ELIZABETH RIFAS has been promoted to national fashion director of Maximmagazine. Rifas will oversee Maxim’s sales and marketing strategy on all national accounts in fashion, footwear, accessories, watches, and retail. Prior to joining Maxim in 2004, Rifas held the accessories/corporate director of sales position at sister publication, Stuff magazine.

The Africa Channel, an independent television network showcasing the diverse cultures and rich history of Africa, has named SHIRLEY NEAL as vice president of production and development. Neal will be responsible for production of original content for The Africa Channel, overseeing network operations, as well as scheduling of shows already on the network.

CHRISTIN PRINCE has joined Jumpstart Automotive Media in the newly created position of East Coast director, national advertising sales. Prince will be responsible for overseeing advertising sales and strategic business development for East Coast automotive accounts. Most recently, Prince worked as an interactive media strategist for McKinney-Silver, Audi’s advertising agency.

Klipmart Corporation has named JACK MACLEOD as vice president of sales, Southwest. He replaces AJ VERNE who has been promoted to vice president of sales, Northwest. Since 1999, Macleod worked for Advertising.com, in positions such as account executive, regional sales manager and, most recently, senior sales director.

JENNIFER BAUER has joined Bader Rutter & Associates as an account executive in the agency’s account services group. Prior to joining the agency, Bauer was an account executive for Integre’ Advertising by Design.

ROGER FURMAN has been named director of marketing and new business development at Eagle Television Sales in New York. Furman will be responsible for selling and coordinating the Non-Traditional Revenue sales opportunities available through Eagle TV stations. Most recently, Furman was responsible for selling various sporting event sponsorships for SFX Sports Group, a division of Clear Channel Communications.

TAULBEE JACKSON has joined Meyer & Wallis as a senior account executive and will provide account and project management to several Meyer & Wallis clients, including Marsh Supermarkets and Centex Homes. Jackson joins the company from 92.3 WTTS, where he served as marketing director, responsible for leading the station's re-branding campaign.

Organic has named DAVID FELDT senior vice president, managing director of Organic's Toronto office. Feldt comes to Organic from Blast Radius, where he served as general manager and vice president of client services. Prior to that, Feldt was senior vice president, global practice leader of Wunderman New York, and also held an earlier position as vice president, director of e-business solutions for Wunderman Canada.

MICKEY S. GOLDBERG has been named in-house legal counsel for DL Ryan Companies, the holding company for promotion marketing agencies Ryan Partnership, Ryan iDirect and others. Goldberg will run the promotional legal department for the company, and manage and develop its paralegal staff. Most recently, Goldberg was a marketing and legal consultant to sports marketing agency Force 10 Communications.

JUDY BAHARY has joined the Strategic Research team of GM Planworks, the media division within Starcom MediaVest Group dedicated to media communications planning on behalf of General Motors, as director of quantitative research and accountability.

KEVIN APPNEL has joined Barry Group as new business coordinator. He will lead the firm’s new business efforts. Previously, Appnel was responsible for account relationship and operational management for Enterprise Rent a Car.

JAMES BRUNK has been promoted to creative director, up from associate creative director, at ePrize.

Yahoo! has named DEANNA BROWN general manager of Yahoo! Health. In this role, she will be responsible for all aspects of the Health destination, including overseeing content and product development, operations and partner relationships. Brown joins Yahoo! from lifestyle magazine Breathe Media, where she was CEO and publisher.

Network LIVE has made a bevy of appointments. ANDREW THAU has been named chief operating officer; J.D. HEILPRIN, a former senior consultant to HP and MTV, has been named senior vice president strategic development; and RON MILKES, former general counsel for The Firm, Inc. has been appointed as general counsel and vice president legal affairs.

ANDREW RUTBERG has been named executive vice president, chief data officer, for Wunderman, a new position. Rutberg joins Wunderman from Harte-Hanks, a marketing services provider.

ANN HONOMICHL and ANNE TOAL were named account managers for the New York sales team of CNNMoney.com. They will be responsible for online advertising sales in the New York metropolitan area. Prior to joining CNNMoney.com Honomichl worked for AG Interactive. Toal joins the company from Forbes.com where she handled accounts in New York and Long Island.

VOOM HD Networks has named SHARON J. KAHN as vice president of communications.

CNET News.com has appointed HARRY FULLER as executive editor of CNET News.com. Fuller is responsible for overseeing the creation of original video content. He joins CNET News.com from CNBC Europe, where he was executive producer in charge of planning, assignment, and coverage of news stories.

PAUL VENN has been appointed North American managing partner of Y&R, which includes the combined Y&R and Wunderman Detroit office. Most recently, Venn served as director of strategy for WPP’s central team on the Ford business, based in Dearborn, Mich. Venn is replacing DONALD WILLIAMS, who is retiring.

Scripps Networks has formed an Emerging Networks group and named BOB BASKERVILLE president of the network, charged with overseeing business strategy, content development and operations. Baskerville joined Scripps Networks in 1994.

ROBERT BALTAZAR has been named manager of development at Lion Television. Joining the company from The WB, Baltazar will focus on original productions for network and cable, as well as adaptations of Lion Television's UK formats for the U.S. market.