- Gregory R. Venne, former senior corporate PR manager for Polaroid Corp., Cambridge, Mass., has joined Cone Communications as vice president. Cone specializes in consumer marketing and corporate communications. (Cone, 617/227-2111)
- Bozell PR/New York, has promoted Jill Tannenbaum to managing director in the company's healthcare practice. Previously, Tannenbaum oversaw a broad range of accounts at Bozell PR, a subsidiary of Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt, a global marketing communications company. (Bozell, 212/484-7419).
- Shaunelle Sutter has joined Meyocks & Priebe Advertising Inc., West Des Moines, Iowa, as a senior account manager. Sutter was the former assistant director of marketing and consumer research analyst for Hy-Vee Inc., West Des Moines. (Meyocks & Priebe, 515/225-1200)
- Trinity Communications Inc., Conshohoken, Pa., has brought Susan H. Watkins on board as PR director. She had worked as a freelance health PR practitioner. Trinity is a healthcare marcom firm. (Trinity, 610/832-2000)
- Tunheim Santrizos Company, a Minneapolis-based PR and communications firm, has promoted Cathy McCarron and Pete Stoddert to account supervisors; and Angie Andresen, Valerie Haack and Jennifer Sailer to account executives. It also appointed Laurie Fink to senior account executive and Randy Bunker to account rep. (Tunheim, 612/851-1600)
- Lisa Garb was named senior associate, public relations, at Gillespie, a marcom agency in Princeton, N.J. She came from Parsippany-based Hospitality Franchise Systems Inc., where she was PR manager. (Gillespie, 609/895-0200)
- Jennifer Duncan was named director of media relations and YoungHae Chu was named manager of media relations at Streetball Partners International, the grassroots sports marketing company of NBC Sports. She was account supervisor in the hospitality/entertainment group at Edelman, Dallas. Chu was a PR representative a MCCommunications, Dallas. (SPI, 972/991-1110)
- Princeton Partners Inc., a marketing, advertising and PR business in Princeton, N.J., appointed Kerri Cohen to the position of traffic coordinator. (Princeton Partners, 609/452-8500)
- Karen Klickmann has been promoted from assistant account executive to senior account executive at Public Communications Inc., Chicago. (PCI, 312/558-1770)
- Mary L. Wheatley, who served as communications coordinator for Baptist Healthcare System Inc., Louisville, came on board at Guthrie/Mayes Public Relations, Louisville, as an account manager. (Guthrie/Mayes, 502/584-0371)
- Janet Roberts joined Fraser/Young, an advertising, marketing and PR agency in Santa Monica, as senior public and media relations associate.
She came from MicroSim Corp., a Southen California PR business, where she managed marketing communications. (Fraser/Young, 310/451-0300)
- Nancy M. Sergeant was hired as a PR account supervisor at marcom firm Scelba, Scelba, DeTitta & Wolfson, Montville, N.J. (SSD&W, 201/263-5292)
- Meryl Suben has been promoted to senior vice president and Linda A. Mura has been promoted to vice president at Porter Novelli's Chicago office.
Previously, Suben headed the office's consumer marketing and business-to-business practices and Mura was an account supervisor. (Porter Novelli, 312/856-8860)