THOMAS MATTHEWS has joined PARADEas an advertising sales account executive in the magazine's Los Angeles office. Matthews came to PARADE from Investor's Business Daily, where he was southwest regional manager. Prior to that, he was president of Matthews & Associates, the radio promotion agency he founded in 1997.

Eyeblaster, a rich media delivery and management company, recently opened a San Francisco office. KEVIN WILK, formerly of Microsoft’s MSN network, has been hired to head the new office. As business development manager, Wilk will foster Eyeblaster’s relationships in the region and service new clients.

IAG, the TV measurement company, has named MATTHEW SPIELMAN as vice president, account management. Prior to joining IAG, Spielman was the vice president of marketing and sales at Threshold Sports. In that role, he oversaw all sales and sponsorship efforts for the company and its nationwide Pro Cycling Tour.

CHICKIE BUCCO has been named president of Katz Television Group direct marketing. In this position, Bucco oversees direct response and program time sales on behalf of more than 350 of Katz Television Group’s client stations and supervises departments located in New York and Los Angeles.

National Geographic announced that CHRIS MCANDREWS has been named senior vice president of advertising sales and general manager of Nationalgeographic.com. In this newly created position, McAndrews will be responsible for overall management of National Geographic’s website, including advertising sales, daily content development, and site operations. McAndrews comes to National Geographic from Travelocity, where he was senior vice president of leisure travel and partner marketing and general manager of the company’s San Francisco operations.

KEVIN HANLON has been hired as senior account manager for Travel + Leisure magazine. Hanlon will be responsible for the mid-Atlantic territory, with a category focus on consumer electronics. Prior to joining Travel + Leisure, Hanlon worked as an account director at Screenvision Cinema Network, handling spot time for movie screens in Texas, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Conill Advertising announced the appointments of CARLOS MARTINEZ-CORTINES to general manager of the L.A. office, SEAN PATRICK to group account director and CARLA POUMIAN-RUIZ to account director. Martinez-Cortines previously served as vice president, group client director of Badillo-Nazca in Puerto Rico. As group account director, Patrick will oversee all Procter & Gamble businesses including Tide, Pampers, Crest, Sunny Delight, and Head & Shoulders. Poumian-Ruiz moves over to Conill from the Vidal Partnership where she managed U.S. Hispanic advertising efforts for Schering-Plough, MasterCard, and Wendy’s. Her new responsibilities include overseeing the healthcare businesses at Conill, including Tylenol, Pepcid, Mylanta, and Motrin.

Simmons Market Research Bureau announced that KEN WOLLENBERG is joining the company as executive vice president and general manager of the Simmons Integrated Marketing Solutions (SIMS) unit. Wollenberg will direct the division that specializes in merging data from Simmons' National Consumer Study with transactional data from other companies to create new segmentation systems like BehaviorGraphics. Wollenberg worked most recently as the senior vice president for Strategic and business development at Nielsen Station Index, Nielsen Media Research's local measurement service.

The American Advertising Federation (AAF) announced the appointment of CONSTANCE CANNON FRAZIER as senior vice president, AAF Mosaic Center and AAF Educational Services. Frazier will oversee the continuing efforts to promote the AAF Mosaic Principles and Recommended Practices as well as steer the AAF's educational programs including the National Student Advertising Competition. Frazier will work as an AAF executive consultant until December 31, and on January 1 will assume the full time position. She replaces HEIDE GARDNER, who is returning to the private sector and will remain a member of the AAF Mosaic Council.

ROLAND JANISSE has joined MARC USA/ Miami as chief operating officer. Janisse has worked both internationally and domestically and held a number of senior management positions including managing director and regional account director for Leo Burnett in North and South America and Asia.