PAGE THOMPSON, OMD USA's Chief Strategy Officer, was named CEO of OMD North America. He will be replaced by MONICA KARO, Managing Director of OMD West, who will remain in that position. Thompson will oversee all OMD operations in the U.S. and Canada and will also join the Worldwide Board of OMD.

Interpublic Group of Cos. named FRANK J. BORELLI Presiding Director, a new board post responsible for liaising between the board and management. Borelli, who retired in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer of Financial Services firm Marsh & McLennan Cos., has been an Interpublic board member since 1995 and chairs the audit committee.

Former CBS President of network sales Joe Abruzzese, who recently became President of Ad Sales at Discovery Networks, has lured CBS' top sports sales executive to Discovery. SCOTT MCGRAW joins as Executive Vice President of Ad Sales for Discovery Networks, U.S. McGraw was Executive Vice President, Network Sports Sales and Marketing at CBS since November 2001. He had been considered a leading contender to replace Abruzzese at CBS, but the job went to Joann Ross, formerly executive vice president of sales.

PETER KLINGE, the former New Business Development Director at Euro RSCG Interaction, has been named Chief Marketing Officer, Global Business Development Director at Euro RSCG Circle. Previously, Klinge worked at a number of New York shops, including Grey Advertising, Lintas, BBDO, and Ammirati Puris Lintas on such accounts as Warner Brothers Pictures, IBM, Pepsi-Cola and Compaq.

AOL Time Warner said Tuesday that JAMES DE CASTRO, President of AOL Interactive Services, is leaving the company after seven months "to seek new opportunities." During his tenure at AOL, de Castro established a new programming strategy built around firsts and exclusives, community and appointment viewing. He also helped launch AOL 8.0.

Wolff Olins, one of the world’s leading brand consultancies and a part of the Omnicom Group, announced the appointment of DEAN CRUTCHFIELD as its US Director of Marketing. Prior to joining Wolff Olins, Crutchfield held various senior marketing and business development posts at Michael Peters, Luxon Carra and Landor Associates. He has worked on a wide spectrum of corporate, retail and consumer brands in the Middle East, Europe, the United States and Asia, including BP, Shell, Nomura, McKinsey, Kraft Jacob Suchard, Warburg Pincus and Smirnoff.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has elected new members to its Board of Directors. For continuity, one third of the Board of Directors is elected each year, with Officers holding three-year terms. The new Board Members are: TIM ARMSTRONG - Vice President, Advertising Sales-Google Inc. JOANNE BRADFORD - VP & Chief Media Revenue Officer -MSN, Microsoft Corp. JASON DEVITT - CEO – Vindigo. WILLIAM K. FURLONG - Founder, President & CEO - B2B Works, Inc. ROBERT GOLDBERG - SVP, Sales, Marketing and International Operations – LookSmart. MARK MARIANI - President Sales & Marketing - SportsLine.com. JAVIER SARALEGUI - President - …

Rodale Inc., a leading publisher of information on healthy, active lifestyles, announced this week that PATRICIA WILLSTATTER has been named Midwest Sales Manager for Organic Style and OG (formerly Organic Gardening). Prior to joining Rodale, Willstatter was the Midwest Sales Manager for Rosie magazine in charge of successfully launching the magazine and transitioning key McCall’s advertisers to Rosie. She joined Gruner + Jahr’s McCall’s in 1995 as an Account Executive.

National Cable Communications (NCC), the nation's leading spot cable rep firm, has named GREG SCHAEFER as Chief Operating Officer. Schaefer comes to NCC from CBS in New York, where he spent 20 years in a variety of capacities. He most recently served as Vice President, Station Manager of WCBS in New York. With CBS, he also served as Director of Sales for WCBS, and Executive Vice President of CBS Television Station Sales. Previously he was President, Viacom Station Sales.

Captivate Network, Inc., the national news and entertainment network, announced that SUSAN AUERBACH recently joined the company's advertising sales team as National Account Manager. Susan brings to Captivate a wealth of sales experience from well-known companies such as E! Network Television, General Motors Mediaworks/Lintas, and NBC. Most recently, Susan served as a media-buying consultant for Unity Media Inc. in New York.