Shandwick Names New VP
Shandwick USA's Detroit office has promoted Brendy Barr to vice president of the international public relations firm. Barr has more than 12 years of media relations experience. She has managed publicity efforts for several national accounts including Kmart, Coca-Cola, Kelly Services and National School Bus Service. (Shandwick USA, 810/746-6070)
Brathwaite Joins Shandwick
Shandwick USA, New York, hired Colleen Brathwaite as vice president in the firm's technology group.
She was communications manager for International Business Machines Corp.'s [IBM] telecommunications and media industry business, White Plains, N.Y. (Shandwick, 212/420-8100)
Kamer Names Marketing Exec
Kamer-Singer & Associates Inc., a San Francisco PR which also has offices in Las Vegas and Hong Kong, earlier this month hired Judith Rowcliffe as director of marketing.
She was regional director of public relations for The Ritz Carlton Hotel Co. (Kamer-Singer, 415/512-6800)
GCI/N.Y. Promotes Curran
Mark Curran, a senior vice president in GCI Group's New York office, was promoted to managing director, consumer marketing. He will head all consumer marketing accounts in the office. (GCI, 212/546-2208)
Powell-Tate Adds Two
The New York office of corporate communications and public affairs firm Powell Tate (PT), Washington, D.C., has added two senior executives. James Marren, a managing director in the corporate and financial group at international PR firm Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, New York, joined PT with the same title. David Tager comes to the firm as senior vice president. He was a vice president with Manning, Selvage & Lee's (New York) corporate/financial division. (Powell Tate, 212/486-6400)
Kamstra Promotion in St. Paul
Kamstra Communications Inc. has promoted Amy Kromminga to vice president/management supervisor. Kromminga will manage the account services department for Kamstra's St. Paul office. Prior to Kamstra, Kromminga worked for six years as a vice president/account supervisor at Hoffman York & Compton, Minnetonka, Minn. (Kamstra Communications, 612/696-2400).
CMF&Z Names Promotes Jensen
Des Moines, Iowa-based public relations firm CMF&Z announced last week that Irv Jensen has been promoted to president of CMF&Z Des Moines. He was exec. VP (CMF&Z, 515/246-3500)
Ketchum Metz Expands Staff
Ketchum Metz McCauley, Inc. in Minneapolis has added Tom Chochrek as a senior account executive to its communication management team. He was the communications director for internal and external relations with the St. Louis Community College system in Missouri. (Ketchum, 612/513-9131)