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ILLINOISRobin Shapiro was named vice president group creative director at DDB Corbett, the joint venture formed by healthcare ad specialist Frank J. Corbett Inc. and DDB Chicago.Ray DeThorne was elected executive vice president at Leo Burnett in Chicago. DeThorne, formerly a senior vice president and account director at the agency, will lead the agency's U.S. Army ad account. Additionally, Liz Bromberg was elected a senior vice president at the agency. She will help lead the Nintendo account.Giant Step added Lisa DeSalvo as its Chicago director of recruitment.Carl Puccio was hired as director of learning and development.Cramer-Krasselt named Scott Drucker to the post of vice president, account supervisor in the agency's Chicago office.Mobium Creative Group, Chicago, promoted senior copywriters Mike Ritt and Mike Speck and art directors Karen Boesche and Vicki Szymcek all to associate partners, creative strategy and planning.Dan Albert was promoted to executive vice president, chief media strategist at Starcom USA in Chicago.INDIANAKeller Crescent promoted Bob Hubbard to account executive/technical services. Hubbard joined the Evansville shop in 1977.MICHIGANEisbrenner Public Relations promoted Carrie Jackson to account executive. She will work on the Troy-based firm's automotive and service clients.Brian Doerr, Barbara Krug and George Pratt were named vice presidents at Campbell-Ewald in Detroit.Gerald Downey joined the Bloomfield Hills office of Alan Frank & Associates Advertising as vice president.Graphic designer Mark Stucky joined Grace & Wild Interactive Development in Farmington Hills.Martin Jeakle joined Doner in Southfield as a vice president, group media director. H. Barry Levine was appointed chief financial officer.MINNESOTA Kathy Umland was named a partner and manager of creative services at Carmichael Lynch in Minneapolis. The agency promoted Craig Rowley and Tom Costello each to group director in the account management department.Peterson Milla Hooks Advertising, Minneapolis, hired senior art director Sue Kaase, production artist Erika Walden, traffic manager Kara Woodfill and office coordinator Rex Rusher.David Heinsch, Jarrod Krull, Chris Reese, Geoffrey Riggs, Eric Schuller and Jennifer Thistle joined Minneapolis-based Padilla Speer Beardsley. Heinsch and Krull are senior account executives, Reese, Thistle and Riggs are account executives, Schuller is a copywriter.Gage In-Store Marketing, a division of Minneapolis-based Gage Marketing, promoted Lester Morrow to president.Bill Hahn joined Clarity Coverdale Fury as a senior copywriter. Hahn joins the Minneapolis agency from Arnold Communications in Boston. The agency also hired Jill Treadwell as creative coordinator.New at Bozell Kamstra in Minneapolis are chief financial officer Maureen Doolan and assistant media planner Angela Baker. Doolan comes to the agency from Vitality FoodService Inc. in Tampa Fla., while Baker was recently an intern at Cuneo & Associates. Additionally, the agency promoted Lynn Berghs to management supervisor from account supervisor.Gabriel Diericks Razidlo in Minneapolis hired Nancy Pratt as an account supervisor on the agency's DuPont Corrian and Zodiaq accounts. MISSOURIKuhn & Wittenborn in Kansas City added Dawn Thibodeau as a senior media planner/buyer. Thibodeau comes to the agency from Pepper & Associates. Additionally, the agency promoted Julie O'Rourke to account executive and Lori West to assistant account executive.New at MMG Worldwide in Kansas City are: credit assistant Rose Wilson; account executive Beverly Enriqeuz; production manager Kory Kavanaugh; production artist Brian De La Torre; account coordinator Melissa Benyo; print production manager Janelle Tebbs; production artist Darci Johnson; and senior art director John Hayden. New in the agency's MMG Interactive division are: vice president of production Stephanie Axe; vice president of technical development Dwen Doggett; vice president of strategic development Tony Svoboda; senior applications developer Kenyon Gwillim; program specialist Jeff Sisson and director of client service Maureen Brink.Promoted at MMG Worldwide were: Bill Patterson, to vice president of public relations; Jeff Wilson, to account coordinator; Carole Carter, to account executive; Amy Mastin Moll, to senior art director; Alicia Hanna, to media planner/buyer; Eric Lake, to media buyer; Arlene Bishop, to account executive; Shelly Nadler, to media buyer; Wayne South, to vice president of production services; and Christine Miller, to new business coordinator.Maritz Marketing Research hired Bob Stergos as an account manager for the South Central Region. He will be responsible for account service and new business development in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.NEBRASKASwanson Russell Associates in Lincoln promoted Jeff Beckenbach to art director and hired Tina Navratil as an account coordinator. The agency also added Tammy Gehring and Clover Shelton to its Lincoln office. Gehring is an account coordinator and Shelton is a public relations writer.Anderson Partners promoted Becky Keasling to account executive from account coordinator. Cathy Bennett joined the agency as media coordinator.OHIOHitchcock Fleming and Associates hired Greg Bukosky as a senior copywriter and Amy Reese as an assistant media buyer/planner. Bukosky is a graduate of Kent State University; Reese was most recently an assistant broadcast buyer at Western Initiative Media in Cleveland.Design shop Libby Perszyk Kathman in Cincinnati promoted Melanie Fairchild to associate account executive, working on brands such as Pantene, Physique and Vidal Sasson. The Cincinnati agency also hired Erin Helmer as an associate account executive and Elizabeth Hawkins as an account coordinator.Jackie Meier joined The Lauerer Markin Group as an art director. She will work on clients in the automotive, glass fabrication and injection molding machine manufacturing industries.HSR Business to Business in Cincinnati promoted Kevin Dugan to director of public relations. Dugan will be responsible for guiding public relations projects for clients such as Cadence, Agilera, Hobart and Xerox.Mark Freeman Associates, Cleveland, hired John L. Fox as media director.LaRosa's appointed Pete Buscani the executive vice president of marketing for the Cincinnati-based pizza and Italian restaurant chain.Libby Perszyk Kathman promoted Mike White to senior designer. The Cincinnati firm also named Laura Bofinger project manager and Robin Horst editorial director.Gerbig, Snell/Weisheimer & Associates in Columbus appointed R. Blane Walter its chief executive officer. He succeeds Robert L. Gerbig who intends to retire within the next year.Bridge Integrated Communications hired Yoshiko Burke as an interactive designer in Cincinnati.Jennifer Smallwood was appointed public relations coordinator at The Urda Company, an Akron-based agency. Geri Roberts was named office manager.Camille Hall was promoted to vice president, direct marketing, at Lord, Sullivan & Yoder in Columbus.SOUTH DAKOTANew at Lawrence & Schiller in Sioux Falls are account director Mike Anderson, media coordinator Gaye Grider and director of sales for the Broadcast Web Network Kyle Ruhland.WISCONSINNew at Ovation Marketing in La Crosse are: Web developer Zach Boudreau, art director Brian Larrington and account services manager Steve Zinda.McCulloch Design Group in Waukesha hired graphic artist/project manager Melissa Homan and graphic artist Denise Folger. Renee Scheidecker joined Malcolm Marketing Communications as senior account executive/marketing strategist in Madison.Joanne Weber joined Bellwether Communications as public relations assistant in Racine.Laughlin/Constable added account executive Kelly Bialzik and Web developer Steve Holmquist to its Milwaukee design and interactive departments.

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