BLOCK & DECORSO added BOB LETTIERE as director of business planning & development and ALAN CHALFIN as creative director.
Tribal DDB Worldwide named DAVID HERNANDEZ to the dual role of managing director and executive creative director for the Chicago office. Hernandez joins Tribal DDB from OgilvyOne, Chicago, where he was senior partner, executive creative director.Publishing Group of America named AMY CHERNOFF svp/group publisher for all PGA titles; LINDA RICH was named associate publisher, direct response; SHANNON HAY was named east coast associate publisher; ERICA SCHULTZ was named Midwest associate publisher; and FRANK ZIER was named Nashville and west coast associate publisher. Lastly, MICHELE BELIER has been named director of research marketing and JULIA LIGHT was named marketing services director.
MARTY ORZIO was named chief creative officer of Gotham Inc. Most recently, he was chief creative officer of BBDO Chicago, which later became Energy BBDO.Fuor Digital promoted KELLY MILLER to vice president and media director and hired KATY KATZ as director of business development and marketing and JACQUI MONIESON as business development manager.
Wirestone hired RYAN LANE as a solution architect.
Thomas Taber & Drazen hired DIRK VAN SLYKE as vice president, group account director.
STEPHEN THORPEY joined HomeAway.com as senior account executive. Most recently, he served as advertising sales manager at CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group.
NOEL HAAN joined Energy BBDO as senior vice president, group creative director from Cramer Krasselt, where he was senior vice president, group creative director.
Specific Media promoted ROBERT ZAMZOW and LARS DJUVIK to sales directors in its Chicago office and hired BRENT ROBERTS as a sales executive in its San Francisco office.
Initiative hired EZRA COOPERSTEIN as West Coast director of its Innovations unit, joining the agency from Current TV.Hotwire promoted CLEM BASON from vice president of merchandising at Hotwire.com to president of the Hotwire group.
CBS Films named TERI BOGGESS senior vice president, creative advertising content; CHERIE CRANE senior vice president, media and research; and MAGGIE SCHMIDT senior vice president of publicity.
Healthline Networks named TERRY CORNELISSEN Midwest sales director in Chicago. He was formerly director of digital sales for Golf Channel.
Publicis hired JOE JOHNSON as evp, executive creative director. Johnson will develop ad campaigns for Procter & Gamble’s Vicks global brand. He joins the agency from Ogilvy New York, where he most recently served as creative director.
BrightLine iTV promoted JOANNA HALL to vice president of experience design.
LINKSTORM named ARI BRANDT as its chief executive officer. Brandt most recently served as the head of digital media for Condé Nast Business Media Group. He succeeds Linkstorm’s founding CEO, DAVID SIDMAN.
ContextWeb promoted JOSHUA PERKIEL from senior account executive to sales manager, northeast region.
