Advertising
& Agencies
Ilise Benum to marketing director, Guarino Woodman, from director, Creative & Management, Hoboken, N.J.
John Coletta to senior director, business affairs, BMI Media Relations, from director, media licensing. Also, Christine Iglesias to director, from coordinator, media licensing; and Mollie Chaney to manager, from account representative, radio and TV licensing.
Gabriella Thomas to vice president and general manager, Pryor Associates, from director. Also, Tina Whelski to director of operations, East Coast, from manager, public relations, Sesame Workshop; and Kristi Conroy to account manager, from coordinator/manager, media relations, Studios USA.
Broadcasting
Fernando Acosta to general sales manager, KSTS-TV, San Jose, Calif., from director of business development and corporate partnerships, KVEA-TV, Los Angeles. Also, Ram ‘n Oropeza to production manager, from creative services manager, KBIT-TV, San Jose, Calif.
Candy Crigger to local sales manager, WJWB-TV, Jacksonville, Fla., from local/regional sales manager, WBRE-TV, Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton, Pa.
Matt Creamer to executive producer, promotions, WACY-TV, Green Bay, Wis., from promotions editor.
Ron Tupper to promotional manager, WGBA-TV, Green Bay, Wis., from promotional producer, WBAY-TV, Green Bay, Wis.
Mark Erstling to chief operating officer, The Association of America’s Public Television Stations, from senior vice president.
Jacque Gray to sales account executive, WCNC-TV, Charlotte, N.C., from account executive, sales, WKYT-TV, Lexington, Ky.
Bill Froelich to sales manager, Katz Hispanic Media, Dallas, from co-founder and chief operating officer, Elevated Ads.
Ray Rios to general sales manager, KPHO-TV, Phoenix, from local sales manager.
Robert Blacher to vice president/group sales manager, Meredith Broadcasting Group, from general sales manager, KPHO-TV, Phoenix.
Alan Buckman to station manager/director of sales, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles, from director of sales, KPIX-TV, San Francisco.
Cable
Barbara Gee to national director, alternative sales channels, Comcast Cable Communications, from director of network sales, PECO Energy. Also, Larry Goldman to national sales manager, sales operations, from director, Northeast region, DISH Network; Kavita Vazirani to national director, media services, from manager, media services; and John Young to director, advertising and creative services, from vice president, marketing, and co-founder, Cybermoola.
Kevin Kay to executive vice president, production, Nickelodeon, TNN, from senior vice president, production and development.
Andrew Capone to senior vice president, sales, USA Electronic Commerce Solutions, USA Networks, from executive vice president, marketing and operations, Microcast.
Marco Williams to director, affiliate marketing, Western region, DMX Music, from senior affiliate marketing manager, Western region.
Jeffrey Reiss to CEO, TViFusion, Denver, from vice chairman, Lifetime Television. Also, Bryan McGuirk to president and chief operating officer, from vice president, affiliate relations, NBC.
Roy Ennis to vice president, production, finance and strategic planning, National Geographic Television, from vice president, production management.
Peggy O’Brien to executive director, Cable in the Classroom, from chief learning officer and chief operating officer, Kiko.com.
Jenny Olszewski to regional sales manager, WYTV, Youngstown, Ohio, from director of satellite sales, WSEE-TV, Erie, Pa.
Convergence
Peter Rydell to vice president, technical operations, Adlink, from director.