Former legislative clinton staffer joins ketchum
Jim Weber, most recently special assistant for legislative affairs and special associate counsel to President Clinton, joined Ketchum PR Jan. 2 as senior vice president in its Washington, D.C. office.
Weber will work on telecommunications, technology, banking and financial services. (Ketchum, 202/835-8833)
Romer aide joins jefferson group west in denver
Amy Knous, formerly a legislative liaison, budget analyst and scheduler for Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, has been named manager of government relations for The Jefferson Group West, Denver.
The Jefferson Group, which is based in Washington, D.C., is a consultancy firm specializing in public and government relations.
(The Jefferson Group, 303/837-1110)
Mww/strategic company: names steiger vp
Glenn Steiger, former vice president of corporate affairs for GPU Energy Inc., Reading, Pa., has come on board at MWW/Strategic Communications Inc., a PR agency based in East Rutherford, N.J. providing strategic communications, investor relations and government affairs.
Steiger joined MWW as VP Jan. 1 to head the firm's energy/utility group. (MWW, 201/507-9500)
Cody named vp for pr attravel service organization carlson
The travel, hospitality and marketing worldwide service organization Carlson Companies has promoted Doug Cody to vice president, PR and communications.
He was director of communications and PR for Carlson Travel Group, the corporation's travel division in the United Kingdom.
(Carlson, 612/449-2267)
Gte promotes greisman: as vp, corp. Communications
Harvey W. Greisman has been appointed vice president, corporate communications, for GTE Corp., Stamford, Conn. Greisman, who most recently served as the company's vice president, international public affairs, filled the VP slot on Jan. 1.
He will head GTE's corporate and business-unit public affairs and internal and external communications in the United States and overseas. In addition to the appointment, Greisman has been named a member of the executive leadership committee.
(GTE, 203/965-3188)
Kittner named to national advisory board for tech. Center
Ben Kittner, president of the Raleigh, N.C.-based high-tech PR firm TechKnowledge, has been named to the national advisory board of the new Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center, Phoenix, Ariz.
MATEC recently received a $4.5 million National Science Foundation grant to prepare curricula for semiconductor manufacturing and related industries and to develop programs to use in colleges. The board will provide the center with PR assistance and guidance on national policy issues and concerns.
(TechKnowledge, 919/420-7770)
Griffith elected to serve as chairman of lakeland publicity board for 1997
Sandra Griffith of Griffith Advertising, Lakeland, Fla., has been elected as 1997 chairman of the City of Lakeland Advertising & Publicity Board, a volunteer agency which administers a city-funded advertising and PR program for the City of Lakeland and it's major stakeholders. (Dateline Lakeland, 941/688-7078)