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californiaMcCann Erickson in San Francisco has named Steve Soldano global managing partner on Microsoft. Soldano came from MindShare in New York, where he had been worldwide strategic planning director since January 2004.Independent BuderEngel and Friends in San Francisco has hired Jabeen Yusuf as director of account management. She arrives from Oakland agency Carol H. Williams, where she was group account director. The True Agency in Los Angeles has advanced chief operating officer Valencia Gayles to the position of president. In addition, Perry Fair has rejoined the agency as executive creative director. Fair worked as a lead creative at Element 79 in Chicago.King World Productions in Santa Monica has promoted Alex Ignon to vice president, marketing and promotion. Ignon previously had served as director, marketing and cross promotion since 2000. Draft in Los Angeles has named Lesley Odoom account director on its L.A. Times business. Odoom previously worked at Leo Burnett in Chicago, where she managed lead generation programs and co-marketing efforts for Disney and loyalty card programs for Starbucks.connecticut Jessamyn Smith-Sokol has joined VogtGoldstein in Westport as an account executive. Smith-Sokol was manager of corporate advertising for the W Hotel brand before joining the agency. Previously, she spent three years at the Jones Apparel Group in New York as advertising manager. Also at VogtGoldstein, Hill Cheuk was named senior art director. Before moving to the agency, Cheuk was an art director in Los Angeles, working on Suzuki, Disney and the California Department of Health Services accounts. district of columbiaStephanie Peacock-Morris has joined Widmeyer Communications as director of outreach and development and will assist the firm in launching a new marketing effort for the Washington and New York offices. She previously served as vp at Venture Communications, a boutique PR firm in Washington. GeorgiaDavid Reid has joined GameTap in Atlanta as vice president of marketing.Reid arrives from Microsoft, where he most recently was director of Xbox worldwide platform marketing. MaineAura360, an experiential marketing firm based in Portland, has added two senior executives: Cathy Cooper as partner, director of TV production, and Dan Gacetta as partner, property development. Cooper has served as a producer, director and field producer of adventure sports, including the Tour de France and the Ford Adventure Sport Challenge on NBC. Gacetta previously was vp of strategic planning at Momentum.MarylandBaltimore's gkv communications has hired Stefan Fielding-Isaacs as senior vice president of its interactive division. Fielding-Isaacs joins gkv after having served as the senior program manager at Microsoft Corp. in Washington, where he managed deployments for Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage team. massachusettsNova Marketing in Quincy has hired Phil Courier as an art director. He spent five years in the same role at The TJX Co. in Framingham. MichiganIndependent Doner of Southfield has hired John Hirvela as vice president, account director. Hirvela will also be involved in new-business development. Hirvela previously worked at GSW Worldwide in New York as vice president, account director. New JerseyMasterminds in Egg Harbor Township has promoted George Cortesini to the position of account director. Cortesini joined Masterminds in 1996 as an account coordinator.Xchange, the relationship-marketing unit of CommonHealth in Parsippany, has hired John Clark as executive vice president, Charles Di Stefano as vice president, account director, and Janice Furie as an account supervisor. Clark previously developed professional and consumer CRM programs at GSW Worldwide in New York. Di Stefano was management supervisor at Rapp Collins Worldwide in New York. Furie was a marketing manager at Pfizer. In addition, Joann Rude has been promoted from business manager to senior business manager. new yorkAgencySacks in New York has hired Martin Smith as chief strategy officer and Michael Ward as co-creative director. Smith arrives from New York's Gotham Inc., of which he was a founding partner and vice chairman. At Gotham, he led such accounts as AOL, AT&T Wireless, Bristol-Myers consumer products, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Newell Rubbermaid and Pfizer. Ward spent eight years as creative director at the New York office of Ogilvy & Mather.New York's AETN International, a division of A&E Television Networks, has promoted Sean Cohan to the newly created position of vice president, international business development and digital media. Cohan previously served as director, international business development.WeatherBug, provider of live weather information services located in New York, has hired Jill Glassman as director of sales and marketing. Prior to joining WeatherBug, Glassman worked at Universal McCann Interactive as the associate media director on the Johnson & Johnson account. At New York's Essence magazine, Agnes Cammock and Jean Griffin have joined as fashion director and creative director, respectively. Cammock most recently worked on Radar magazine's religion issue. She has also served as a contributing stylist for Shop Etc. and an acting market director for InStyle. Most recently, Griffin served as vice president, group design director of Fairchild Publications, now a division of Condé Nast, where she supervised design for the b-to-b group and WWD Worldwide Media. Burson-Marsteller in New York has appointed Michele Chase managing director of human resources. Prior to her arrival, Chase led human resources for Financial Dynamics.North CarolinaMatt Ferguson, account director at Eric Mower and Associates in Charlotte, has been named a partner with the firm. Ferguson previously worked on strategic integrated marketing for the Walt Disney Co.TennesseeJohn Anderson has joined The Buntin Group in Nashville as senior vice president, group account director. Over the last two decades, Anderson has led agency teams at some of the top advertising firms across the country, including WestWayne in Tampa, Fla., and Chicago's Young & Rubicam.

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