PR Movers

  • Steve Harris returned to General Motors as vice president of global communications. He replaces the departing Tom Kowaleski, who replaced Harris when the latter

    retired in 2004.

  • John Hinrichs was named national director of communications for the Los Angeles-based American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He was senior communications

    specialist at the Service Employees International Union.

  • CNF Inc., San Mateo, CA, named Gary N. Frantz as director of corporate communications. He previously helmed the media and analyst relations for GT Nexus, Inc.
  • Richard T. Cole, executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Detroit Medical Center, is the new chairman of the Department of Advertising, Public

    Relations and Advertising at Michigan State University.

  • Jeremy Pepper is the new group manager in Weber Shandwick's San Francisco office. He was founder and president of POP! Public Relations.
  • Michael Dunbar, senior vice president of public relations at the Greater Columbus (GA) Chamber of Commerce, has been named chairman of the communications division of

    the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

  • Carolyn Mosby-Williams, former vice president of communications and community affairs for Veolia Water Indianapolis LLC, has begun her own Indianapolis-based agency,

    Cole Brown Public Relations, which will specialize in corporate, nonprofit and celebrity PR.

  • Nike Communications, Inc., promoted Amanda Christine Miller to vice president. She was the supervisor for the New York agency's travel, wellness and beauty related

    clients.