Jim Cousins was named executive director of The BrandLab, OLSON's non-profit spin-off.

Wave, the multicultural agency of Omnicom's The Marketing Arm, named Emilio Coronado as senior account director. Coronado joins Wave from Citi, where he served as vice president/director, brand & marketing.

[x+1] named Dedric Choi vice president of partnerships and strategy. Choi was most recently a vice president in the Strategy and Analysis group at Digitas.

The Richards Group has promoted Shelley Swan to principal. Swan is responsible for managing M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and is a team leader on Red Lobster, one of the agency's largest clients.

Fernanda Romano joined Euro RSCG Worldwide as global creative director, digital and experiential, a newly created position. Previously, Romano served as the global executive creative director on Nokia and creative director at JWT London, overseeing such clients as Unilever, Cadbury and Diageo.

Kate Wheatley was tapped to lead the digital marketing efforts for MediaCom's West Coast operation. Prior to joining MediaCom, Wheatley was digital group media director for Universal McCann in Los Angeles, where she managed digital media planning for more than 20 different Sony Electronics product divisions.

Canoe Ventures named Tom Huber as executive director of system integration and test and Kevin McHugh as executive director of interactive applications.

Scott Sorokin was named head of digital, global at Mindshare. Most recently, Sorokin was president of Carat and Carat Fusion, Aegis Media's digital services agency.

Wexley School for Girls hired Christine Wise as director of research and planning. Wise will direct the company's brand planning, strategy, and cultural anthropology efforts.

TheWrap.com hired Michael Speier as news editor. In addition, Charlie Koones was named to the company's board of directors.