Denise Munson has been promoted to market research vice president/market research manager, at Colic & McVoy Marketing Communications, Minneapolis.

Daniel Hough has joined ConwaylMilliken & Associates, Chicago, as account group vice president.

Walker Information, Indianapolis, Ind., has promoted Lisa Amberger to vice president, business development, and Elizabeth Edstene to vice president, data processing North American operations.

Joan Miller has been named manager of Field Services at ACG Research Solutions, the research division of Aragon Consulting Group in St. Louis. In addition, Cynthia Joyner has joined Aragon Consulting Group as a research analyst and Philip Behnke has been appointed vice president and senior consultant for new business development.

Joseph Shantz has been named director of marketing research at Blattner/Brunner, a Pittsburgh advertising, marketing and PR firm.

Elrick & Lavidge, an Atlanta research firm, has named Bill McDonald account director at the firm’s Chicago office. Ira Berenhaus has joined the firm’s New York City office as vice president/account director.

Tamara Smith has joined Cramer-Krasselt, a Chicago advertising and marketing firm, as research supervisor.

Creative Research Services, Inc., Norcross, Ga., has announced several staff additions. In the Atlanta office, Jill Perry has been named account executive Julie Reese has been named data processing analyst, and Leslie Kirk has been named assistant project director. In the firm’s Cincinnati, Ohio, office, Kristin McNeily has been named assistant project director.

R. Michael Wood has been appointed director of syndicated services of Teenage Research Unlimited, Northbrook, Ill.

Nikki Westfall has been promoted to marketing coordinator at Herron Associates, Inc., an Indianapolis, Ind., research firm.

Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc. (SRBI), a New York City research firm has opened a second survey operations center, a 100-station interviewing facility Ft. Myers, Fla. Bob Vojinovic, SRBI’s field director, will serve as site manager. At the SRBI New York office, Chintan Turakhia has been promoted to vice president and Jim Newswanger has been appointed staff statistician. Kevin Sharpe has joined the Washington, D.C., office as senior analyst.

Louise Dutka, vice president and director of New England, will head the new Audits & Surveys Worldwide New England office in Lincoln, Mass.

Aragon Consulting Group, St. Louis, has opened three new offices in the Chicago; Los Angeles and San Francisco metro areas. The Chicago office will be staffed by John Adams, vice president and senior consultant. Diane Dailacis, vice president and senior consultant, will head the Los Angeles office. Larry Felix will run the San Francisco office.

Elaine Riddell has been named vice president of business development for NOP Healthcare Advanced Consulting Group, Princeton, N.J.

Johan Lissens will serve as general manager of the new European office of Strategic Marketing Corp. (SMC) in Brussels. SMC is based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

Cindy Ford has joined Decision Analyst, Inc., Arlington, Texas, as vice president and director of statistical science.

Larry Welfin has joined Atlanta-based Compass Marketing Research, the data collection division of Marketing Workshop, Norcross, Ga., as president.

Walker Information, Indianapolis, Ind., has named Joyce Howe vice president, relationship management for the energy utilities team. In addition, Kathleen Pearson has been named vice president, relationship management for the customer satisfaction measurement programs; Lisa Pflueger has been named vice president, customer relationship, product management; Dr. Kim Saxton has been named vice president, research sciences.

Dale Watts has joined the Atlanta office of Elrick & Lavidge as account director.

Karlan Witt has been promoted to vice president, market and brand research services, at IntelliQuest Information Group, Inc., Austin, Texas. The firm also promoted Michad Gale to vice president, international research.

Juliet Goodfriend, president of Strategic Marketing Corp., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., was named by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge as one of the "50 Best Women in Business" in 1997, an award given by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

Chris Hauck has joined Chilton Research Setvices, Radnor, Pa., as research consultant for its communications team.

Joanne (Joni) Albrecht Muir has been appointed to the management board of Winona, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.

Retail Planning Associates, lnc., Columbus, Ohio, has named Bradley Ballantine president.

Asad Farooq has joined TeleSession Corp., as training manager in the firm’s New York headquarters. In addition, Rosa Vinales has joined the firm as executive administrative assistant, and Debra Feresten has been named program coordinator.