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NEW YORKVeteran adman Richard O'Brien was appointed director of government relations for the American Association of Advertising Agencies. In Washington, D.C., O'Brien, 58, who also carries the title of evp, will be the 4A's lead man in lobbying Congress and federal agencies on all issues pertaining to advertising. O'Brien joins the Washington, D.C., office Feb. 1 but does not officially begin until March 1. He replaces Hal Shroup, who will retire March 31 after serving as head of the 4A's Washington, D.C., office for 12 years. O'Brien was most recently evp of the Washington, D.C.-based Special Olympics. The 4A's is headquartered in New York.The Lord Group promoted Michael Di Clemente, media director and senior vice president, to the position of executive vice president. The promotion is, in part, in recognition of Di Clemente's 23 years at the New York-based agency. He retains his media responsibilities.Norikazu Nakamura joined DDB New York as a graphic designer. He joins the agency from the former Ryan Drossman/MARC USA, where his work included the 2000 Graphis New Talent Design Annual.Hampel/Stefanides in New York promoted Kevin Perlmutter to vice president, account director, effective immediately. He will continue to oversee the day- to-day management of the agency's CDNow and Aer Lingus accounts. He joined Hampel/Stefanides as an account supervisor in January 1997.VH1 in New York added two new staffers to its Business Strategy & Program Enterprises department. Janet Rollé arrives as vice president of program enterprises; prior to joining VH1, she was director of marketing and new media at HBO Home Video. Mary Kallaher was hired as vice president of business strategy and development; she joins VH1 from Axe center.com, where she was president and CEO.Comedy Central hired Richard Loomis as vice president, advertising and marketing; he joins the New York-based company from Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, where he served as vice president, advertising and marketing. In addition, the network promoted Robert Stein to vice president, production; he joined Comedy Central in 1997 as its director of production.Eric Mower and Associates promoted Kelsey Flower to management supervisor. She will continue to develop marketing strategies and communications plans for various clients, and will serve on the shop's Executive Committee, which is the man aging body of the agency's Rochester office.Dr. Ed Cohen was promoted to vice president, Domestic Radio Research at The Arbitron Co. He has worked as director of Domestic Radio Research since arriv- ing at the New York-based company 18 months ago. NEW JERSEYENA Marketing/Advertising, a division of Edward Newland Associates, pro moted Ted Newland to vice president. He is a seven-year veteran of the Shrewsbury-based agency and works extensively with Pfizer, managing new projects for product teams and ongoing programs such as translation and health-literacy initiatives, among other activ ities. In addition, the shop promoted Dalaiah Kusner to associate account executive; she joined the agency in 1997.Madeleine Miller joined Alexander & Richardson in Warren as an account supervisor. Before arriving at the agency, she was an account supervisor at YM&B Advertising in New York.Ricci Associates added two new staffers. Kristin Manning was hired as account executive, and Denise Kovalevich was appointed a public relations account executive at the Marlton-based agency.The MWW Group hired Jill Meleski as an account supervisor in the investor relations practice at the company's New York office. Prior to joining the East Rutherford-based firm, she had stints at Brown Simpson and Morgen-Walke. PENNSYLVANIAKaren Connor, a partner at Earle Palmer Brown in Philadelphia, was appointed to the board of directors of the National Regulatory Research Institute and serves on its marketing and strategic planning committee. NRRI was established in 1976 as the official research arm of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and is a department of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. It provides research and assistance to help public utility commissions accomplish their missions.Kelly Michener in Lancaster promoted Elizabeth Kelly to vice president, account supervisor. She most recently served as senior account executive at the agency.Josie Clippinger was promoted to vice president and chief financial officer of DMW Worldwide in Wayne. She most recently worked as controller at the company.Schubert Communications hired Megan Maguire as a public relations consultant. Before joining the Downingtown shop, she was a multimedia technical writer for Systems and Computer Technology in Malvern.RICHARD MITCHELLRICHARD MITCHELL

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