Katz Radio has named ROB MAHONEY Senior Account Executive with Katz Radio in New York, SCOTT PORRETTI as Sales Manager of Katz Radio in New York, PATRICK BLAS as Senior Account Executive with Katz Radio in Los Angeles, and EMILY HUTCHINSON as Sales Manager of Katz Radio in San Francisco. Mahoney joined Katz Radio in San Francisco in 1999 as a Sales Assistant, and in December of that year was promoted to Account Executive, and began selling in New York in February of 2000. Porretti will now co-manage Katz Radio’s New York office, which he joined in 1999 as an …

LARRY GLICK has been promoted to Advertising Director of Travel & Leisure Golf Magazine. Glick began his career at American Express Publishing as a Senior Account Manager at T&L Golf in 1998. He was promoted to National Travel Advertising Director in 1999 and then to Travel Advertising Director in 2000. Most recently Glick held the position of Regional Advertising Director. Before joining T&L Golf, he was the Travel Director at Bon Appetit magazine.

J. Walter Thompson has named SEAN NEALL executive vice president and global business director on the Ford account, which is the agency’s largest. Neall is returning to JWT - he previously spent 13 years in account management positions at the agency from 1984 to 1997. Since 1997, Neall has worked at Ogilvy & Mather, and Urban Science Applications Inc. Effective immediately, he replaces MIKE O'MALLEY, who resigned last Monday from the post of president of J. Walter Thompson’s Detroit and Houston offices.

The R&J Group has named THOR JORGENSEN (left) and ANDREW CAMMARATA partners in the firm. Jorgensen has been with R&J since 1996, when he joined the agency as an Account Manager. Jorgensen will now hold the position of Vice President/Marketing and Strategic Planning where he will lead the agency in developing client strategies and market positioning. Cammarata will now hold the title of Vice President/Creative Director at the firm. He was previously Creative Director.

Biography Magazine has named JOHN BALEN as Marketing Director, SUSAN LYMAN as Eastern Account Manager, and ERIN CRAIG as an Account Executive. Balen most recently served as Marketing Director for Primedia's Modern Bride Group, supervising all marketing concerns for the division's multi-media properties. Lyman was most recently Regional Director of Integrated Marketing at Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, and Craig most recently served as an Account Manager for Good Housekeeping.

SEAN FLANAGAN has been promoted to U.S. publisher of National Geographic magazine, where he served as associate publisher since 2001. Flanagan now assumes all responsibilities for the advertising sales and marketing of the English-language edition of National Geographic.

ID Media Chicago has hired RICK GILLIS as senior vice president, director of client services. His responsibilities include all media services, including planning, buying, reporting and campaign management for all clients in the Chicago office client services. Gillis was previously vice president, client media director of FCBi Chicago.

JOHN A. GRECO JR., President and CEO of Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association, is leaving the company to pursue other interests. EDWARD G. BLACKMAN, formerly executive vice president and acting president of the Association, will succeed Greco on an interim basis until a replacement is found.

GAYLE CHAMPAGNE has been named Manager of the recently opened Detroit office of the James G. Elliott Company, an independent magazine advertising sales and consulting firm. Most recently, Champagne was the Detroit Sales Director for In Style Magazine, and prior to that she was the Vice President/Midwest Sales Director for MediaSpace Solutions, where she was responsible for all accounts in the Midwest and portions of the Southwest and Southeast.

DOUG MILLER has been named sales and marketing director at Henninger Media Services. Miller previously held the title of sales director, and prior to joining Henniger, Miller had been director of sales for Qwest Digital Media.