YCD hired MIKE PETRIN as senior project manager for its newly opened North American office.

Blast Radius named CHEESAN CHEW as senior strategist, Toronto and MARK MULLEN as senior strategist, San Francisco.

Tribal DDB Canada promoted MONICA BUCK to managing director of the Vancouver operation. Previously, she was director of operations.

KAREN KAUFMAN, MALCOLM RUSSELL and TATA SATO were named to MindShare North America’s Management Board, an advisory committee that determines company policies, manages critical business issues, and determines the media agency’s strategic plan.

TACODA promoted LEE BLICKSTEIN from eastern region sales manager to director of eastern advertising sales. In addition, the company has appointed BRENDON GALLAGHER and DEEPAK SHARMA as sales managers in its New York office.

VerveLife hired MICHAEL J. KENNEDY as president and COO. Prior to VerveLife, Kennedy was the founder and CEO of Sssh Technology.

TIM DONALDSON was named senior account executive, west coast for CollegeHumor. He previously worked on the sales team at IAC Advertising Solutions.

BRIAN CHERMSIDE was promoted to chief marketing officer and executive director of sales, marketing and customer service of Dow Corning Corporation.

The Richards Group promoted PATRICK WIRE to principal. Wire joined the agency in 1993 as an account executive.

PETER RENTSCHLER joined JWT Team Detroit as co-president. JWT Detroit executive creative director TOBY BARLOW was promoted to co-president. Rentschler previously served as evp, client leader on Ford of Canada with Young & Rubicam.