Anne Desautels joins Schwartz Communications, a high-tech and medical technology PR firm in Waltham, Mass., as SVP. She was most recently head of Manning, Selvage & Lee's global technology PR practice in San Francisco and brings more than 15 years of high-tech PR experience to the Schwartz post.
(Schwartz Communications, 781/684-0770)
James Wyckoff joins Marshall Consultants, a PR and corporate marketing executive search firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles, as SVP. Wyckoff has more than 25 years of experience in PR, advertising, publications, marketing, public affairs and video production. Within the healthcare arena, Wyckoff was director of PR at College of Mount Saint Vincent and an assistant VP of communications and marketing at Columbia University Health Sciences Division.
(Marshall Consultants, James Wycoff, 212/628-8400)
Buzz Woods heads up the online media division of Harrison Wilson & Associates (HW&A) as SVP, managing director of e-CME. Prior to joining HW&A, Woods was EVP of marketing and sales for Medcast, now called WebMD.
(HW&A, Buzz Woods, 973/658-2230)
Miriam Ryan has been named director of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide's health and medical practice in London.
Ryan will spearhead the development of global and domestic PR programs for health and medical clients. She will immediately work on Novartis and Wyeth Ayerst accounts.
(Ogilvy PR, Sherry Pudloski, 212/880-5240)