Hill & Knowlton promotes John McCook to senior managing director and deputy of its N.Y. media group.
Gary Thompson, formerly president of Shandwick International, joins Schwartz Communications as EVP.
Gus Weill is named president and CEO of PR21.
Mark Chataway leaves chairman seat at Interscience Europe, a unit of Bcom3, to join Edelman Worldwide as chair, Europe, Edelman Health.
Michael E. Bulger, formerly SVP at Robinson, Lerer & Montgomery, joins
Booz * Allen & Hamilton as director of PR for the firm's worldwide commercial
business.
Joan Wainwright leaves the U.S. Social Security Administration to join Merck & Co. as VP corporate communications.
Business Wire offers 23 $1,000 scholarships to PRSSA chapters.
