Atlanta based MaxMedia Design has named DON BERG as executive vice president of marketing. Formerly senior project manager, Berg joined MaxMedia in 1998. As project manager he oversaw Web development projects and online marketing campaigns for BellSouth, Cingular, NCR, Coca-Cola, and General Motors.

Singer Direct has named LAURIE DELUCA as vice president, insert management. as vice president, insert management.

Experclick has hired JEFF HIRSCH as chief sales and marketing officer. Most recently, Hirsch served as chief revenue officer of Fastclick.com. In addition, NICOLE FALSEY has joined the company as account manager.

ERIC L. SIMON has been named publisher of RAZOR Magazine. He was most recently associate publisher of Blender magazine.

Digitas has named CELLA IRVINE as chief administrative officer. Irvine will lead corporate infrastructural and strategic planning for the company.

Accipiter Solutions has named DR. DONALD TELAGE and Michael Ramich, principal with Frontier Capital, to its board of directors.

Initiative has hired MICHAEL HAYES as vice president, interactive marketing. Hayes will oversee Initiative's interactive media and digital marketing services, working on accounts including Bank of America, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Carl Karcher Enterprises (CKE Restaurants) and Cox Interactive. Prior to joining Initiative, Hayes served as the head of the media services and strategic planning group at 10^th Degree, a direct response and interactive agency.

STACY KIRK, associate PR manager of Weather.com, has accepted a position in the Atlanta office of Edelman PR.

Samsung Electronics America (SEA) has promoted PETER WEEDFALD to senior vice president, sales and marketing for the Consumer Electronics Division. In his new role, Weedfald leads branding, marketing, and sales initiatives for Samsung's Consumer Electronics Division. Weedfald, who joined the company in 2001, will also continue his current responsibility as senior vice president of North America's strategic marketing team.

ANDREAS WEIGEND, former chief scientist at Amazon.com, will serve the same role at Poindexter Systems. Prior to Amazon.com, he was the chief scientist of ShockMarket, creating information products and trading models based on real-time data from online brokerages, leveraging principles of behavioral finance.

DENNIS PATRICK, president and CEO of National Geographic Ventures, has been named chairman, NGV while retaining the function of CEO. Patrick is stepping down as president, NGV. TIM KELLY, formerly president of National Geographic Television & Film (NGT&F), will replace Patrick.

STEVEN E. DRUCKMAN has been appointed as chief marketing officer at FreshDirect. Druckman will oversee all aspects of the company’s marketing initiatives including, direct marketing, online marketing, public relations, customer service, and advertising. Prior to joining FreshDirect, Druckman served as the general manager of Toys ‘R’ Us’ Toy Box Wholesale division, where he led all aspects of the wholesale business.

ImaginAsian TV has appointed CHARLES HENDRICKSON to chief financial officer. Hendrickson will be responsible for overseeing all of the company’s financial activities. Prior to joining ImaginAsian TV, Hendrickson served 16 years as managing director/treasurer of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

KATE HARRIS has joined AKQA as director of account planning and CRAIG WALMSLEY has joined the agency as director of strategy. Harris and Walmsley both join AKQA San Francisco from the agency’s London office where they served in similar roles.

MaximNet has named STEVEN ROSENBLATT as its national advertising director and JENNIFER PETROVIC as the West Coast manager. CHAD JESKEWITZ has been hired as the Midwest manager, and JARED HAND has been named as an East Coast manager. Petrovic was most recently the West Coast online manager at TV Guide. Jeskewitz was most recently a senior national account manager for InterActive Corp. and Hand comes from Fathom Online where he was a regional sales manager.

Crain Communications has named CHARLES LAUER to publishing and editorial director and FAWN LOPEZ to publisher of Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician. Lauer continues to lead the titles as senior director and advisor, and Lopez assumes responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the publications.

CYRUS KROHN, former publisher of Slate Magazine, has stayed at Microsoft as executive producer of MSN Video. Slate magazine was recently sold to the Washington Post.

MWW Group has named SUZANNE KIMELMAN as account supervisor in the company's consumer lifestyle marketing practice. Kimelman will help lead programs and campaigns for a variety of MWW Group's consumer accounts. Kimelman joins MWW from Edelman where she served as account supervisor.

The Deal, LLC has named CHRISTINE NEUBERT to director of advertising sales. Neubert will be responsible for developing technology and financial services advertising accounts for The Deal's print publications, Web sites, custom media, and events, with an emphasis on the company's newest brand, Tech Confidential.

The Republik has named KELLY GRUBER to be project director at The Republik, overseeing creative scheduling for all accounts. Gruber will also be event manager at Rubberneck, a Republik subsidiary.

National Geographic Kids Editor-in-Chief MELINA GEROSA BELLOWS has been promoted to vice president, Magazine Group.

Peter A. Mayer Advertising has named TOD SMITH vice president, media director, and JODY TOWERS as management supervisor.Smith joined the agency from WWL-TV where he served as local sales manager and Towers joined from TM Advertising, where she served as management supervisor.

EFX Media has hired WAYNE KURIE as director of client services.

Rainbow Media Holdings has named JOHN TOOHEY vice president, finance and strategic planning of Mag Rack, Rainbow Media's first on-demand network, and sportskool, on-demand sports instruction network. Most recently, Toohey served as the director of finance for Rainbow's direct-broadcast-satellite venture where he led financial planning and analysis activities.

Blattner Brunner named ADAM PORTZEL as art director, and promoted MATTHEW FOX to assistant account executive. Portzel joins the agency after a 10-year stint at Arnold Worldwide.