Lydia T. Kihm, formerly account executive at Centrac, Inc. 's headquarters in Bergenfield, NJ, will be in charge of the company's new office in the Washington, D.C. metro area as regional marketing manager.

Stuart Lahn has been promoted to executive vice president of Oxtoby-Smith, Inc. , New York, NY.

Jacqueline H. Beckley has joined Chicago-based Peryam & Kroll as vice president. Previously she was group manager for sensory research and evaluation with Quaker Oats Co., Chicago.

Barry Maners has been named director of client services for Walker: Customer Satisfaction Measurem ents, a division of Indianapolis-based Walker Research. Previously he was with PT Components as director of market planning and development, marketing services division.

Carol Jubert has been promoted to project director at St. Paul, MN-based Rockwood Research .
 
Bashir A. Datoo has been promoted to senior vice president, director of quantitative research, for Total Research Corp. , Princeton, NJ.

Robert J. Gulovsen has joined Pragmatic Research, Inc. as vice president. Previously he was vice president of marketing for Hollywood Brands, an operating unit of the Sara Lee Corp.

Cheryl L. Bann has been promoted to associate vice president, marketing, at Dain Bosworth, Inc. , Minneapolis.

Joe Whelchel has joined the Atlanta office of Elrick & Lavidge as an account manager. Previously he was manager of marketing research and strategic planning for the Red Lobster chain of General Mills Restaurants, Inc. Joan Gibson has also joined Elrick & Lavidge as an account manager at the company's San Francisco office. Previously she was associate director of strategic planning for J. Walter Thompson.

Andrew Kulley has been promoted to senior vice president of Response Analysis Corp. , Princeton, NJ.