BabyCenter named TINA SHARKEY as chairman. She will have oversight for all BabyCenter operations, including babycenter.com and BabyCenter international sites in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Sweden.

JAY ADAMS was named advertising director of Popular Science. Adams joins the magazine from FHM where he served as ad director.

Tremor Media named DAN SCHERER and ROB GROSSBERG vice president, publisher relations and vice president, business operations, respectively.

SARAH FAY, president of Isobar US, was elected to the board of directors at Email Data Source.

The Spark named ROBYN BAERMAN as executive producer, business meetings and events. Prior to joining The Spark, she was a creative project manager for Fleishman-Hillard Creative.

JOHN MARCOE joined Kelliher Samets Volk as creative services director. He will be charged with overseeing and managing all aspects of the creative process.

The VIA Group has hired JASON MCCURRY as an associate creative director. In his new role, McCurry will focus on VIA clients Monster and HP Hood.

Thomas Taber & Drazen named JAN BARNETT as senior vice president group account director.

JILL MANEE, publisher of Advertising Age, is retiring at the end of the month. Succeeding her is SCOTT DONATON, associate publisher of the trade. Prior to that, Donaton served as editor from October 1998 to April 2006.

Stardust Studios named COREY CIRILLO as executive producer and promoted AMY KAUFMAN LEVY to head of production.