Earle Palmer Brown, Philadelphia, has added new members to its staff:
Anna Malandra joins the agency as account supervisor after serving as director of marketing communications for QualMed Plans for Health, Philadelphia.
Celine J. Wishner has joined as a senior account executive. Wishner comes to EPB from LevLane Advertising & Public Relations, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., where she worked as an account executive. (Earle Palmer Brown, 215/851-9539)
Jamie Roth has been promoted from marketing associate to media manager at Marcy Monyek and Associates, Chicago. (Marcy Monyek, 312/263-2135)
Martha Bell has been promoted to senior account executive at Edward Howard & Co., Cleveland. Bell joined Edward Howard & Co., as an account executive in 1994. (Edward Howard, 216/781-2400)
Jorge del Mazo has joined Edelman Public Relations, Chicago, as a senior VP in the healthcare division. De Mazo was senior VP at Golin/Harris Communications, Chicago. (Edelman, 312/240-2716)
Cramer-Krasselt, Milwaukee, has named Robert Kays VP and PR director. Kays joins Cramer-Krasselt from Creswell, Munsell, Funtz & Zirbel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he was senior VP/account group director. (Cramer-Krasselt, 414/227-3500)
Slack Barshinger & Partners, Chicago, has promoted Steve Johnson from group account director to VP and equity partner. (SB&P, 312/527-0777)
Krakoff Communications Inc., Pittsburgh, has hired Paul Froehlich as VP. Krakoff was director of PR at Hardwood Manufacturers Association, Pittsburgh, (Krakoff Communications, 412/571-2855)
Greg Hoffman has joined RP Communications Inc., Atlanta, as a PR specialist. Hoffman was a staff writer for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, where he covered local municipalities, health care and police news. ( RPC, 770/594-0999)
Wolford America, New York, has appointed Karen Schneider president of Wolford America.
Schneider was at St. John, New York, where she served as VP of fashion and merchandising, operating the New York showroom. (Wolford, 212/541-3868)
Andrea J. Pass has been promoted from senior account supervisor to media services director for Rosica, Mulhern & Associates, Ridgewood, N.J. (Rosica Mulhern & Associates, 201/445-7606)
KSK Communications, Vienna, Va., has promoted Jenny Morgan from VP to executive VP. (KSK Communications, 703/734-1880)
Karwoski & Courage Public Relations, Minneapolis, has named John Anderson and Tanya Spaulding account supervisors and Grete Krohn senior account executive.
All three were account executives. (Karwoski & Courage, 612/342-9766)
Pamela Rocco has been promoted from senior account executive to account supervisor at Ketchum Public Relations, Pittsburgh. (Ketchum, 412/456-3519)
At KVO Advertising & Public Relations, Portland, Ore., Patty Farrell was named VP and Rebecca Brandt was named account supervisor of KVO's new corporate affairs group.
Farrell was VP of PR at Conkling Fiskum & McCormick, Portland, Ore., and Brandt was manager of corporate communications for PACC Health Plans in Portland. (KVO, 503/221-7411)
Stacey E. Promish has been appointed PR supervisor at Naylor, DeDonato & Wolf Communications, Horsham, Pa.
Promish was promotion specialist for Firstrust Bank, Philadelphia. (Naylor, DeDonato & Wolf, 215/957-9871)
Douglas Smith has joined Capener, Matthews & Walcher, San Diego, as an account supervisor in the PR division.
Smith was a PR manager at Burson-Marsteller in Washington, D.C. (Capener, Matthews & Walcher, 619/238-8500)
The Aker Partners, Washington, D.C., has appointed Gregory Howard as senior associate. Howard was publicist for Fenton Communications in Washington, D.C. (The Aker Partners, 202/789-2424)
Lisa Ellis has joined G.S. Schwartz & Co., New York, as an executive VP.
Ellis was managing director with Anreder and Company in New York. (G.S. Schwartz, 212/725-4500)
