GREG VERDINO and STEVE COULSON joined crayon as chief strategy officer and chief creative officer respectively.

Rodale Inc. elected MARIA RODALE as chairman of the board of directors. Rodale succeeds ARDATH RODALE, who will remain a member of the Board and assume the new title of chief inspiration officer.

Carat Entertainment and MY Entertainment Company appointed JOSEPH TOWNLEY as chief operating officer. He most recently served as executive producer on the Spike TV and MY Entertainment series Pros vs. Joes and as a consultant to Sports Capital Partners.

Upshot named JULIE ROBINSON as vice president, account management.

MICHAEL GABLE joined Revenue Science as director of sales, west. Most recently, he was the sales director at Premiere Global Services.

PHILIP I. KENT, chairman and chief executive officer, Turner Broadcasting System, has been elected as chair of The Advertising Council. Kent has been a member of the Ad Council Board of Directors since 2003, most recently serving as vice chair. He will serve in this position for one year.

PointRoll promoted BECKY CHURILLA to director of marketing.

Esrock Partners named NANCY PETRO as a senior account manager.

JEREMY CRISP joined nail as managing partner. Crisp joins from JWT Ireland, where he spent five years, most recently as managing director, working on clients such as The National Lottery, Amstel Beer and Microsoft.

GRAHAM SAXTON was named managing director of the Media and Entertainment Insights International Division at OTX. Most recently, Saxton spent 10 years as senior vice president, research and planning for MTV Networks International.