William A. Morrow, executive vice president of operations at Crain Communications Inc., has been elected chairman of American Business Media, the global trade association for business media companies.
Morrow's one-year term officially begins today.
Morrow succeeds James Watt, chairman and CEO of Watt Publishing Co., as chairman of American Business Media. Watt will remain on American Business
Media's Executive Committee.
Joining the association's board of directors for this fiscal year are James J. Spanfeller, president and CEO of Forbes.com, and Kevin Hurley, executive vice president
of Elsevier Inc.'s Health Sciences Division.