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CaliforniaMatt Brown has advanced to vice president of marketing and research at television ad-sales organization Adlink in Los Angeles. Since joining Adlink in 2002 as vp, marketing and communications, Brown has renovated the firm's Web site and launched its sports and Hispanic divisions. coloradoDenver's McClain Finlon Advertising has added Kae Penner-Howell as an associate creative director and copywriter. Monte Mead has been promoted to partner and chief design director at Denver's Cultivator Advertising & Design, where he was a design director since September 2003.FloridaCatherine McCulloch has joined PUSH in Orlando as director of creative services. McCulloch is responsible for the management and recruitment of the creative and production teams. Prior to joining PUSH, McCulloch served as director of creative services at Eleven in San Francisco.Dori Bryant has become director of business development at the HLA Group in Tampa. Previously, Bryant operated her own marketing consulting firm, Sinergy By Design. georgiaKilgannon in Atlanta has appointed Jason Kimbell brand manager. He joins from local Bigelow Advertising, where he oversaw accounts such as Coca-Cola, BellSouth Telecommunications and Time Warner Cable. Kilgannon has also hired Greg Smolen as studio manager. He previously was a studio manager and designer at Atlanta's Cole Henderson Drake.WestWayne's Breatheinteractive in Atlanta has promoted Melissa Kimble from account supervisor to management supervisor. Julia Brown and Katie Whitney have also been elevated to business development manager and account supervisor, respectively. Brown, previously an account executive, now leads new client initiatives. Whitney was a production manager. Ushma Patel has been hired as an interactive media planner, and Amanda Jones has been added as a production manager.illinoisWPP Group property 141 Worldwide in Chicago has hired Jeannie Goldstein as vice president and managing director of 141 Premiere Sports and Entertainment. Lisa McConnell has rejoined Burrell Communications in Chicago as a creative director working on the Verizon account. She previously worked at RJ Dale as a senior copywriter. Tereska Haman has joined Burrell Communications as an account director in account management on the P&G account. Haman previously worked at DDB Chicago as an account supervisor on the Midas International account.minnesotaRetail marketing veteran Julie Feyerer has joined Minneapolis-based Fame as an associate creative director. Feyerer was most recently a freelance copywriter and creative director working with Frankel on brands such as Coca-Cola and CVS Pharmacy. new jerseyEinson Freeman in Upper Saddle River announces the addition of six new hires to the agency: Caryn Andreasen as account director on businesses including Bristol-Myers Squibb and LG Electronics, Natalie Cammerino as account supervisor on Reynolds Metals, Colleen Raleigh as assistant account executive on Reynolds Metals, Jaime Swanson as assistant account executive on LG Electronics, Jess Kooy as junior art director and Nora Carenza as accounts payable manager.DM.2 Strategy Design announces the hire of Kathryn Shea as junior account executive/sales assistant. new yorkEric Mower and Associates has named Robert J. Bellafiore partner-in-charge of the company's Albany office. Bellafiore was partner and director of public affairs for the marketing communications agency. He replaces Richard Lyke, who started EMA's Albany office in 1997 and has transferred to EMA's Charlotte, N.C., office. Jeffrey T. Soyk has joined Eric Mower and Associates in Syracuse as an interactive designer, and Sarah Quintal and Michelle Hughson Mooney have joined the Buffalo office as production manager and associate copywriter, respectively, in the agency's brand promotion group. Valerie Bergeman has also joined as media buyer at the Buffalo office.Thomas Ott has been named president and publisher of Smithsonian Group Publishing, which includes Smithsonian and Air & Space magazines. The position is based in Smithsonian's New York City office. Ott joins Smithsonian from Reader's Digest Association. Golf Magazine associate editor David Dusek has been appointed to the role of senior managing editor of GolfOnline.com. Betina Lewin has been appointed advertising sales representative for AARP Segunda Juventud. Buck & Pulleyn in Rochester, N.Y., has named P.J. Galgay junior copywriter. pennsylvaniaAdvertising agency SFGT in Philadelphia has hired Jennifer Ostrich as account director.Marc USA in Pittsburgh has added four people to its interactive department: Peter Rush as director of interactive marketing, Teddy Carroll as senior interactive producer, Jay Del Greco as interactive production artist and Zach Braham as assistant interactive producer.south carolinaErwin-Penland in Greenville has named Tony Lowe senior art director on the Verizon Wireless account, Melissa Hampton media planner and buyer, Karen Mawhinney an account supervisor, Melodie Ross account executive and Sara Raynor junior account executive.texasWitherspoon Advertising and Public Relations in Fort Worth has appointed Laura Squires vice president of client services. Witherspoon has also installed James Ware as senior art director. TM Advertising in Irving has named Jennifer Lucio as an account supervisor on the American Airlines account. Previously a senior account executive, Lucio also manages the pro bono client Van Cliburn. The Richards Group has promoted account director Lance Miceli to principal. Prior to joining the Dallas agency in 2000, Miceli was a vice president and group account director at GKV Advertising in Baltimore. WisconsinTwo designers, Clara Beck and Brad Germata, have joined Milwaukee's Marx McClellan Thrun (MMT). Beck arrives from the Atlanta agency R!OT, where she worked with broadcast media and in-house marketing. Germata is a recent graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, where he earned a bachelor of fine arts in communication design.

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