ERICH FUNKE has joined BBDO Chicago as a senior vice president and group creative director overseeing the agency’s Jim Beam Bourbon and Whiskey brands. He was most recently a creative director with TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles.

Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles has named LYNNE HARRIS BERNSTEIN as human interests director. Bernstein will oversee staffing and communications for the 350-person agency. She will also serve as a member of the Saatchi Los Angeles Leadership Board. The agency also named JOHN M. LISKO as strategic communications director, to lead the agency’s integrated consumer contact efforts for its business partners. He will also serve on the Saatchi Los Angeles Leadership Board.

JUDITH ROTKER has been promoted from senior vice president, director of operations for iDeutsch and directDeutsch to senior vice president, director of administration and policy for Deutsch NY. Rotker joined Deutsch in 1999 as senior vice president, director of operations for directDeutsch.

DAPHNE WILLIAMS MOWATT has joined E. Morris Communications (EMC) as account supervisor of client services. Mowatt is responsible for the day-to-day management and growth of the Tyson Foods account. Prior to joining EMC on a full-time basis, she served as a freelance account manager, assisting in the development of advertising strategies for Nestlé and Illinois Bureau of Tourism.

ValueClick has successfully completed its acquisition of Commission Junction. ValueClick will combine Commission Junction with its Be Free affiliate marketing subsidiary. JEFF PULLEN, president and chief executive officer of Commission Junction, has been named as the general manager of the combined Be Free/Commission Junction subsidiary. Pullen has held chief financial officer and senior executive operations positions at companies such as ChemConnect, Inc. and IMEX Exchange.

Complex Magazine has named SEAN MCCUSKER as marketing director. Prior to joining the magazine, McCusker served for four years as creative services manager/copywriter for FHM magazine. He was previously promotion manager/copywriter for Rolling Stone, US, and Men's Journal magazines.

Forbes.com has promoted RICHARD J. KOSINSKI to east coast sales director, based in New York. Kosinski joined Forbes.com in 2002 as New York regional sales manager from CNET Networks, where he was vice president, news sales. Previously he worked at The Asian Wall Street Journal as ad director, based in Hong Kong.

BBDO New York announced that ERIC SILVER has joined the agency as an executive vice president and executive creative director. Silver was most recently creative director for Cliff Freeman and Partners and had been there since 1997.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has elected new members to its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Board members serve a three-year term and Executive Committee members serve a one-year term. STEVE WADSWORTH, president, Walt Disney Internet Group, has been elected Chairman of the IAB for 2004. The IAB Executive Committee for 2004 includes STEVE WADSWORTH, Walt Disney Internet Group; JIM SPANFELLER, Forbes.com; DAVE MOORE, 24/7 Real Media; JOANNE BRADFORD, MSN; WENDA HARRIS MILLARD, Yahoo!; GREG STUART, IAB; SHELBY BONNIE, CNET and RICH LEFURGY, Archer Advisors. The new members elected to the IAB Board of Directors for 2004 are PAT …

Sharpe Partners has promoted JAMISON JONES, formerly a senior art director, to creative director. Jones joined Sharpe Partners in February of 2001 as an art director working on the Simply Orange Juice account.