Home & Garden Television president BURTON JABLIN will be taking on expanded responsibilities at Scripps Networks, effective Jan. 3. In his expanded role as executive vice president of Scripps Networks, Jablin will work closely with the brand managers of Scripps’ portfolio of lifestyle cable networks, directing their strategies for continued growth. Jablin will continue to serve as president of HGTV.

BIFF BURNS, vice president of marketing for BURST! Media, has been selected to join the board of directors of The Boston Ad Club.

People magazine has promoted LARRY HACKETT and PETER CASTRO to deputy managing editor and executive editor respectively. Hackett joined People in 1998 as a senior editor and most recently served as an executive editor. Castro, who was named an assistant managing editor in 2001, joined People as a writer for the Chatter column.

The Los Angeles office of Deutsch has named four senior vice presidents and four vice presidents. The four senior vice presidents are: NANCY ALLEY, senior vice president, director of human resources; MATT JARVIS, senior vice president, account planner; CECILIA LEE, senior vice president, regional finance director; and ROSS PATRICK, senior vice president, design director, designDeutsch. The four vice presidents are: JASON ELM, vice president, associate creative director; ERIC KOEHLER, vice president, account director; KAREN KOHN, vice president, traffic supervisor; and TODD LOMBARDO, vice president, account director, iDeutsch.

PAOLA FRECCERO,Sundance Channel's senior vice president of film programming is departing the network to become an independent consultant specializing in business development projects in the entertainment industry. She remains at Sundance Channel though the end of the year. Her position will be filled in the interim by CHRISTIAN VESPER, vice president acquisitions, Sundance Channel Entertainment.

EDGAR Online, a global business and financial information provider, has appointed MORTON MACKOF to the position of executive vice president of sales. Mackof will lead the sales of subscriptions to the company's desktop products, EDGAR Online Pro and EDGAR Online Access. Prior to joining EDGAR Online, Mackof worked as an independent consultant specializing in business development to companies in the Internet field, including EDGAR Online.

E-mail solutions provider Quris has named CHRISTOPHER C. NELSON as managing director to head up Charles Schwab & Co. Additionally, the company has hired KEVIN GEORGE as chief operating officer. George joins Quris from Silverpop Systems, where he served as vice president of operations.

DOMINIC S. AINSCOUGH has been named director of business development for PARADE Publications. Ainscough will be responsible for the strategic development of advertising, marketing, and research programs for PARADE. Most recently, he was senior analyst at The Yankee Group in Boston, focusing on media and entertainment strategies.

SUZANNE WELLING has been promoted from senior vice president, director of finance and business planning to executive vice president, chief financial officer of Draft. Welling joined Draft in 2000 as senior vice president, director of planning and acquisitions. She was promoted to senior vice president, director of finance and business planning in 2003.

J. Walter Thompson Worldwide has announced a global rollout of its strategic customer relationship marketing operation, rmg:connect. Effective Jan. 1, PHILIP GREENFIELD becomes CEO of rmg:connect global network. He will remain CEO of OgilvyOne Europe until year's end.