Action Integrated Marketing, Atlanta, an agency specializing in automotive retail, has hired CHRISTOPHER S. NEER as their media supervisor. For the past six years, Neer has been a senior level media negotiator at Initiative/IPG working with clients such as BellSouth, Home Depot, Federated Department Stores, and Arbys.

G2 Worldwide has named RAYMOND KUHAR as creative director and senior partner. He was most recently creative director at the Designory, Inc. in Los Angeles, an integrated brand development agency.

Palm Beach Media Associates has named KATHLEEN WHITLEDGE vice president of public relations and marketing. Pmost recently, she was director of marketing and public relations for integrated brand management firm Twister Sisters.

LANCE GOLER has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing at Adapt Media, up from sales manager.

LOREN GROSSMAN has rejoined Rapp Collins-NY as chief client strategy officer, responsible for development of integrated strategies for Rapp Collins Worldwide clients and coordination of input from all agency service areas. Grossman is returning to Rapp Collins Worldwide, where he spent three years as senior vice president, brand planning in New York until 2001. He was most recently chief strategy officer at DKI Direct. Additionally, SHERRI PHILLIPS has joined the agency as senior vice president, group account director. Phillips was senior vice president at McCann-Erickson/MRM, New York.

Draft Chicago has hired JOHN RAUSCH as vice president, creative director. Rausch will work on the DeVry and Fleetwood accounts as well as new business opportunities. He was most recently at DDB, where he served as vice president, creative director and worked with such clients as Anheuser-Busch, Discover Card, and FTD.

Range Online Media has named RAY WHITE as chief operating officer. White comes to Range Online Media from Match.com, where he launched and managed new high-growth products and businesses. White’s responsibilities included research, design, development, budgeting, marketing, and overall management of Match.com’s new businesses and products.

OgilvyOne is opening a San Francisco office to primarily support a new assignment from Yahoo! Inc. MARK YESAYIAN has been named managing director of the new office.

DAISY EXPOSITO is stepping down after 23 years as Chairman & CEO of The Bravo Group, a Y&R agency targeting the Hispanic population. GARY BASSELL has been named Chairman & CEO. He was most recently president of La Comunidad. Additionally, Bravo’s president, LINDA DEJESUS-CUTLER, has added chief operating officer to her title.

MEL KARMAZIN has signed on as CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio. Karmazin, who left his COO post at Viacom last May, will begin his new role after the new year. Karmazin succeeds JOSEPH CLAYTON, who will remain at Sirius as chairman of the Board of Directors.