CMO COUNCIL™ NEWS

The CMO Council congratulates the following marketers on their recent appointments.

If you have a recent promotion, hiring or organizational shift of senior marketing executives that you would like to announce, please contact Liz Miller at lmiller@globalfluency.com or 650.433.4152.

March 2010

• Brad Hokamp, has joined Telx as Chief Marketing Officer

• Danette Leighton, Pac-10 hires first Chief Marketing Officer

• Jim Taschetta, has joined Blurb, the creative publishing and marketing platform, as Chief Marketing Officer

• John McHugh, has joined Brocade as vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), responsible for the company's global marketing and strategic alliance strategies.

• Juan Agualimpia, will direct global marketing strategy as senior vice president and chief marketing officer for MoneyGram International

• Keith Weed, has been appointed chief marketing and communications officer of Unilever

• Kiyoshi Kinugawa, has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer, Sales & Marketing Division, Industrial & Social Infrastructure Systems Company, Hitachi, Ltd.

• Stephen Carter, former UK regulator and then UK government minister, is to be chief marketing officer of Alcatel-Lucent

• David Isserman, has joined Nutra Pharma as Chief Marketing Officer

• Dennis Cary, has been named the Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, of Bally Total Fitness, reporting directly to Bally CEO Mike Sheehan.

• Gayle Troberman, has stepped into the newly created position of chief marketing officer at Microsoft

• Joe Calve, has joined Morrison & Foerster, whose new web page embraces the acronym “MoFo”, as CMO

• Jon Podany, currently an executive with the PGA tour, will assume the role of CMO of the LPGA

• T.M. Ravi, former CEO of newly acquired Mimosa Systems, will assume the role of CMO at Iron Mountain Ditial, the technology arm of Iron Mountain

• Andrea Fairchild, is the new vp-brand marketing for Gatorade after 10 years at Nike

• Andrew Burke, has been promoted to the position of CMO of Diamond Foods

• Angela Siegel, has joined Chancellor University as chief marketing officer

• Ronald Bendes, has joined Sterling Life Insurance Company as chief marketing officer

• Stephen Colanero, will be the first CMO for AMC Entertainment

• Jeffrey Schumacher, has been tapped for the newly created position of evp, CMO and chief strategy officer at The Sports Authority

• Alex Gault, former Director of Marketing & Community Development for Minekey, has been named as Vice President of Marketing at MoboVivo Inc.

• Alissa Goren, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for The Rapaport Group.

• Anthony M. "Tony" Lavely, former Chief Marketing Officer at Ruth's Chris Steak House, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer at Church's Chicken.

• Barry M. George, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for CelLynx.

• Benjamin Baer, has been named as Vice President of Marketing for ScaleMP.

• Bob Bahramipour, has joined InXpo as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Cheryl McKinnon, Former executive of Open Text, has been appointed as Nuxeo Chief Marketing Officer.

• Chris Wirth, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc.

• Dakota Sullivan, former Chief Marketing Officer at BlueLithium, has been appointed as Vice President for Marketing for Velti.

• Derek Perez, has been named as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Predators.

• Drew Paxton, former Chief Executive Officer at Alta Mira, now joins OneRecovery as Chief Marketing Officer.

• James Freeman, has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer for Zedi Inc.

• Jared Macke, has joined Scottrade as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Jeffrey Penn, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for Preferred Provider Organization.

• John Costello, has been appointed to Chief Global Customer and Marketing Officer for Dunkin' Donuts.

• Lisa Kauffman, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing at Celebrity Cruises.

• Liz Cuddy, former Director of Marketing for the Washington Group, has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at The Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.

• Mark D. Hunt, former National Sales Leader, has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at Independent Producers of America (IPA).

• Mark Foxton, was named as Vice President of Marketing Partnership for Madison Square Garden.

• Mark LaNeve, former Vice President of Marketing and Advertising for GM, has been named as Allstates new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Michael Bucek, former Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer for the Coyotes, has been named as The Royals new Vice President of Marketing & Business Development.

• Michael Tchao, returns to Apple Inc. as Vice President of Product Marketing.

• Neilan Tyree, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer & Head of New Business at David & Goliath.

• Scott Mersy, formerly with SAS Demand Generation, has been named as Genius.com's Vice President of Marketing.

• Sean Menke, formerly with Frontier Airlines President & Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Republic Airways Holdings.

• Sheherazade Chamlou, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing & Sales for SGD North America.

• Sue Dooley, has been named as Vice President of Marketing at Airstream Inc.

• Tony Clarey, has been appointed as Global Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Eleks Software Inc.

• Amy Love, has been named as PicScout new Vice President of Marketing & Business Development.

• Andrew Salzman, previously served as Chief Marketing Officer at E2open and at Information Resources, and as Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Siebel Systems, has now been appointed as Saba newest Chief Marketing Officer.

• Anna Malmhake, former Director of Global Marketing has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing for ABSOLUT.

• Annie Young-Scrivner, joins Starbucks Inc. as its newest Global Chief Marketing Officer.

• Bradford Matson, has returned to Bluefly Inc. as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Brian Winter, has been named as Carpathia Hosting new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Carsten Elgert, has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing & Sales for Evatronix.

• Catherine Fowler, has joined Namco Bandai as Senior Vice President of Marketing.

• Chad Vincent, former Chief Branding Officer & Division President at Fiskars, has been names as Chief Marketing Officer for Sartori Foods.

• Christine Crandell, joins Egenera as Executive Vice President of Global Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer.

• Claire Zevalkink, has been appointed as Senior Vice President & Chief Global Marketing Officer for Mannatech Inc.

• Cyril Lemaire, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer at Genuine Interactive.

• Daniel Goodfellow, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing & Communications for KIT Digital.

• Deborah Meyer, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for Pulte Homes.

• Deborah Wahl Meyer, former Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Chrysler, has been named as Pulte Homes Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer.

• Diane Berry, former Chief Marketing Officer of SelectMinds, Inc. has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing & Communications for Coveo Solutions.

• Doug Gourlay, former Vice President of Data Center Marketing at Cisco, has been named as Arista Networks Vice President of Marketing.

• Dr. Tim McMahon, has been named as Vice President of Marketing for The Northwest Missouri State University.

• Duncan Webb, has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer for Amari Hotels and Resorts.

• Erik Burbank, former Marketing Executive with Timberland, has been named as Global Head of Marketing for Helly Hansen.

• Erin Taylor, former Direct Marketing Leader for Alltel, has been named as Acxiom Vice President of Marketing.

• Frances Dillard, joins PlayFirst as Vice President of Marketing.

• Jaime Cohen Szulc, former Chief Operating Officer for Eastman Kodak has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for Levi Strauss & Co.

• Jim Ballingall, has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing for Global Foundries.

• Jodi Allen, has been appointed as Sealy Corporation new Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer.

• John D. Marshall, has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing at MacNeil Wash Systems Ltd.

• John Elkins, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for First Data.

• John Kristin "Kris" Sirchio, was appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for Brown-Forman.

• John Vella, Vice President for Marketing of Cat Food and Pet Snacks for Nestlé Purina PetCare in North America, has been promoted to Senior Vice President PetCare Global Strategic Business, Research, and Development.

• Karina Grotz, has been name as KARMA Media Labs Vice President of Marketing & Business Development.

• Kathy Calta, has been named as Vertis Communications new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Kelly Wenzel, has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing for Undertone™ Networks.

• Kevin B. George, has returned to Beam Global Spirits & Wine as Senior Vice President & Global Chief Marketing Officer.

• Kim Bastoni, former Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Custom Marketing and Development at TNS Global, has been named as Head of Marketing, Business Development, & Global Key Account Management for GfK Customs.

• Lisa Arthur, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for Aprimo® Inc.

• Mark Waller, former Senior Vice President, has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer for the NFL.

• Martha Willis, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for OppenheimerFunds Inc.

• Marvin Davis, former Chief Marketing Officer for Comcast, has been named Chief Marketing Officer for LifeLock, Inc.

• Mary Anne Davis, was named TechniQuest Associates Inc. newest Vice President of Marketing.

• Michelle Cervantez, has been named as Raley's first Chief Marketing Officer.

• Partrick McEvoy, former Chief Marketing Officer for Vestax, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for Woodbury Financial Services.

• Rick Jones, former Dale Carnegie Executive, has been named as International Center for Entrepreneurial Development (ICED) new Vice President of Marketing & Franchise Development.

• Robert (Todd) DeYoung, joins Career Education Corporation as Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer.

• Shari Weisenberg, has been named as Sundance Channels Senior Vice President of Marketing.

• Sharmila Shahani-Mulligan, former Chief Marketing Officer of the Business Technology Optimization Business within HP Software, has been named as Aster Data new Executive Vice president of Worldwide Marketing.

• Shine Lynn, has been named as Vice President of Marketing for SimplySoles.

• Steven Crimmins, former Vice President of Marketing of dog foods, has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Nestle Purina PetCare U.S. Pet Foods.

• Susanne Smith McAvoy, has been promoted to Senior Vice President for the Hallmark Channel.

• Thomas T. Spalding, has been appointed as Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer for Caris Diagnostics.

• Tom Funk, has been named as Vice President of Marketing for CommerceV3, Timberline Interactive and CommerceV3 merged.

• William Fischer, has been appointed as Vice President of Marketing for FNA Group.

• X. Rick Niu, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for ING US Retirement Services.

• Andy Feit, has been appointed to VP of Marketing at Sentrigo.

• Bill Hornbuckle, appointed Mandalay Bay President Bill Hornbuckle to a new position of chief marketing officer for MGM Grand.

• Charles Mayer, has been named as Vice President of Marketing for Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC).

• Chip Carey, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

• Daniel Greenberg, has been named Chief Marketing Officer at Trialpay.

• Eric Case, formerly with Google, joins EMI Music as Vice President of Marketing.

• Francois Mandeville, has been tapped by Strand Life Sciences as its new Executive Vice President of Marketing.

• Heidi Kercher-Pratt, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer at Vail Resorts, Inc.

• Hongbing Hua, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for Shuaiyi International.

• Jeff Palmer, has been appointed to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Accor North America.

• Joan Budden, has been appointed as Priority Health's Chief Marketing Officer.

• Joe Gottlieb, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for SenSage, Inc.

• John Grillos, has been appointed to Senior Vice President of Marketing for Workshare.

• Kelly Wenzel, has been named as Undertone Networks Senior Vice President of Marketing.

• Kim Ji-bum, VP of Technical Design has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at Hynix Semiconductor.

• Liliana Gil, has been appointed to VP of Marketing at Acento Group.

• Melissa Fisher, joined Entertainment Publications in its new post as Chief Marketing officer.

• Meredith Hanrahan, joins Cheapflights as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Peggy Dyer, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer at The American Red Cross.

• Peter M Evans, Former Director of Technology and Market Strategy for IBM now joins Internap Network Services as Senior Vice President of Marketing.

• Robert Turtledove, Former Chief Marketing Officer for TheLadders.com, now joins H&R Block as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Ryan Spoon, has been appointed to VP of Marketing at Polaris Ventures.

• Sarah Robb O'Hagan, Formerly with Nike, now joins Gatorade as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Sean Gleason, Former Pizza Hut & Dr. Pepper Executive has been named Dave & Buster's New Chief Marketing Officer.

• Thom Mead, has been appointed to Regional Vice President of Marketing for Firstsource Solutions.

• Trevor Cairns, Former Nike Marketer has been promoted as Umbro's new Chief Marketing Officer.

• William Kilmer, has been appointed as Marshal8e6 new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Aidan Foley, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for Intertainment Broadcasting Corporation.

• Alain Pakiry, has been appointed to Senior Vice President of Marketing of the consumer business unit at TomTom.

• Alexis Johannessen, has been appointed to VP of Marketing at Automatic Backlinks.

• Alixe Mattingly, was appointed to Vice President of Marketing for the Santa Barbara Foundation.

• Amanda Sundt, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer at iExplore Inc.

• Amy M. Fowler, joins Mintz Levin as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Andrew Snook, has been named Business Golf International new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Andy Brownell, joins LeadMaster as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Angela Bandlow, joins Wideorbit as the new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Anne MacDonald, has been named as The Travelers Cos. New Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Ben Kiker, former Chief Marketing Officer for Interwoven, now joins Jive Software as its new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Benjamin Bittman, joins Saatchi & Saatchi as the new Chief Marketing Officer for the company.

• Benjamin Torres, eWorld Companies, Inc. has been named as the company's Chief Marketing Officer at eWorld Companies, Inc.

• Bob Lutz, has been named GM new Head of Advertising and Marketing.

• Bob Milroy, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer at Allegra Networks.

• Bobby Jaffe, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing for Acro Energy.

• Brian Stys, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Shawmut Design and Construction.

• Bridget Piraino, has been named as Infonic AG Head of Global Marketing and Sales.

• Chris Golier, has been named as Omnicom Group new Senior Vice President of Marketing.

• Chris Terrill, formerly Head of Ecommerce for Nutrisystem, has been promoted to the post of Chief Marketing Officer effective immediately.

• Chris Welch, has been named Party Gaming new Chief Marketing Officer.

• Christopher Hamm, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing at Saxony Management Company.

• Dale Bullard, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Fortegra Financial Corporation.

• Dan Cauchy, Senior Director of Marketing at MontaVista has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing.

• David Warkentin, has appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for SLQ.

• Dawood M. Al-Dawood, has been appointment to Vice President of Marketing at Saudi Aramco.

• Denise Easton, CEO of ULiveandLearn, and current Nibi Software board member, is now Chief Marketing Officer at ULiveandLearn.

• Donald Keane, Formerly VP of Marketing at LegalMatch, has been appointed Vice President of Marketing and Product Strategy at Angel.com.

• Drew Leakey, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Living Direct, Inc.

• Dwight Griesman, has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer for Forrester Research, Inc.

• Ed Tan, has been named the new Vice President of Marketing at Maguire Properties Inc.

• Eleanor Anderson-Miles, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer at Virtuosant Technology, Inc.

• Francesca Schuler, was appointed the new position of Chief Marketing Officer at Foster's Wine Estates.

• Hari T, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer at Mahindra Satyam.

• Hilary Hoffman, has been named to the newly extended position of EVP of Marketing at Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

• Jacky Humphries, has been newly appointed to Chief Marketing Officer at Neotel.

• Jennifer Morgan, former Director of Operations at the Wonderfactory, has been newly appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for Collective Media.

• Jerry Allsbrook, has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer for Boddie-Noell Enterprises.

• Jill Beraud, a former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Limited Brands, and most recently Chief Marketing Officer at Victoria Secret, has been named PepsiCo Worldwide Chief Marketing Officer.

• Jim Farley, has been appointed to a dual position of Group Vice President of Marketing and Communications and Head of U.S. Marketing, Sales, and Service for Ford Motor Company.

• Judith Rothrock, named acting Chief Marketing Officer for Corefino.

• Julie Cartwright, has been promoted to SVP of Marketing at Anchor Bay.

• Julie D. Holland, has been named as CEDS Chief Marketing Officer for the Eating Recovery Center.

• Kanwar Chadha, Founder, Member Board of Directors and Vice President at SiRF now joins CSR as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Ken Dobell, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing and Franchise Development for WSI.

• Kirby Wadsworth, was named as F5 Networks Vice President of Marketing.

• Kristi Alires, has joined Maya Entertainment in the newly created position of Vice President of Marketing for the company.

• Lapo Paladini, was named chief marketing officer and senior vice president at PerkinElmer, Inc.

• Lowell Petrie, has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Real Mex Restaurants.

• Manlio Carrelli, was appointed to Chief Marketing Officer at Intermedia.

• Marc Williams, former Champs Sports Brand Director, has been named as Circle City Classic Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Marianne Budnik, Former Vice President of Global Field Marketing and Programs for EMC, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at CA.

• Michael Cohen, has been appointed to Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Superclick.

• Mike Rothman, joins eIQnetworks, as the new Senior Vice President of Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Nipa Modi, appointed as Chief Executive Officer of CRP HR Services with additional responsibility of Chief Marketing Officer for the entire CRP Limited Group.

• Patrick Sniffen, formerly Vice President of Marketing for Jet Aviation, now joins Signature Flight Support as its new VP of Marketing.

• Patrick T. Farrell, has been appointed to Vice President and Communications at Enterprise.

• Pauline Levesque, President and CEO of The Myrtle Beach Hospitality Association is leaving effectively July 31, to become Chief Marketing Officer at ITS.

• Peggy Dyer, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for The American Red Cross.

• Penny Baldwin, has been appointed as Yahoo's new Senior Vice President of Global Integrated Marketing and Brand Management.

• Richard A. Lennox, has been named as Zale Corporation new Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Rob Pearlman, Returns to Winter Park Resorts as the new VP of Sales and Marketing from Steamboat.

• Robert Schenkein, has been named as Colorado Public Radio's new VP of Marketing.

• Roger B. Hunt, has been named as Nobel Corporation new Senior Vice President of Marketing.

• Russ Sanford, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer for CR Architecture + Design.

• Scott Stonham, specializes in mobile unified communications and formerly with Miyowa, has been appointed to CommuniGate Systems, as its new vice president of marketing.

• Serge Forest, has been named Sangoma new Vice President of Marketing.

• Sharon M. Muscarella, has been named Senior Vice President of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer for United Concordia.

• Simon Higginbotham, has been appointed to Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Kendle International Inc.

• Susan Odell, joins Light Reading Communications Network as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

• Suzanne Leslie, has been appointed to Chief Marketing Officer for Marcum.

• Syd Schwartz, who formerly oversaw digital strategy for EMI Music, has been promoted to SVP of Digital Marketing.

• Tara Crane, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Licensing for ECHL.

• Thomas J. McLeer, has been named as Chief Marketing Officer for Pioneer Surgical Technology, Inc.

• Tom Carr, has been named as TLC's Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing.

• Tom Kuhr, has been appointed to Vice President of Marketing for Truviso.

• Tracie Schor, formerly Director of Marketing with Crown Crafts Infant Products has been promoted to VP of Marketing of the company.

• Valerio Camardella, was elected as director of the Qnective Inc. and named Chief Marketing Officer of the company.

• Wanda Gierhart, has been appointed as Neiman Marcus Group new Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• William R. Kapfer, has been appointed to Executive Vice President of Community Marketing for Edge Publications Inc.

• Helene Barnekow, VP marketing in Sony Ericsson's global marketing team, is leaving the business at the end of the month to become VP of marketing, EMEA for IT company EMC.

• Greg Neal has been named Vice President, Creative Director of Marketing for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.

• Deanna Lee has been appointed Vice President for Communications and Marketing at The New York Public Library.

• Rick Bendel, chief marketing officer at Asda in the UK, has been promoted to international chief marketing officer for owner Wal-Mart's operations outside the US.

• SLM Corp., commonly known as Sallie Mae, said it appointed Joe DePaulo as executive vice president and chief marketing officer.

• Former VP of Brand and Sports Marketing for Dynastar and Lange, Tait Wardlaw will now be VP of Marketing and Communications for Rossignol, Dynastar and Lange.

• Elizabeth Ventura was appointed Senior Vice President of Communications for the NBA.

• Alex Coleman became Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Verizon Wireless.

• Arbitron appointed Alton L. Adams to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Lisa Baird, a former NFL executive, replaced Rick Burton as the USOC's Chief Marketing Officer.

• Warner Bros France has appointed Emmanuel Durand as Vice President Marketing.

• The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced that R. Scott Rogers has been named chief marketing officer for the company's North American Tire (NAT) consumer business. In this newly created role, Rogers will oversee all aspects of advertising and marketing for the company's consumer tire business.

• EMI Music North America has appointed Gary Beech as Senior VP, Urban Marketing.

• Seth Matlins was appointed Global Chief Marketing Officer for Live Nation.

• Pilgrim's Pride Corporation announced that Jerry D. Wilson has been named Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

• Nissan International has implemented a shake up of its executive management structure and has handed additional responsibilities to senior marketer Simon Thomas, who takes the new position of senior vice president, sales and marketing Europe.

• Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. announced the appointment of John N. Haugh to the newly created position of president and chief marketing and merchandising bear, effective March 16, 2009.

• LG Electronics Canada announced the appointment of Pat Button to the position of Vice President of Sales & Marketing for the Mobile Communications Group.

• Microsoft today announced the appointment of Jeremy Dale to EMEA Regional Vice President of Retail Sales and Marketing in the Entertainment & Devices Division.

• Yahoo created a chief marketing officer role, to be filled by Elisa Steele, previously SVP of corporate marketing at NetApp. Steele will begin on March 23rd.

• Jaguar North America announced that Richard Beattie will become Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales Effective March 2nd.

• Adtran named a new Vice President of Global Marketing, Gary Bolton.

• Comcast Networks named Steve Margosian Senior Vice president of Marketing Solutions and Sports Sales.

• Yum Brands Inc. has named Micky Pant to a newly created position, President of Global Branding.

• Petco has appointed Elisabeth Charles to a newly created position of Senior Vice President and CMO.

• NBC Universal has hired former Univision Chief Marketing Officer Maryam Banikarim as Senior VP-integrated Sales Marketing, effective immediately.

• Universal Studios Hollywood appointed Xiomara Wiley, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales.

• Acxiom announced that Michael Darviche has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President.

• Andrea Conzonato was appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer/Chief Marketing Officer at Skyy Spirits, LLC.

• Proofpoint appointed Peter Galvin as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Hitachi Data Systems Corporation announced the appointment of marketing executives Eric-Jan Schmidt, Vice Rresident, Corporate Marketing, and Asim Zaheer, Vice President, Product and Competitive Marketing.

• CIGNA named Benjamin Karsch Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Juniper Networks appointed Lauren Flaherty as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Jim Foster joined CSC as Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for the company's Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance Division in the Americas.

• Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial, Inc. company, appointed Jeffrey Mindham to the position of Vice President, Marketing, Communications and PR.

• Warner Bros. UK named outgoing Channel 4 marketing head Polly Cochrane as its new vice president and group marketing director.

• Michael Rathauser has been promoted to SVP of Marketing for Lionsgate's home entertainment businesses, recognizing the nine-year veteran's contributions to the company's family home entertainment business.

• FX elevated Lance Reiss to Vice President of Marketing. Reiss had been serving as FX's director of marketing and advertising.

• Aflac appointed a new CMO and SVP, Jeff Charney, who previously served under the same title at TV shopping network QVC.

• Allen Hwang, a former marketing executive at Procter & Gamble and Pabst Brewing Company has been named Chief Marketing Officer at 1-800 CONTACTS.

• Applebee's announced the appointment of Rebeca M. Johnson to the position of Senior Vice President, Marketing.

• Jim Berra has been appointed to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines.

• Continuing to staff up, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has named Meredith Momoda Vice President, Integrated Marketing. She was formerly SVP of Integrated Marketing for fellow Discovery-owned network TLC.

• Steve Liguori has been named Executive Director of Global Marketing with Fairfield-based General Electric Co.

• Cooking.com hired Kieran Hannon as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Orbitz Worldwide announced that it has named Jeffrey Davidoff as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Longtime Fox Broadcasting spokesman Scott Grogin has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications for the Fox Networks Group.

• Winn-Dixie named Mary Kellmanson as Vice President of Marketing. Previously, Kellmanson was Vice President of Advertising and Marketing for Wegmans Food Markets.

• Delta Air Lines announced that John E. "Ned" Walker has joined the company's senior management team as senior vice president and Chief Communications Officer.

• Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that Eric Berger, currently Senior VP, Digital Networks, will become Chief of Marketing & Distribution for the Crackle online video network.

• Steve Ewing was hired as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sears Canada.

• United Airlines promoted Senior Vice President of Marketing, Dennis Cary, to Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Customer Officer.

• Dominic Chambers, former head of UK brand and marketing at mobile operator Vodafone, has been appointed European marketing director at LG.

• JDSU announced that Sharad Rastogi has been appointed as SVP of Corporate Development and Marketing.

• Susan Kantor was promoted to Executive Vice President, Marketing, for Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution and Telepictures Productions, and will lead new, unified WBDTD marketing team for broadcast and cable.

• Family Dollar Stores, Inc. promoted Dorlisa K. Flur to the position of Executive Vice President, Strategy and Marketing.

• Radio Disney has a new VP of Marketing: Phil Guerini, formerly Executive Director of Broadcast & Strategic Marketing at Walt Disney Records.

• Peter Ryan was appointed Vice President of Marketing at Bayer Animal Health.

• Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has named Greg Drebin to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Branded Services Programming and Marketing.

• Willie Chiang, formerly senior vice president of commercial, succeeded Jim Gallogly as head of refining and marketing at ConocoPhillips.

• InterContinental Hotels Group appointed Paul Snyder to VP, Development Brand Management and Marketing.

• MLB Network announced the hiring of Mary Beck as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Promotion.

• BBC Worldwide appointed Target Entertainment marketer Clare Vincent to the new position of Vice President, Marketing.

• Walgreens named Kim L. Feil to the new position of Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Leading drinks company Diageo named Andy Fennell Chief Marketing Officer and Ron Anderson Chief Customer Officer.

• Whole Foods Market announced the promotion of its Southern Pacific Regional President, Michael Besancon, to the newly created position of Senior Global Vice President of Purchasing, Distribution and Marketing.

• Leland A. Nichols was appointed to the newly created role of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Smith & Wesson Holding Corp

• Skyy Spirits, LLC created a new position of Chief Operating Officer/Chief Marketing Officer to be filled by Andrea Conzonato, who was most recently Group Marketing Director for Skyy Spirits' parent company, Gruppo Campari in Milan.

• Kmart has hired a new CMO: Mark Snyder, formerly of Holiday Inn. He succeeds Bill Stewart.

• Don Hamblen will take on the role of VP-CMO at Sears, Roebuck & Co after serving two years as VP of Marketing Planning for the retailer.

• Cynthia Ashworth has joined the Dunkin' Donuts marketing team in the newly created position of Vice President, Consumer Engagement.

• Andrew Nocella became SVP of Marketing and Planning for U.S. Airways

• Eloqua announced that it has named Brian Kardon as CMO.

• Nicole Nichols, formerly SVP of Entertainment Communications at the Disney-ABC Television Group, became SVP of Communications and Strategy at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.

• The Disney-ABC Television Group expanded its digital media team to add Karin Timpone as SVP of Product Strategy. Timpone previously worked at Yahoo as chief marketer for Yahoo Media Group.

• Elizabeth Ventura, formerly of Bear Stearns, was appointed SVP of marketing and communications at Standard & Poor's.

• Jackie Woodward was named VP of Marketing Services MillerCoors.

• Filip Wouters was appointed VP of Marketing, Brand Equity, for Heineken.

• Global management consulting firm Booz & Company announced that Thomas A. Stewart has been appointed Chief Marketing and Knowledge Officer (CMKO).

• Russell J. Weiner became the new executive Vice President / Chief Marketing Officer at Domino’s. He was previously Vice President of Marketing for colas at Pepsi-Cola North America.

• Feld Entertainment, Inc. announced that marketing and advertising executive Rob Desatnick has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

• Insurance.com has announced that Steve Chiles has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer.

• Tom Alexander was named the new SVP of marketing for PBS Kids Sprout.

• Bravo Media promoted Ellen Stone to Senior Vice President, Marketing.

• ESPN appointed Chris Laplaca Vice President of Corporate Communications

• Michael Francis became Chief Marketing Officer for Target Corporation.

• FX Networks announced Sally Daws will be Senior Vice President of Marketing

• Tony Rogers returned to Wal-Mart as Senior Vice President of Advertising.

• Marge Jackson, VP of Marketing and Sales, Comcast Cable New Jersey Region, has been named VP of Marketing, Comcast Cable Eastern Division.

• The Coca-Cola Co. named Wendy Clark as its head of integrated marketing communications and capabilities, effective Sept. 15.

• Michelle Bottomley has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Barclaycard US, the credit card business of Barclays PLC in the United States.

• Dave Burwick, former CMO of Pepsi-Cola North America, will now oversee the company's new North America Beverages division.

• Boost Mobile, a unit of Sprint, said today that Neil Lindsay has been named its vice president of marketing.

• Richard Gerstein, will become CMO for Sears Holdings Corp.

• E2open named Andrew Salzman CMO. Recently, he was CMO at Information Resources.

• Reebok-CCM Hockey announced the appointment of Glen Thornborough as VP, Sports Marketing

• Skyfire Labs welcomed Adam Sexton as new CMO.

• Celtel Nigeria announced the appointment of Norman Moyo as CMO. Prior to his new appointment, he was Marketing Director.

• Outrigger Enterprises Group chose Dan Wacksman for the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Integrated Marketing.

• Multimedia Games Inc. announced the appointment of Ginny Shanks as CMO.

• MSG Entertainment announced that Liana Farnham has been named VP, Concert Marketing.

• NBCU expanded its new Women@NBCU division by adding Michelle Spinale as VP, Enterprise Marketing Solutions.

• Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. appointed Kristen Dykstra SVP and CMO, effective August 25.

• Nexius Inc. announced the appointment of John F. Scott as SVP and CMO.

• Brian Srabian has been named VP of marketing for the Sacramento River Cats baseball team. Previously, Mr. Srabian was director of marketing and entertainment with the San Francisco Giants.

• Starbucks named Michelle Gass as SVP of Marketing & Global Strategy.

• Interactive announced that it has hired Meaghan Schaefer as CMO.

• MySpace named Angela Courtin as SVP Marketing, Entertainment, and Content, Abe Thomas as VP of Online Marketing, and Tish Whitcraft SVP of Customer Care.

• Susan Koehler, previously in charge of Microsoft's consumer digital imaging, will become CMO for Identity.net.

• Bill.com, Inc. announced Jeff Schultz as its new VP of Marketing.

• David Rich will be joining TurnHere as SVP of Sales and Marketing.

• Monster named Ted Gilvar Chief Global Marketing Officer.

• The NBA announced that Chris Granger has been promoted to SVP, Team Marketing and Business Operations.

• The Houston Astros announced the promotion of Jennifer Randall to VP of marketing.

• Michael Sprague was named VP of Marketing for Kia Motors America.

• ADC named Kimberly Hartwell as VP, Global Go-to-Market, a newly created position.

• Andria Vidler became CMO for Bauer Media.

• Hertz announced that Mike Senackerib has been named SVP and CMO for The Hertz Corporation.

• Charlotte Checkers president Jeff Longo resigned Wednesday after five years to become the New Jersey Devils' VP of Marketing and Community Development.

• Neeraj Sanan became VP of Marketing for STAR News.

• Blockbuster hired restaurant industry veteran Rebecca "Becky" Johnson as its new CMO.

• The Boston Bruins promoted Jen Compton to VP of Marketing.

• LG Electronics Inc. announced the appointment of Sara Lee marketing executive Peter Reiner as SVP of Marketing and Strategy for LG Electronics North America.

• InterfaceFLOR appointed Peter Kubermann as SVP of Marketing.

• Powerteam International appointed Michael Simpson the new SVP of Sales and Marketing.

• Omni Hotels announced that Tom Santora joined the organization as its new CMO.

• Vail Resorts, Inc. announced the appointment of Derek Koenig to the position of SVP and CMO. Koenig joins Vail Resorts from Discovery Communications, LLC.

• Host Analytics announced the appointment of Gary Damiano as CMO and Vice President of Marketing.

• The Cheesecake Factory hired Mark Mears as CMO, a new position at the casual restaurant chain.

• Christian McMahan joined Heineken USA, White Plains, part of Heineken, as CMO.

• The Green Bay Packers have named Laura Sankey SVP of Marketing and Sales.

• SiteSpect bolstered its executive team with the hiring of CMO Kim Ann King.

• Inform Technologies named Josh Kirschner as new CMO.

• Merkley + Partners announced that Rob Moorman will be joining the firm as CMO on July 1. Moorman held a similar role at Saatchi & Saatchi since December of 2004.

• Zurich announced that John Parker has joined its North America Commercial business division as CMO.

• Egenera Inc. announced that it has named Christine Crandell EVP and CMO.

• Michael O’Hara, former General Manager for Marketing and Industry Management for the Communications Sector at Microsoft, has been appointed as new CMO of the GSMA (Global Standard for Mobile Association.)

• T-Mobile USA announced the appointment of Denny Marie Post, the senior VP-global food and beverage at Starbucks, as the company’s CMO.

• The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo, announced Sarah Robb O’Hagan as its new CMO. O’Hagan joins PepsiCo after nearly six years at Nike where she has held marketing and general management roles within the U.S.

• NetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobile productivity and management software, has appointed Pam Cory as VP of marketing.

• Datacolor, a global leader in digital color management technology, announced that industry expert and former X-Rite Incorporated executive Doris Brown will lead the company’s new branding initiative as VP, Marketing.

• Roost has appointed Drew Izzo as CMO. Previously, Izzo served in other senior-level marketing and customer-focused roles at Ancestry.com.

• Coremetrics has appointed Kathi Kaplan as CMO. Before Coremetrics, Kaplan was VP of Global Demand Marketing at Borland Software.

• Del Monte Foods Co. has named William D. Pearce as SVP and CMO, a newly created role.

• Barclaycard has appointed its current CMO, Elizabeth Chambers, to a new role as CMO for global retail and commercial banking.

• Method announced the appointment of Steven Spieczny as CMO. Before Method, Spieczny was SVP of Business Development at Schematic.

• The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) appointed Stephen C. Horn as the new chief global marketing officer.

• MSI (Multi-Systems, Inc.) announced Laura Kirby-Meck has joined the company as CMO.

• Ascentium Corporation appointed Romi Mahajan to the newly created position, CMO.

• WIN Corporation announced the appointment of Tracy Richardson to the new role of CMO.

• Dottie Hall has been named CMO for Naverus, Inc. Prior to joining Naverus, Hall served as VP, marketing for Eclipse Aviation.