Ad agency Cramer-Krasselt opens an autonomous PR division, CKPR, with 85 staffers in four cities (Chicago, Milwaukee, Orlando and Phoenix). CKPR will be looking at
acquisitions in Washington, DC and New York.
Hill and Knowlton appoints Vickee Jordan Adams senior managing director of its media communications practice. Adams arrives from Dow Jones & Company, where she was
director of corporate communications. She will expand this new practice area for H & K.
Brett Weiner joins fellow Schwartz Communications expatriates Jason Mandell, Jason Throckmorton and Jesse O'Dell, as partner, at LaunchSquad, a public relations firm
focused on early stage technology companies. (The original LaunchSquad trio were honorable mentions on the PR NEWS 15-to-Watch list earlier this year.)
IPREX, a worldwide partnership of independent public relations firms, names Robert Oltmanns as president. Oltmanns is president of Skutski & Oltmanns Inc., a
Pittsburgh-based independent PR firm.
Kelley Habib John, a Boston-based integrated marketing firm, launches a CRM Consulting Group, offering clients in-depth analysis of customers' information and practices.
Tom Manning will head the group as EVP and managing director.
