Tuesday, May 31, 2005
GE Commercial Finance has named four executives to its Global Media & Communications origination team. MARK HUANG has been appointed senior vice president, Technology Lending; EITAN MILSTEIN has been named senior vice president for the Special Situations team; and KEVIN KHANNA and ROBERT MALONE will serve as vice presidents, focusing on the entertainment and media sectors respectively.
The Bravo Group has hired LUIS CABRERA as managing director of Bravo Uno-a-Uno, Bravo's one-to-one marketing unit. Cabrera will be one of two managing directors responsible for managing the business unit combining direct, interactive and CRM marketing with entertainment and other new media disciplines. He joins The Bravo Group from Neoris where he held the position of business solutions manager.
DANE B. FARNUM has been named associate publisher of the Time4 Media Marine Group. Farnum joins the Marine Group following a 17-year tenure at Rodale Inc.
JO-ANN MUNRO has joined Enterprise/JWT as vice president, executive creative director. In addition, DOMINIQUE VIBIEN has been promoted to vice president, group director and MARYSE BLANCHARD has been hired as account supervisor on the Tim Hortons account.
Seybold Seminars has named ANDREW "DREW" MILLER as general manager of the Seybold event series and publications. In his new role, Miller will direct both editorial and conference content teams.
RANDY FRANK LEEDS was named publisher of Organic Style and Organic Gardening magazines. Frank Leeds is charged with further developing and broadening revenue opportunities for the magazines - including ad sales and licensing. Frank Leeds comes to Organic Style from Premier Retail Networks where she served as senior vice president of sales.
T3 (The Think Tank) has added three new account service specialists to its team. JENNIFER WALKER joins T3 as an account supervisor for new business. Most recently, Walker worked as an account supervisor at Tocquigny in Austin. Walker will work with the new business team and assist with new accounts. MEREDITH GUNTHORP comes to T3 as a senior account executive for Dell Catalog. Prior to joining T3, Gunthorp worked as an account supervisor at McGarrah/Jesse in Austin. Gunthorp's responsibilities will include account management for the Fortune 1000 clients. Lastly, ADRIANE BEERS joins T3 New York as an account executive for Marriott. Before coming to T3, Beers worked as an interactive account executive at Tribal DDB in New York. Beers will work as a liaison between the client and internal teams.
JENNIFER GARR has been promoted to chief operating officer at WestWayne, and will continue to run the agency's Tampa office as executive vice president, managing director. KAREN EVANS has been promoted from executive vice president, chief strategic officer at WestWayne to executive vice president, chief marketing officer. Lastly, TOM FULLER, formerly COO, has been named chief administrative officer.
TIM CASTELLI has been named associate publisher of Maxim magazine. Castelli joins the magazine from Ziff Davis Media, where he was rose from a classified sales rep for PC Magazine to becoming the senior vice president, group publisher of the consumer technology group. In addition, AMY NEWMAN has been promoted to associate publisher, creative services and marketing. She was previously the group services director. Prior to joining Maxim, Newman was the president of triP Entertainment, a marketing and public relations firm where she worked as a consultant.
The Devon Group has hired JENNIFER ORT as an account supervisor.
WorldNow has promoted MELISSA HATTER from vice president to senior vice president, client services, a newly created position. Before joining WorldNow, Hatter spent more than seven years at the NBC Television Network where she managed relationships between NBC and its affiliates and optimized program clearances for franchises such as the NBA, NFL, Major League Baseball and PGA Golf.
SAM CHADHA has joined AMC as vice president of advertising and brand strategy. Chadha is charged with developing AMC's consumer advertising campaigns. Prior to joining AMC, he spent eight years at Jose Cuervo International Inc, most recently as the director of integrated marketing: global, where he led worldwide brand and marketing strategies.
Reuters has appointed DEAN WRIGHT as senior vice president and managing editor for consumer services. Based in New York, he will lead the editorial operations and programming - including the online, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Wright joins Reuters from MSNBC.com where he served as editor-in-chief and managing editor for news.
SUSAN HEYMANN has been promoted to group supervisor at Bader Rutter & Associates. Heymann joined the agency in 2004 as an account supervisor on the OfficeMax account.
TLC has promoted SEAN GALLAGHER to senior vice president of production and development and MICHAEL KLEIN to vice president of production. Gallagher was previously named vice president of development, TLC in January 2005 after serving as vice president, program development with Discovery Channel. Klein will be responsible for the strategic planning, management, and execution of all content on the network.
Caring Today: Practical Advice for the Family Caregiver has named SUSAN STRECKER RICHARD its editor-in-chief. Prior to joining the magazine, Richard was editor-in-chief of iVillage Parenting Network.
DAVID BEAN has been named group publisher of Time4 Outdoors, including Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines. Most recently, Bean was president of the Bean Agency, an Albany-based advertising, marketing and public relations firm.
NICHOLAS JONES has joined Draft Chicago as senior vice president, group account director. Jones will lead the team responsible for the Nokia global retail business. Jones joins Draft from Upshot's Chicago office, where he served as executive vice president, director of account services. While there, he worked with clients such as Discover Card, Morgan Stanley, Sony, Warner Home Video, and Staples.
Fogarty Klein Monroe has promoted KYLE ALLEN to senior vice president. Allen joined the agency in 1990 as a media planner and buyer.
Refinery has named GERRY MCGOLDRICK senior vice president of search engine services. McGoldrick is the former president and co-founder of directMASS, a SEM firm recently acquired by Refinery.
