140 Proof hired former Weather Channel vice president, Ed Darmanin as chief revenue officer.

The ADVERTISING Club of New York named Laurel Rossi, president of Havas Worldwide Strategy Farm, as chair of the board of directors.

GMR Marketing named Steve Dupee as executive vice president, business development.

Interbrand Sampson de Villiers, Interbrand's hub in Africa, named Sarah Lent as managing director. Lent first joined Interbrand in 2009 as director of client services in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Ben Strebel joined WANDA Productions as director.

Christopher Beirne joined Evidon as vice president of agency relations.

Voltari hired Jon Blinderman as vice president of sales, east.

Charles Kennedy was named executive vice president, research and insights, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group. He joins the network from ABC Television Network where he served as senior vice president of research. Kennedy will be charged with oversight of primary, programming, ad sales and digital research. Prior to joining ABC, Kennedy was senior vice president at DYG, a research firm specializing in social trends. His media clients included Meredith Communications, National Geographic, Saatchi & Saatchi, NBC, Fox and ABC. In addition, Liz Mahaffey was elevated to executive vice president, brand strategy, where she’ll oversee strategic planning initiatives. Both executives will report …

Graham Ritchie joined Hill Holliday as chief strategy officer, reporting to Karen Kaplan, CEO. Ritchie will also serve on the senior leadership team established by Kaplan in May, consisting of chief creative officer Lance Jensen, managing directors Leslee Kiley and Kerry Benson, chief media officer Cindy Stockwell, marketing director and head of new business Chris Wallrapp, chief human resources officer Ruthanne Russell and chief financial officer Steve Andrews. Most recently Ritchie was managing partner for Publicis Mojo Group, Australia and New Zealand, responsible for managing client groups and leading strategy. While there, he worked with brands such as Coke, Virgin …

TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles named Peter Ravailhe as managing director of the agency’s Gatorade account, reporting to Carisa Bianchi, president of the agency. In his previous role at TBWA\SPORTS\LAB, Ravailhe was responsible for developing and managing clients’ day to day sporting business for adidas, Gatorade, Nissan and Banco do Brasil. Prior to that he launched a sports innovation consultancy, VT-3,  in the UK.