Companies

Promotions: 4Kids Entertainment, New York, promoted Matthew Miller to vp-ad sales... Stephen K. Friedman to gm of MTV: Music Television, New York, overseeing MTV and its relevant screens including: MTV.com, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, MTV Hits and MTV Jams. He also will maintain his gm responsibilities at mtvU.

Coming/going: Jim Berra joined Carnival Cruise Lines, Miami, as svp/CMO. He was at Rodale... Wendi S. Berger named associate publisher-advertising at Popular Science Media Group, New York. She was at Kaboose. Berger will take the lead on revenue generation for Popular Science and Science Illustrated magazines, popsci.com, Instructructables.com and ToolMonger.com... Roger Lynch named New York manager at Golf World. He will be involved in both sales and marketing efforts. He was at Condé Nast's Portfolio magazine... Earl Marshall joined Golf Channel in Orlando, Fla., as svp of finance, strategy & business development. He was at GC's parent company, Comcast... Windes & McClaughry Accountancy, Long Beach, Calif., appointed Craig Ima as director of marketing. He was at Sage Software... Aptera Motors, Vista, Calif., hired Marques McCammon, former Saleen exec, as CMO. He replaces branding consultant Tony Kirton, who will continue as a consultant supporting McCammon's marketing team.



Agencies

Promotions: At Lippincott, New York: CEO Ken Roberts to chairman emeritus; senior partner Rick Wise named CEO... At Leopold Ketel & Partners, Portland, Ore.: former creative dir/sr partner Jerry Ketel named president; Andrew Reed promoted to creative dir; Brian Dixon upped to assoc creative dir... At Libby Perszyk Kathman, Cincinnati: Sheila Lewis to design dir; Amy Kletz to sr designer.

Coming/going: Rich Simms recently joined Bohan Advertising |Marketing, Nashville, Tenn., as the firm's first brand engagement officer. He 's worked at Wanamaker Associates along with Interpublic Group, Fitzgerald & Assoc., Ogilvy & Mather and Benton & Bowles... Preferred PR & Marketing, Las Vegas, hired Stephanie Capellas as assoc acct exec. She was at Shooters on the Water and Silk Nightclub in Cleveland... Aric Ackerman appointed COO at Interpret, Los Angeles, a media and technology research firm. He will oversee business development, finance, legal and operations, plus identify acquisitions and strategic partnerships. He was at The L.A. Studios... Appointments at AbelseonTaylor, Chicago: Laura Baumann, sr acct exec, from Palio Communications; Stephanie Stewart, acct exec, from Draftfcb... Cadient Group, West Conshohocken, Pa., added Andrew Le Blanc as creative dir. He was at DigitasHealth... Yodle, New York, appointed Paolo Narciso as vp-client svcs, coming from Open Integrity... Concentric Pharma Advertising, New York, hired Tim O'Grady as vp/grp acct suprvr. He was at Harrison and Star... Just Marketing International, Zionsville, Ind., added Aled Rees as vp-client svcs. He was at Vodafone Group Services... TM Advertising, Dallas, hired Nate Christman as art dir, coming from Fallon Worldwide... Funtank, New York, a newly formed branded entertainment publisher, appointed Scott Tannen as president. He was head of Candystand.com, which was acquired by Funtank in August... Justin Smith joined Doner, Southfield, Mich., as evp/exec creative dir. He was at Attik... Harrison Kohn, Greenville, S.C., hired Chancy Lanier as project coord/acct mgr, coming from the Denmark Agency... Kris Jenson joined Bader Rutter, Milwaukee, as sr art dir, coming from Cramer-Krasselt... Doner, Southfield, Mich., hired Todd Riley as svp-digital media and integrated strategy. He was at Starcom MediaVest's GM Planworks... New York, October 6, 2008 – STC Associates, Singapore, added Claudia P. Foo as sr dir-brand and market strategy. She was at Intel... Siegel+Gale, Los Angeles, appointed Matthias Mencke as creative dir. He was at Interbrand... Siegel+Gale, New York, appointed Lee Rafkin as global dir-simplification. He was at Rafkin & Co... FaceTime Strategy, Washington, hired Jeffrey Ginsberg as evp-business development. He was at Milton Samuels Advertising... Destination Media, Detroit, added Vivian Alhermizi as acct mgr. She was at ePrize... Leopold Ketel & Partners, Portland, Ore., hired Patrick Kayser as strategic director. He's been working as an independent marketing strategist and writer...Centra Marketing & Communications. Westbury, N.Y., named Scott Lange as svp-strategic business development. He was at Euro RSCG 4D Impact... MayoSeitz Media, Blue Bell, Pa., added Brooke Reynolds as sr interactive strategist. She was at Razorfish... Diccicco Battista Communications, Horsham, Pa., hired Sean Donahue as creative director. He was at the Star Group... New to Media Logic, Albany, N.Y.: Michael Smith, dir-interactive mktg, from Pitney Bowes Software; Todd Sturgell, sr creative dir, from The Richards Group; David McMahon, direct mktg creative dir, from o2 ideas... Bobby Pearce, co-founder of Damman Pearce, joined BBDO Atlanta as exec creative dir... Fallon Minneapolis added Dave Damman, as grp creative dir. Damman worked for Fallon from 1999 to 2005, after which he went on to co-found his own agency, Damman Pearce.. .Method, San Francisco, added Chris Tacy as chief innovation officer. He's worked at Fire Engine Red, Rare Medium, Mirador Capital, IDG, others... Online agency Adtoma, Stockholm, Sweden, appointed Nils Winkler as chief business development officer, heading efforts in Europe, North America and Asia. He was at AdTech... New to OnForce in Boston, a marketplace for information technology and consumer electronics professionals: Maria Battaglia, svp-marketing, from Weplay.com; Edward McGovern, svp-sales & business development, from EMC... Jason Douglas joined Risdall Marketing Group, New Brighton, Minn., as online marketing specialist. He is a a graduate of St. Cloud State Univ.



Accounts

Wealth management boutique Nachman Norwood & Parrott, Greenville, S.C., chose marketing solutions firm Harrison Kohn, also Greenville, as its lead agency... BSH Home Appliances, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Purcell Murray, Brisbane, Calif., extended their multiyear agreement by which Purcell Murray will continue as BSH's exclusive distributor for Bosch, Thermador and Gaggenau products to appliance dealers and the builder community in California and Northern Nevada... USA Boxing, Colorado Springs, Colo., retained Octagon to operate as the organization's official sponsorship agency and strategic consultant... The Commercial Closet Assn., New York, agreed to integrate its programs and operations with those of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. CCA works with ad industry professionals to advocate for inclusive images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in advertising and maintains a comprehensive database of LGBT-themed ads... Colonial Bank, Montgomery, Ala., retained K. Fernandez & Associates, San Antonio, Texas, as its lead Hispanic agency... The University of California, San Francisco, hired Morris + King, New York, to handle PR for the grand-opening of its Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Research Building. A ribbon-cutting, roundtable discussion and gala dinner will take place on June 2, 2009... Humboldt Creamery, Fortuna, Calif., signed Gauger + Associates, San Francisco, as its lead agency for an upcoming integrated ad campaign focusing on ice cream and fluid milk products... Breehl, Traynor & Zehe, Cleveland, selected to handle marketing for the Visiting Nurse Assn. Healthcare Partners of Ohio... Aptera Motors, Vista, Calif., selected PCGCampbell to handle pr and other communications.