AdGent 007 hired JOHN E. MARCOM, JR. as chief operating officer. Most recently,Marcom led Yahoo’s global expansion as the senior vice president overseeing operations outside the U.S.

NEAL SCARBROUGH joined VERSUS as vice president of digital media. Scarbrough joins VERSUS from Wasserman Media Group/Sportnet where he served as vice president and editor-in-chief.

MICHAEL WELCH was promoted to vice president, client strategy at Empower MediaMarketing.

NICOLE NICHOLS has been named senior vice president, communications and strategy for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. She most recently served as senior vice president, entertainment communications at Disney/ABC Television Group.

ZACH CANFIELD joined Wieden+Kennedy Portland as global director of creative recruiting, a newly created position. Canfield joins the agency from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners where he served as creative recruiter and manager.

STAR Healthcare named MARYANN KUZEL as president. Most recently, Kuzel was president and founder of Patient Centered Healthcare.

Epic Advertising named KEITH DUNCAN as senior director of agency sales. Most recently, Duncan served as account director for the Consumer Products Category at Yahoo!

ELIZABETH HERBST-BRADY was named president of MAGNA. She spent the last two years running advertising sales for 20th Television, a division of 20th Century Fox, as GSM SVP of syndication ad sales.

Marcus Thomas named CARRIE ANN KANDES as vice president, public relations. In addition, she retains her role as management supervisor.

EVB San Francisco hired STEPHEN GOLDBLATT as partner and executive creative director. He most recently served as group creative director from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners San Francisco.