New Hires
- Alan Towers Associates, New York, hires Scott Sunshine as executive VP; was president at investor relations/corporate communications firm Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc., New York.
- Computer Sciences Corporation, El Segundo, Calif., hires Frank Pollare as director of public information; was executive VP and GM of Shandwick, Los Angeles.
- Food corporation Ecco D'oro, Warren, Mich., hires Linda Fontana as VP of marketing; was communications manager for McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, Ill.
- Healthcare communications company, Falk Communications Inc., New York, brings on board Gloria J. Governali as senior VP, director of client services; was senior VP at Grey's Phase V Communications, New York.
- Iridium LLC, a global wireless communications network company based in Washington D.C., hires Lorrie Secrest as president of public affairs; was director of media relations-Europe at Ameritech, London.
- Ketchum Public Relations, Atlanta, hires David Rubinger as senior VP; was editor of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta.
- LAI Ward Howell, an executive search firm in New York, hires Richard L. Baird as VP and president of Internet recruitment; was operations leader/Americas for PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York.
- Madigan & McManus, Inc., marketing and communications firm, Stamford, Conn., hires Gregory L. Grudzinski as director of client services; was director of business development at Progressive Grocer magazine, New York.
- Public Relations Partners, Inc., Cleveland, hires Richard L. DeChant, Jr. as executive VP; was VP and senior program manager at Liggett-Stashower Public Relations, Cleveland.
- SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, Fla., hires Susan Flower as senior PR representative; was in the consumer products division of Edelman, Chicago.
- Selz/Seabolt, Chicago, hires Kathy Cummings as group manager; was corporate PR with Keebler Foods Company, Elmhurst, Ill.
- Shepardson Stern and Kaminsky, New York, hires Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon as counsel; former U.S. Ambassador to Chile; David Duffy, new executive VP; was senior VP at Chubb & Son, New York.
- The Reeves Agency, Baltimore, hires L. V. "Chip" Miller, Jr. as CEO; was president of diversity at Sherwood, Inc., Baltimore.
Promotions
- Frederick R. Aikins, from director/Mazda information bureau to managing director for Hill and Knowlton, Irvine, Calif.
- Lisa Bernier, from VP/account supervisor to VP/account director for Mullen, a PR and ad house in Wenham, Mass.
- Karen Griffin, from controller to associate VP/director of finance for Carter Ryley Thomas Public Relations & Marketing Counsel, Richmond, Va.
- Molly Kunz, from assistant media director to media director for Marketing Support, Inc., Chicago.
- Mark Levine, from account supervisor to VP corporate communications for Millsport L.L.C., Stamford, Conn.
- Keith Mabee, from senior executive VP to president for Dix & Eaton, Cleveland.
- Steven J. Maurano, from director of PR to senior VP for Duffy & Shanley, Inc., Providence, R.I.
- Peter D. Pedersen, from account supervisor to VP for WHaM Communications, Seattle.
- Linda Siefkas, from VP to VP/manager for PR agency Edward Howard & Co., Cleveland.
- Karen O'Rourke Zatorski, from director to VP of corporate relations for Viacom, Inc., New York.
- Dawn Wilcox, from account manager to GM at Deen & Black, Los Angeles.
- Glynis Harrison-Willis, from operations manager to associate VP/director of operations for Carter Ryley Thomas Public Relations & Marketing Counsel, Richmond.
Note: Personnel Announcements can be faxed to Nick Mitsis
at 301/340-1451.