Jericho Names Five VPs
Jericho Promotions, New York, promoted four staffers to vice
president. Sherri Gilman, vice president, was promoted to senior vice
president. She will continue to oversee the agency's corporate
division.
Greg Mowery, managing director of the publishing division, now is
vice president of the group.
Beverly Stowe, who heads the IKEA Home Furnishings account,
becomes vice president/executive account spervisor.
John Krisiukenas, head of Jericho's sports accounts, moves up to
vice president/senior account supervisor.
Liat Jehassi, formerly senior account executive at Ketchum Public
Relations, New York, joined Jericho as vice president/account
supervisor. (Jericho, 212/260-3744)
FitzGerald Names Three Directors
High-tech PR firm FitzGerald Communications Inc., Cambridge,
Mass., promoted Jennifer Costello, Paul Davis and Sharon Rodger to
director.
The three executives were account managers. (FitzGerald,
617/494-9500)
New Leader for H&K Hispanic Unit
Raul Garza, deputy director of Hill and Knowlton Inc.'s Hispanic
Communications Unit, Los Angeles, was promoted to director, and will
head the group. In the same group, Deborah Franco, managing director,
was promoted to senior managing director. (H&K 213/966-5700)
Valley Firm Promotes Two
Silicon Valley high-tech PR firm Walt & Company Communications
Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., promoted Cynthia Lempert and Paige Burgess
to business unit director. Both were senior associates. (Walt,
408/496-0900)
Burson-Marsteller, New York, hired Tony Herrling as a director in
Burson's U.S. corporate practice. He was a senior vice president at
Edelman Public Relations, New York.
Susan Landis joined Richards/Gravelle, Dallas, as vice president
and account director. She was director of strategy and planning for
Publicis Public Relations, Dallas.
Susan Nielsen, account executive and copy director, was promoted
to vice president at Howard Blankman Inc., Jericho, N.Y.
Amen & Associates, the New York-based corporate and investor
relations unit of Ketchum Public Relations, added Lawrence Parnell as
a senior vice president in the firm's Greenwich, Conn. office. He was
director of investor relations at GTE Corp..
Kevin Patsel joined the San Francisco office of Porter/Novelli as
management supervisor. At EvansGroup Marketing Communications, San
Francisco, he headed the public relations practice.