PROMAX&BDA has created another new executive position, naming SUZANNE MARIE GUTIERREZ as the organization's executive vice president of corporate relations worldwide. Gutierrez joins PROMAX&BDA from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

DAN MERRIFIELD has been promoted to sales manager for Turner Entertainment Sales. In his new position, Merrifield is responsible for one of the New York teams overseeing ad sales for TNT and TBS networks. Merrifield joined Turner Broadcasting in 1998 as an account executive for Turner Entertainment Sales. Prior to joining Turner Broadcasting, Merrifield served as an account executive at WGN Cable in New York.