New Hires
GCI Group, Atlanta, hires Terry Wells as senior VP; was co-founder of Atlanta-based Baron, McDonald & Wells, a high-tech PR agency.
USA Networks Enterprises, New York, appoints R. Lee Barstow to director of marketing; was VP, business development/marketing for Virginia-based America Online.
Stoorza Ziegaus & Metzger, Inc., Sacramento, Calif., adds Mitch Zak as campaign manager; was campaign director for Yes on Proposition 226 for the California Trade and Commerce Agency.
Shandwick International, St. Louis, names Dan Harrison managing director; was VP of corporate affairs for Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich.
Schneider & Associates, Boston, names Sue Martenson account manager for its corporate communications group; was a PR consultant for Scudder Investments and Middlesex Bank & Trust, both in Boston. Jennifer English to account director, consumer group; was account manager/senior media strategist for Cone Communications, Boston.
Rockett, Burkhead, Lewis & Winslow, Raleigh, N.C., hires R. Daniel Dahlen as executive VP, client services; was executive VP/CEO at Meldrum & Fewsmith Communications, Inc., Cleveland.
Marina Maher Communications, New York, names Suzanne Haber as VP, media; was senior publicist at Bratskeir and Company. Debbie Diamond as VP for client Max Factor International; was a VP at N.W. Ayer & Partners, Michigan. Eden Wexler as management supervisor; was an in-house publicist/PR account supervisor at Gillespie Advertising, Princeton, N.J. Laurie Raleigh as management supervisor; was senior account supervisor at the Blaze Company, Venice, Calif.
Marcomm Group, Great Neck, N.Y., appoints Evan Sirof PR director; was a market communications director for Scitex Digital, Redwood City, Calif.
Hill and Knowlton, New York, adds Amanda Moss as managing director of marketing communications; was senior director of global marketing for MasterCard International, New York.
EURO RSCG Worldwide, a unit of Havas Advertising, New York, names Daniel Morel as CEO of the company's global marketing group; was senior VP/worldwide director for Blau Marketing Technologies, New York.
Cone Communications, Boston, hires David Nobs as executive VP; was senior VP/ managing director of Earle Palmer Brown PR, New York.
Harris, Baio & McCullough, Philadelphia, adds M. Toni Buckley as senior VP/director of healthcare; was VP/account group director at Dorland Sweeney Jones Health Communications, Philadelphia. Mark Sahl as VP of healthcare; was VP of health sciences Makovsky and Company, New York.
Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger, San Diego, hires Craig Benedetto as VP of public affairs; was VP of public policy at the Greater San Diego Chamber of Commerce.
Edelman Public Relations, New York, hires Remy Ossard as president of Edelman Europe, Paris; was president of BDDP Corporate, Paris.
ATP Tour, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., adds Fran Michelman as VP of PR; was director of Mobil Oil Corp.'s athletic programs in Europe, America, Asia and the Americas.
Duffey Communications, Atlanta, names Kristy Caywood group director of corporate services; was executive publisher/director of marketing for Towery Publishing, Memphis.
Promotions
Michelle Zdrodowski, from senior publicist to press secretary for Mayor Dennis Archer, Detroit.
Janet Cabot, from managing director to senior managing director for BSMG Marketing Communications, Chicago.
Laurie Himmelman Alire, from manager of corporate and marketing communications to director of corporate/marketing communications at Varian Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.
Sara Opie, from PR senior account manager to director of PR, Thomas C. Porter & Associates, Des Moines.
Steve Bryant, from CEO of the now disbanded EvansGroup PR to president of national marketing communications firm Publicis Dialog, Seattle, which recently purchased the firm.
Nina Goodheart, from senior VP/director client services to executive VP at Dudnyk Healthcare Group, Horsham, Pa.
Robert Keating, from executive VP/GM to president/CEO of Lobsenz Stevens Inc., New York.
Jane Cooper, from project manager at CCU Inc., Racine, Wis., to GM at CCU Inc. and VP of Malcom Marketing Communications Group, Racine, which acquired CCU in January.
David Culver, from director of PR to VP/GM of Dudnyk PR, Horsham, Pa.
Amy Colton and Allison Madell, from account executives to managing directors at BSMG Marketing Communications, Chicago.
Association Appointments
American Marketing Association, Chicago, appoints Dr. Charles Madden, VP of university relations for Waco, Texas-based Baylor University to chairman of the board for the association, a volunteer position.
Greater DC Cares adds Cindy Kabler as director of communications; was an account executive for Ruder Finn, Washington.
The Jewish Federation, Los Angeles, adds Annabelle Stevens as PR director; was a PR director for Rogers & Cowan, Los Angeles.
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