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COLORADO Allison Wroe and Deborah Muehleisen joined Praco Advertising and Public Relations in Colorado Springs as account executives. Scream Advertising in Denver hired Kelly Fuchs as an art director/designer. Fuchs previously worked at Denver-based Pollack Norman Advertising, where she was a junior art director. Barnhart/CMI in Denver hired Kathi Brock and Kelli McDonald as management supervisors. The shop also added Jeff Strahl as art director, Andy Maier as an account supervisor, Amy St. Germain as an account manager and Kymn Fischer as an assistant account executive. NEVADA Dunn Reber Glenn Marz Advertising & Public Relations in Las Vegas hired Britta Erickson as a public relations account coordinator. Beth Cooney joined the Rose/ Glenn Group in Reno as vice president, director of account services. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Francine M. Crocker was hired as director of client services for The Oddo Group, a marketing, advertising and public relations agency in San Marcos. The Weber Group in Palo Alto has made the following new hires: Kim Malanczuk, account supervisor; Christina Scharrenberg, senior account executive; Lupe Hirt and Ixtlac Duenas, account executives; and Vikki Herrera, account coordinator. In addition, Tony Welz was promoted from senior account executive to account supervisor. Greg Turk was appointed director of marketing and communications for Meridian Industrial Trust in San Francisco. Harry Vitelli joined the senior management team of Psygnosis as vice president of marketing for North America. The Foster City office houses the U.S. publishing division of Psygnosis Ltd. Vitelli previously was vice president of marketing at Newfire, a privately held game technology software company. OREGON Sullivan Pattison Clevenger in Portland hired Dewey Weddington as an account executive. Harris Massey Herinckx Advertising and Public Relations in Portland hired Carolyn Strayer as a public relations account executive. Parker Jackson was hired as an account executive at TriAd, a Bend-based advertising, marketing and public relations company. New at Leopold Ketel & Partners in Portland is assistant account executive Christi Delp. Cawood, a Eugene-based communications firm, promoted Doug Ferguson to art director. Ferguson was previously a graphic designer for the agency. Grady Britton Advertising in Portland hired Michael Terry as project manager, David Beauvais as account coordinator and Diane Magid as art director. The shop also promoted Merinda Duncan and Jolee Reed to assistant account manager positions. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Art directors John Ball and Jose Serrano were named principals at Mires Design in San Diego. Janice Parks was named an account executive and Bill Dicks an art director at Lawrence & Mayo in Newport Beach. Sarah Tobin was named account executive at the agency. Buckley/Friedman Advertising and Public Relations in Irvine promoted Karen Wilde to public relations coordinator. Tony Kaye & Partners in Los Angeles signed former Wieden & Kennedy art director Young Kim as a commercial director. Disney Interactive in Burbank appointed Tim Zucker as vice president, sales and marketing. Strategies in Costa Mesa named Andrew Colley account representative. Katherine Clark joins BGM Health Communications to head ProjecX, a new group within the Los Angeles healthcare marketing communications agency dedicated to medical/healthcare marketing assignments outside traditional ad activities. The agency also hired Stacey Mangano as account executive for its PharmaCare team. Matthews/Mark in San Diego hired account supervisor John Cihomsky, formerly with The Gable Group in San Diego; art director Derek Kirkman, formerly with McCann-Erickson's Seattle office; and copywriters Lisa DeMaggio, from BCF&M in Virginia Beach, Va., and Oliver Albrecht, previously a freelancer in San Diego. Oster & Associates in San Diego hired Daniel Hastings as creative director. Comedy director John Hilton signed with Fuse, Los Angeles, for national representation in commercials. Premier Parks in Oklahoma City named Sherrie Bang to the position of regional marketing vice president/West division. Bang is based in Los Angeles. RiechesBaird Advertising in Irvine hired Asavari Phadnis as a public relations coordinator and promoted Kathy Seaton to advertising account executive. Marc Wolfsheimer joined Stoorza, Ziegaus & Metzger as an account executive in the public affairs division in the agency's San Diego office. Gary Brotman was promoted to senior account executive at Golin/Harris in Los Angeles. New at MLS Marketing Group, an Irvine-based advertising and public relations agency, is creative director Kelly Bennett Capps. Phillips-Ramsey Advertising in San Diego hired Janet Crabbe as an account executive and also promoted Emily Rex to senior account executive and Michael Catanzaro to assistant account executive. Specialized Marketing Services in Irvine named Thomas Wilhelms vice president of business development. The Flowers Group in San Diego hired Kerrie Foss as sales manager. Bonnie Rabjohn was named director of marketing at Six Flags California in Valencia. Los Angeles-based Imperial Bank appointed Tad Malone vice president of marketing and public relations. International Licensing (California) Corp. promoted Mindy Rawers to vice president of marketing for all its brands, including Hang Ten. Claire Bilby was named vice president of sales and travel operations for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. Media Dimensions in San Diego added Michael Vohn Clements to its graphic design department. Irvine-based Koppes & Partners Advertising named Rick Neely director of sales for its recently formed event marketing group. Michael Haibach joined DDB Direct in Los Angeles as management supervisor. Sparkman Advertising in Palos Verdes named Deborah Lafky its new digital media manager. Lages & Associates, an Irvine-based public relations and marketing communications firm, appointed Daniel Rhodes to the position of account executive. Bailey/Gardiner Creative Communications in San Diego hired Kirk Surry as an account supervisor in public relations. RightSide Up, a Van Nuys-based marketing firm, hired Dwight Gould as executive vice president, sales and marketing. The shop also added Candi Torrijos as director, sales and marketing. Fuel Design & Production in Santa Monica added freelance designer Vanessa Marzaroli to its creative staff. E! Entertainment Television named Patricia Frith director, corporate & international publicity. She will be based in Los Angeles and handle E! trade and international publicity campaigns. David Vogler, formerly of Disney Online, rejoined Nickelodeon Online as vice president, creative. Vogler led the development and launch of Nickelodeon Online in 1995. Morgan Marketing & Public Relations in Irvine hired Megan Nelson as an account coordinator. Edelman Public Relations Worldwide named Stan Steinreich senior vice president and director of its corporate practice in Los Angeles. 525 Post Production in Hollywood hired Phyllis Weisband as a producer. Weisband was previously a client of 525's. Feld Entertainment in Vienna, Va., named Jeffery Shapiro vice president, field marketing and sales, Western region. Shapiro will be based in Encino. Graying & Balding, a Santa Monica-based production and post-production house, hired Jeffery Doe as an editor. Ken Williams was promoted to the newly created post of vice president of sales, retail and distribution for Paramount Home Video. New at Wiley & Associates in Westlake Village are Kathy Wyer and Susan Gatto, senior account executives; Christian Nalley, production manager; and Julia Zabasky, assistant account executive. Radio station Y-107 in Los Angeles named Jolene Pellant assistant director of marketing and promotions. She previously worked at crosstown station KLOS. Bob McCauley was promoted to general sales manager at KCOP-TV, UPN Channel 13 in Los Angeles. He previously was the local sales manager at the station. WASHINGTON Bob English was promoted to vice president/general sales manager at Washington Transit Advertising in Seattle. Paradigm Communications Group in Seattle hired Ed Johnson and Becca Ferguson as account executives. Hunt Marketing Group in Seattle named Bruno Gralpois director of database and new-media strategies. --compiled by Gregory Turner

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