., Princeton Junction, N.J., names Brad Schmitt as director of PR; most recently president at Gar Schmitt Associates, Cedar Grove, N.J.
DA Consulting Group, Houston, a global provider of technology training, appoints Kyle Leak as investor relations manager; previously investor relations manager for Metamor Worldwide, Houston.
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide appoints Steven Lombardo president and CEO of StrategyOne and co-director of Edelman's U.S. Corporate Reputation practice; was partner with BSMG Worldwide.
Edward Howard & Co., Columbus, Ohio, hires Marcia Frederick as senior account executive; was an account supervisor with Baird Communications, Columbus.
Forte Software, Oakland, Calif., names Steve Akers marketing and Web communications manager; was marcom manager at MobiNetix, Sunnyvale, Calif.
Imagio Technology Advertising and Public Relations, Seattle, hires Paul Rakov as associate director and Megan McQueen as assistant account executive for the PR Internet/E-commerce group
Ketchum, Washington, D.C., hires Elizabeth McLean as senior VP; was senior VP for First Maryland Bancorp.
Kratz & Jensen, Chicago, names Paul Clarke director; was VP at ProVisions, Chicago.
The Mott Foundation, Flint, Mich., rehires Marilyn Stein LeFeber as VP of communications; previously VP of the Retirement Research Foundation, Chicago. LeFeber served as assistant VP of communications for the Mott Foundation from 1978 to 1982.
Multi-Video Group Ltd., New York, names Joseph Passarella chief marketing officer and partner; formerly senior VP of marketing and advertising for the United Paramount Network (UPN).
Ogilvy Public Relations, Atlanta, adds Dian Terry as SVP in its Strategic Marketing Practice; was managing director of Hill & Knowlton China.
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, New York, adds Valerie Carlson as VP, overseeing communications for business-to-business clients; was managing supervisor for Fleishman-Hillard, New York; and Nancy Tamosaitis as SVP in its technology practice; was managing director and SVP for LobsenzStevens, New York.
Optimum Public Relations, Washington, D.C., adds Steve Harlan to its board of directors; Harlan previously was vice chairman of the D.C. Control Board.
Selz/Seabolt Communications, Inc. (Pinnacle/Chicago), appoints Dan Dullaghan senior VP/healthcare.
Shandwick International, New York, appoints Paul B. Costello to the new position of managing director, national media; formerly VP at HBO.
Singapore Airlines, Los Angeles, names James Boyd director of PR; was director of PR, Americas for Air New Zealand and Ansett Australia, where he was based in Los Angeles.
Stone, August, Medrich & Company (SAMCO), Troy, Mich., appoints Liz Pinto president of the PR division of August & Partners Public Relations; formerly director of marketing for RECARO North America, Clawson, Mich.
The Weber Group, Cambridge, Mass., appoints Anne Maher as VP of finance; was director of information systems administration for Oxford Health Plans; and Trudy Almquist as manager of finance; was business manager for Lightbridge Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Weber Public Relations Worldwide, Atlanta, hires Bradley Daves as VP ; was an independent marketing consultant.
Winterberry Group LLC, New York, hires Laurel Irnig as the research director; was senior analyst in the mergers and acquisitions practice at Gruppo, Levey & Co.
Promotions
Audrey Adlam, promoted to VP, National Media Relations at Porter Novelli, New York.
Mike Hatcliffe from managing director, corporate technology, Ketchum, London, to senior VP, corporate practice for the Chicago office; Jerry Olszewski from senior partner/international to manager of European operations for the Washington, D.C. office.
Richard S. Kline, from executive vice president to acting general manager for Fleishman-Hillard, San Francisco.
Amanda Rosen, from account supervisor in the Health Care Practice to VP of Porter Novelli, New York.
Steve Schwartz, president and co-founder of Schwartz Communications, Inc., elected to a five-year term on the Board of Trustees, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.
Sarah Skerik, PR Newswire, Chicago, promoted from senior account executive to national marketing manager for technology.
Ray Wyman Jr., The World Trade Center Association, Los Angeles, promoted from director of marketing to VP of marketing for the World Trade Center Business Tourism.
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