Frankel, Chicago, a promotions agency, promoted
RICHARD THOMAS to President-CEO. Thomas, who was Executive Vice President, succeeds
Jim Mack, who continues as Group Chairman, but will
step out of the day-to-day management role he assumed in January. Thomas joined Frankel in 1993 as VP Business Development, and later assumed the roles of VP in charge of building the agency’s
non-promotional services, and VP in charge of repositioning direct marketing, database marketing and digital marketing capabilities. Earlier, he held various marketing and management posts at
Donnelley Marketing and Johnson & Johnson.