HARRISON SCHAFFER, formerly of Tribune Interactive and MediaNews Inc., has joined Network Communications as the Western regional manager for online sales. In this position he oversees the online sales efforts for nearly 100 market properties in the West.

Recommend magazine has a new sales team in New York. KEVIN PHILLIPS and JEFF FOLEY will both represent Recommend sales efforts in New York, as well as oversee the Northeast region. Phillips served as the ad director for Travel Agent for four years and also worked for Tour & Travel News. He then rolled out the local network for AOL Time Warner in the Northwest U.S., focusing on the travel category and expanding representation opportunities for the network. Most recently, he managed West Coast sales for Recommend magazine. Foley has more than 20 years experience. He started his career as …

24/7 Real Media is reactivating its media joint venture for US Hispanic and Latin America. XAVIER MANTILLA has joined as executive vice president at RealMedia Latin America's Miami offices. Mantilla headed 24/7 Media Latin America from its inception in 1997 moving on to run Engage Latin America in 2000. After Engage ended its international business, he ran business development with Planning Group International in Miami, and then consulted with a San Diego-based ad serving technology firm.

Webclients.net, an online direct marketing and Internet technology company specializing in performance-based advertising, promoted MARK HENDERSON, MBA from senior sales representative to vice president of sales. Henderson will oversee the internal and external sales staff. The company also named LEROY BRICKER vice president of online media. In his new position Bricker will guide the media buying and affiliate marketing staff as they work toward establishing new publishers and building upon existing relationships.

KIM FOGEL has been appointed director of client services for ProAd, a full-service advertising agency located in Northern Virginia. Most recently, Fogel served as director of marketing for Ventera Corporation, where she was director of marketing and a senior member of Ventera’s launch team.

CarsDirect.com announced the appointment of KATHY BENIGO to the position of account executive, Western Region. Prior to joining CarsDirect.com, Benigo was an advertising account executive at CondeNet. She also spent four years as a member of the DoubleClick Automotive Ad Sales Group, where CarsDirect.com was one of her clients.

MILLIE CHIAVELLI has been named Eastern sales director for PARADE magazine. Prior to joining PARADE, Chiavelli was Eastern sales director for VNU's The Hollywood Reporter, where she was responsible for a wide range of categories including entertainment, finance, media, fashion, and technology.

RAZOR has undertaken a major reorganization of its editorial management. At the top of the new masthead, RICHARD BOTTO will assume the role of editor-in-chief, replacing CRAIG KNIGHT. ALLISON YOUNG, previously managing editor, has been promoted to the position of executive editor and creative director.

BBDO West has hired JOAKIM (‘KIM”) WIJKSTRÖM to head up its Gallo wine business as senior vice president, account director. The Swedish native joined the agency from TBWA/Chiat/Day in New York, where since 1996 he served in various capacities on accounts ranging from Seagram's, Cunard Lines, Apple Computer (Latin America), and Nextel.

TNS, the second largest marketing information company in the world, has announced the appointment of JOEL GOREN as their senior vice president in charge of strategic brand consulting at the TNS Center for Strategic Services. Having most recently served as managing director at Interbrand, Goren's role at TNS will be to work with clients on strategic branding issues to help them improve their return on investment and realize their business objectives.