Lippincott & Margulies announced the appointment of partner RANDALL STONE to the firm’s retail design practice in New York and the promotion of ERIC GRANOF to partner in Los Angeles. Stone was most recently senior environmental design director at Interbrand in New York, while Granof had been with the company since 1999.

CHARLES DENATALE, formerly Media Director at KPC/Christopher Thomas in Meliville, New York, has become President/CEO/Partner of 4 Star Media and Marketing in Florida, a Direct Response Media Buying Service.

ELIZABETH SHEPPARD joined Girl Scouts of the USA as Senior Director, Marketing and Communications. Sheppard was previously Senior Vice President of Marketing at Hallmark Entertainment.

CHIP RODGERS has been named Director, Solutions & Channels Marketing for SAP America. He comes from startup IT FACTORY, based in Boston, where he was Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for the company.

SABRINA SANCHEZ has been promoted to director of program marketing (Latin programming specialist) at CABLEready, the international program development and distribution company. She joined CABLEready as program sales associate just over a year ago.

PATRICIA O’CONNOR has been named Vice President/Manager with Katz Network Dimensions in New York. She had been Sales Manager for Network Dimensions’ New York office.

SHONA SEIFERT will be named president-CEO of Omnicom Group's TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York. She has been managing director-client services at WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather.

PAMELA GODFREY has been promoted from Team Manager to Vice President/New York Sales Manager with Katz Marketing Dimensions in New York. Also at Katz, JOHN GARBO has been promoted from Account Executive to Senior Account Executive.

ERICH G. LINKER, JR. has been named Senior Vice President of National Sales at Newspapers First. Linker brings over 20 years of experience with the New York Times, where he held senior positions in sales, marketing and advertising.

PAUL MARAVIGLIA has been promoted to International Advertising Director of BusinessWeek based in London. Maraviglia previously held the position of Managing Director Europe. In BusinessWeek News in the states, MARK FLINN will become Vice President, Northeast Regional Sales Director for BusinessWeek effective immediately. Flinn will also continue to maintain his responsibility as Vice President, Advertising Sales Director for BusinessWeek's new broadcast initiative, BusinessWeek TV.