Forbes.com announced that JOHN BRADY has joined the company as regional sales manager, based on the East Coast, with responsibility for accounts in Manhattan, as well as Westchester and Fairfield Counties in the tri-state area. Brady was most recently senior sales manager at Quicken.com, where he launched their bank and brokerage sales channel.

MIKE DEBARTOLO has been promoted to executive vice president of Fairchild Publications' B2B division. DeBartolo previously served as vice president, group publisher of Fairchild's Business-to-Business Division, which publishes six trade magazines and their ancillary line extensions. Prior to joining Fairchild in May 2000, DeBartolo served as the national sales manager at Glamour. He has also held positions including global advertising director at Reader’s Digest, and the regional manager (Detroit)/account executive (Chicago) at TV Guide.

VANESSA HENRY-JACKSON (pictured) has returned to E. Morris Communications as associate media director. Henry-Jackson is responsible for management and strategic media development for the Wal-Mart and Abbott Laboratories accounts. During her previous stint at EMC, she was a media supervisor, responsible for the daily media management of Oldsmobile, Wal-Mart, Hefty, Illinois Bureau of Tourism and Ralston Purina accounts. Also at EMC, LESLIE D. BURNS has been named senior account executive, client services. She will be responsible for day-to-day management of the Wal-Mart and American Family Insurance accounts.

PETE KRAINIK has been named chief marketing officer for DoubleClick. Krainik will be responsible for the company's global marketing strategy and play a key role in helping the company expand its sales channel into key vertical markets in 2004. Krainik joins DoubleClick from Siebel Systems, Inc. where he was vice president and general manager of the Consumer Goods division.

Euro RSCG Worldwide announced that DAVID JONES has been appointed to the newly-created position of executive vice president, managing director, global business. Jones will be responsible for the practice of global brand management across all of Euro RSCG's global brands. Prior to this appointment, Jones served as global brand director for Reckitt Benckiser since winning the business in April 2002, and will continue to serve in that role in addition to his new responsibilities. Jones joined Euro RSCG in Australia in 1998, as CEO.

ISM, a Boston-based advertising and marketing firm specializing in the travel and leisure industries, has added staff to its media department. LESLIE WATKINS has been named media planner and will work on Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, American Express and the Massachusetts Port Authority accounts. EMILY COLEMAN has been named assistant media planner/buyer. Prior to joining ISM, she worked at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office.

ROB GREGORY has been named group publisher of Maxim magazine. Gregory had been publisher of Rolling Stone magazine since March 2001. Earlier at Wenner Media, Gregory was the publisher of Men’s Journal.

Hammerhead Advertising has hired MICHELLE BAXTER as account director. Prior to Hammerhead, Baxter was a senior account supervisor with Kirshenbaum Bond and Partners where she most recently worked on Song, the low-cost carrier to Delta Airlines.

Genex, a Web design and development firm, has named veteran e-business strategist KATHERINE BUTTLER client partner in its Atlanta office. She has held numerous leadership roles in Atlanta’s Web consulting sector, most recently that of vice president of client solutions for Plexus M/2, where she developed integrated marketing and e-business solutions for clients in the metro Atlanta area.

Meredith Corporation announced that RUTH GAVIRIA has been named the director of Hispanic ventures for the Meredith Magazine Group. Gaviria most recently served as the director of marketing and brand development for People En Espanol. In this role, Gaviria was responsible for creating and establishing a full-service marketing operation for the title and developing signature branded events as well as proprietary research initiatives.