Performance Bridge has appointed DEAN HARRIS, chief marketing officer for Kayak.com, to its advisory board.

JOSEPH SZUMASKI has been selected as director of ad operations for Active Athlete Media. Most recently, he was advertising operations director of SohoDigital.

CFO Publishing has promoted LISSA SHORT to senior vice president of advertising. Short will manage all advertising sales functions for CFO magazine in the United States. Most recently, she managed the advertising department for Treasury & Risk Management.

Concrete Pictures has appointed BRIAN BLACK to vice president of interactive media. Black will be responsible for spearheading the company's growth into the interactive market. Most recently, Black was founder and creative director of Black Light Design.

KIM MCQUILKEN, executive vice president of Cartoon Network Ad Sales, Marketing and Enterprises, is leaving the Cartoon Network to pursue other interests. McQuilken, who has worked for Turner since 1992, will stay on through the remainder of the upfront season.

PAM HORAN has been named president of the Online Publishers Association. Horan, who has been acting president since January, had previously served as the organization's vice president, marketing and membership. Horan joined the OPA from Zinio Systems, where she was the vice president of marketing.

[x+1] has named GEORGE MILLER and HEATH PODVESKER vice presidents in charge of the management of strategic client relationships.

Mediaedge:cia has tapped BOB DESENA as managing partner, director of active engagement. Most recently, he was CEO of Engagement Marketing Group, which he founded to focus exclusively on developing new ways to create and measure consumer engagement across all connection points. Prior to that, he was managing director for Mars Direct, responsible for brand sales in all direct to consumer channels and for the call center and fulfillment operations.

DIC Entertainment has named LAURA KIRIN as account executive for advertising sales and marketing. Kirin will manage advertising clients and agencies in the Midwest and Southwest regions. Prior to DIC, Kirin served as account executive at ABC Family & Kids and was responsible for selling cable commercial inventory, as well as cross-platform sponsorship opportunities for family and kids programming.

HILARY RUSHNELL has joined Lion Television USA as manager of development.