Reid Walker joins Honeywell Speciality Materials as VP of communications; he was director of global marketing communications for GE Global eXchange. Contact: reid.walker@honeywell.com. Gemstar-TV Guide International has named Christine Levesque (ex-Rainbow Media Holdings) as executive VP,
communication, marketing and government affairs, in a newly created position. Contact: lschramm@sloanepr.com. Meanwhile, Shira Berk (ex-
Wenner Media) will be doing a stint in the PR department at TV Guide. Contact: shira.berk@tvguide.com ...Laura McMurchie has been
promoted to VP of Communications for the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB); Rachel Pearson is promoted to the new position of Corporate Communications Manager at
the Scottsdale CVB. Contact: lm@scotttsdalecvb.com... Darren Sextro, former publisher with Primedia Business Magazines & Media,
joins Ascend Media as director of corporate communications. Contact: Sextro @ 913.344.1406....
SHIFT Communications, a McLean, Va.-based independent PR firm that launched last month, names Sheila Consaul as the firm's managing director. Consaul has held corporate
communications posts with Servus Financial Corp. (now Wells Fargo), the National Rifle Association and The Tobacco Institute. Contact: ghunter@shiftcomm.com...Burson-Marsteller
brings on board Bennett Freeman managing director for corporate responsibility in the PR firm's U.S. Corporate and Financial Practice. Freeman was Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Contact: christopher_allen@nyc.bm.com...Heyman Associates, an executive search firm, recently placed Jennifer Gery (ex-Brainerd
Communications) as manager of media and investor communications at IMAX Corp. Contact: ntc@heymanassociates.com...KCSA Public Relations Worldwide has promoted Todd Fromer and Evan
Smith to managing partners. Mssrs. Fromer and Smith lead groups within the firm's investor relations practice and both specialize in financial analysis. Contact: gmedici@kcsa.com
Peppercom promotes Jacqueline Kolek as partner. Kolek has been driving the PR programs for GE Financial. Contact: sable@peppersom.com... Avril Lee (ex-Chandler Chicco Agency) joins the London office of Ketchum as deputy managing director of the healthcare
practice; she replaces Mark Cater, who was promoted to managing director of Ketchum's European healthcare practice. Contact: robyn.massey@ketchum.com.