- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Los Angeles, named Priority PR founder Jeff Pryor to the newly created post of executive vice president of corporate communications.
- InterContinental Hotels Group Asia Pacific, Singapore, named Birte Sebastian as director of corporate communications and public relations. She was head of regional
public relations in the Asia Pacific headquarters of the automobile manufacturer Audi.
- Morehead (KY) State University Public Radio named Amanda Baldwin marketing and development director. She previously directed publicity and client marketing for Game
Seven Sports in Lexington.
- Tracy Pawelski has been named director of public relations at Carlisle, PA-based Giant Food Stores LLC. She was director of communications with the Pennsylvania
Department of Public Welfare.
- Don Wycliff, public editor of the Chicago Tribune, has been appointed associate vice president for news and information at Notre Dame University, South Bend, IL.
- USA Wrestling, the Colorado Springs-based national governing body for amateur wrestling, hired Craig Sesker as its communications manager. He was a sports reporter for
the Omaha World-Herald.
- Lionsgate, Los Angeles, promoted Sarah Greenberg and Tim Palen to co-presidents of film marketing. Greenberg was executive vice president for theatrical and home
entertainment and Palen was executive vice president for theatrical marketing.
- Kathleen Trent, former director of public relations for the City of Romulus, MI, joined Oakwood Healthcare System, Dearborn, MI, as supervisor of media relations.
- Littleton Advertising & Marketing of Raleigh, NC, named Matthew Rhodes to head its new PR department. Rhodes was communications director for the Raleigh office of
the March of Dimes.
- Josh Weinberg is the new director of communications for Discovery Channel and the Science Channel, New York. He was a public relations specialist for
newsPROs.
- Jay Wilson, senior director of Los Angeles-based Universal Records, was promoted to vice president of publicity.
- The Leitchfield (KY) Police Department appointed Detective Todd Cave as its new public relations/information officer.
- The Fiji Audio Visual Commission, a government agency that promotes the nation's film and television industries, appointed Florence Swamy as its manager marketing and
public relations. She was the commission's representative in Los Angeles, where she also worked as a promotions officer at the Fiji Trade Commission.
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