Interep has appointed SHEILA F. KIRBY to the position of senior vice president/Interep Innovations to drive group sales and revenue development efforts on behalf of Interep’s client radio stations. In her new role, Kirby will oversee the Interep Marketing Group and Promotion/Marketing.

Erwin-Penland has promoted PETER COLES to vice president. A 10-year veteran of the agency, Coles has served on the account management team for clients such as Cafe Enterprises, Greenville Tech, Regent Medical, ScanSource, and ScheerSports. In 2002, Coles was named director of agency operations, with responsibilities including the overall planning and management of agency services, building operations, equipment maintenance, and human resources.

Planning Group International, a full-service marketing agency, has appointed MICHELLE PUJOL as director of account services. Pujol will manage the interactive account service's team and serve as the client liaison for clients such as Citibank, Celebrity Cruise Lines, MasterCard, and CompuCredit. Pujol joins the firm from CompuCredit, where she was senior marketing manager of interactive media at CompuCredit, where she oversaw three credit card brands.

Bridal Guide magazine has hired JAMES DINGEE as travel manager. Most recently, Dingee served as an independent representative and consultant for Art & Antiques magazine. Formerly, he was account manager at Money magazine.

ROBIN HARTZELL has joined the Greteman Group as a research analyst. Hartzell's duties include coordinating research-related activities and planning and strategy development. He joined the agency in 2002 as a graduate intern.

Forbes Inc. has promoted KEVIN GENTZEL to national advertising director for Forbes magazine. Gentzel will be responsible for all Forbes magazine’s advertising sales efforts in the U.S. He joined Forbes Inc. in May 1999 as a salesperson in the New York office, and was promoted to New York regional director in November of 2000 and took over management of the entire sales staff. In May of 2002, Gentzel took over group advertising director responsibilities for the West Coast.

BILL BINAN has been named online ad sales director at IDG Entertainment's GamePro.com. Binan was most recently with GameSpy.com and UGO.com.

Insight Out of Chaos, a CRM, database, and direct response marketing company, has named RANDY HOBLER as director of new business development. Prior to joining IOOC, Hobler was a director at Gartner Consulting, where he developed and managed IT and telecom engagements for clients such as Microsoft, HP, Sun, Xerox, and Lexmark.

Postproduction company Ohio Edit has hired BECKY DONAHUE as its new head of sales and development. Donahue came to Ohio Edit from @radical.media, where she was head of sales for more than 7 years. Donahue will focus on driving sales and expanding new business and partnerships for the editing house.

Gemstone Communications has promoted PETER GARCIA to sales service manager for its Senior Publishers Media Group (SPMG) and Ethnic Print Media Group (EPMG) advertising sales divisions. Garcia joined the company two years ago as traffic coordinator and eight months ago was promoted to traffic manager.