President of LevLane Ad and PR Co. Named President of MAAN
David A. Lane, president of LevLane Advertising and Public Relations, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., has been elected president of the Mutual Advertising Agency Network (MAAN), a consortium of 33 advertising agencies throughout North America. (LevLane, 610/667-7313)
Lord, Sullivan & Yoder Awards Annual Scholarship To Ohio State University Student
James P. Hardy, who graduates next year from Ohio State University with a double major in marketing and transportation and logistics, is the 1996 recipient of the 30th annual Lord, Sullivan & Yoder Marketing Communications Client Scholarship. LS&Y is based in Columbus, Ohio. (LS&Y, 614/846-8500)
New Hires and Promotions
Ambit Marketing Communications, Ft. Lauderdale, has appointed Milena A. Emonet PR director. She was public relations coordinator at Worldwide Target Demographic Television, Deerfield Beach, Fla. (Ambit Marketing Communications, 954/462-1111)
Brian Weiss has been promoted from account executive to VP of account services at advertising and PR house R.T. Blass, Inc., Old Chatham, N.Y. (R.T. Blass, 518/766-2222)
Panama Jack International, Orlando, Fla., has appointed Sheri Cook to PR director. She was a publicist for Gouchenour Communications, Orlando. (Panama Jack, 407/843-8110)
Tara Dunne of PR firm Janet Deiderichs & Associates, Chicago, has been promoted from associate to manager. (Jane Deiderichs & Associates, 312/346-1778)
Stephen G. Lorton has joined The James J. Roop Company, Cleveland, Ohio, as executive VP. He was director of public affairs and marketing at the Ohio Turnpike Commission, Cleveland. (James J. Roop Co., 216/902-3800)
The Weber Group, Cambridge, Mass., has named Jamie Pearson VP. Pearson was manager of media relations at Digital Equipment Corporation, Cambridge. (The Weber Group, 617/661-7900)
Karen Berk has been named senior VP at Ruder-Finn Inc., Los Angeles. Berk was executive director of the Southern California chapter of the March of Dimes, Los Angeles. (Ruder-Finn, 310/79-4050)
Roni Taylor joins the account management group at Arnold Communications, McLean, Va., as senior VP and account director. Taylor was VP and director of business development at Earle Palmer Brown, Bethesda, Md. In other Arnold personnel news, Frak Mangan was appointed senior VP and account director after leaving Young & Rubicam and Lintas, New York, where he was senior VP. (Arnold Communications, 703/760-2839)
Hill and Knowlton Inc., New York, has hired Paul Ewing as senior account executive in the agency's health and corporate groups. Ewing was an account executive at Porter Novelli, New York. (Hill and Knowlton, 212/885-0300)
LNS Communications, Cambridge, Mass., has appointed Dick Taffe, Jr. as a senior associate. Taffe was a freelance PR consultant in Boston. In other news, LNS promoted the following staffers from associate to senior associate: Tasha McQueen, Liesel Pollvogt, Kristen Gariepy, Leigh Dally, Jennie Svitavsky, Suzanne Marcarelli and Larry Bouchie. (LNS, 617/577-9777)
Catherine Riedel joins Harpell/Martins & Company, Concord, Mass., as a senior account executive. She was marketing and communications manager at The Dodge Group, Waltham, Mass. (HMC, 508/371-1510)
Watt, Roop & Co., Cleveland, Ohio, has promoted Robert G. Berick from director to VP and director of its Investor Relations Group. (Watt, Roop & Co., 216/566-7019)
Jo-Anne T. Prokopowicz joins the staff of Craig Shirley & Associates Inc., Alexandria, Va., as senior account manager. She was press secretary for the National Republican Senatorial Committee's Independent Expenditure Team, Washington, D.C. (Craig Shirley & Assoc., 703/739-5920)
Ketchum Public Relations, Pittsburgh, has promoted two of its account executives to senior account executives. They are: Michael Mullen and Melissa Murphy. (Ketchum, 412/456-3519)
Julie Ann Narum has joined Morgan & Myers/The Thoms Group, Jefferson, Wisc., as a counselor. She was a senior account executive in Burson-Marsteller's Chicago office. (Morgan & Myers, 414/674-4026)
Julie Davis Associates, Atlanta, has hired James A. Babcock as media relations manager. He was manager of marketing and media relations for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. (Julie Davis Associates, 404/266-7529)
Carl Sisskind has been hired as a media consultant for Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger Inc., San Diego. Sisskind was editorial director of KFMB-AM, FM and TV, San Diego, CA. (SZMI, 619/236-1332)
Four executives at Dix & Eaton, Cleveland, Ohio, have been promoted to senior VP slots. They are: Mary Dunbar, senior VP/financial communications; Gary Pratt, senior VP/editorial services; Cynthia Schulz, senior VP/PR; and Gary Wells, senior VP/media relations. (Dix & Eaton, 216/241-0405)
Kathryn Newton joins Morgan & Myers/The Thoms Group, Jefferson, Wisc., as a senior counselor. She was director of marketing and PR for the Minneapolis Grain Exchange. (Morgan & Myers, 414/674-4026)
Spitfire Communications, Salem, Mass., has hired Jennifer Genest as an executive VP. She was a founding partner and executive VP at Castle Communications, Boston. (Spitfire, 508/ 745-8200)
Oops! PR NEWS misidentified Ellen Goldman's title in the March 3 issue. Goldman is COO of MWW/SC, East Rutherford, N.J. Goldman was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Meadowlands Hospital Center. (MWW, 201/507-9500)
