Avenue A | Razorfish New York named FRANCIS ANDERSON as vice president of connections planning and PAUL GELB as manager of emerging media.

MATT KAIN joined MindShare North America as managing director of MindShare Search. Prior to joining MindShare, Kain worked at 24/7 Real Media, where he was responsible for managing all U.S. search clients.

Digitas elevated GLENN ENGLER to president of the agency’s Boston headquarters. Engler, formerly executive vice president, leads the agency’s General Motors and XM accounts. Engler replaces former Boston office president TORRENCE BOONE.

JOHN HEATH is joining Gotham as director of planning from McCann Erickson NY where he served as group planning director. LYLE TICK  joined the agency as group managing director, managing partner, from a similar post at mcgarrybowen.

Magnani Caruso Dutton has hired MICHAEL GIROURARD as senior web developer, LESLIE ALBRIGHT as executive producer and SCOTT TELEK as senior copywriter.

LevLane Philadelphia hired MICHAEL BOGGS as account director.

ML Rogers New York named JAMES STREIT strategic planning director, working on all accounts. Previously, Streit was brand planning director at Avrett Free Ginsburg New York.

MediaVest USA elevated YAAKOV KIMELFELD and JENNIFER STEBNER to senior vice presidents and elevated KELLY BURKE, MARIE CASIMIR, JENNIFER CHATHAM, ERIC GOLDBERG, DAN KERN, KRISTIN MULTER, KERRY O’SULLIVAN, MEGAN RILEY and SAMANTHA VOISIN to vice presidents.

Quantcast named TODD TERESI as chief revenue officer. He recently served as senior vice president of Yahoo!’s publisher network.

TAXI New York named RON SMRCZEK executive creative director. He is currently creative director, TAXI Toronto.

ROB CURLEY was named president and executive editor for Greenspun Interactive and CHRIS JENNEWEIN joined Greenspun Media Group as senior vice president and publisher.

ALAN CITRON, previously general manager for TMZ, joined Buzznet to head special projects.

MICHAEL LAZAR joined Platform-A/AOL as AOL music sales director for the property sales group.

COLLEEN O'KANE has been named chief media officer at True Media. O’Kane was previously senior vice president, director of brand communications at GSW Worldwide.

SEAN MACPHEDRAN, director, creative strategy at Fuel Industries, has relocated from the company's head office in Ottawa, Canada to represent the branded entertainment firm in New York.

St. John & Partners added MIKE D’ABREU as a copywriter in the agency’s creative department. He will service the firm’s Smoothie King and Zaxby’s accounts. D’Abreu joins St. John & Partners after spending four years at 22squared, working on the Buffalo Wild Wings, Toyota and Triumph accounts.

STEPHEN ALLAN, previously CEO of GroupM UK, has been named chairman & CEO of MediaCom Worldwide. He succeeds ALEXANDER SCHMIDT-VOGEL, who has taken on the newly established role of CEO global trading of GroupM Worldwide.

DIY Network named STEVEN LERNER as director of programming.

JONATHAN DUBE was named vice president of ABCNEWS.com and DEIRDRE MICHALOPOULOS has been named managing editor of ABCNEWS.com.

CHRISTINA PISANO was named vice president of research for WE tv. Pisano was formerly vice president of research for NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, Oxygen and Bravo Media.

Sportgenic named KEVIN M. GRANATH senior vice president of sales.

Mintz & Hoke Communications Group promoted MIA WALTERS from account supervisor to account director.

Carat hired JENNIFER TUCCERI as an account supervisor.

BOB LUKASIK, former executive creative director of G2 Interactive, joined imc² as vice president/group creative director.