William Moult has been named chief executive officer of ASI Market Research, New York City.
John Vanderhoof has been promoted to field research director at Chamberlain Research Consultants, Madison, WI.
Ken Benjamin has joined Healthcare Communications, Inc., a Princeton, NJ-based health care promotion research firm, in the newly created position of senior vice president/planning, research & development. Bill Moos has joined the company as vice president/marketing. In addition, Tybe Marks has been promoted to client services specialist and Erika Perzi joins HCFs Client Services Department as advertising rate card coordinator.
Karen Predow-James has been elected to the board of directors of Market Facts, Inc.
Richard Luker has joined Chilton Research Services, Radnor, PA, in the new position of account executive.
Simmons Syndicated Studies has named Anna Fountas president.
Dunlap "Scotty" Scott, previously of Gikas International and Quality Controlled Services, has joined Consumer Pulse, Inc. as director of the Consumer Pulse of Denver operations.
Village Marketing Research, Skippack, PA, has added Peg Bauder and Jane Genuardi as research assistants.
Troy, NY-based Maplnfo Corp., a developer of desktop mapping software, has promoted Randy Drawas to vice president, marketing communications.
Aaron Grossman has become a partner in the New York City based research firm Newman-Stein, Inc. In addition, Gate Cleary has been promoted to vice president.
Walker: Research & Analysis, L.P. has a new president, Thomas King, and a new management team: Linda Tessar, v.p., custom research west; Lee Markowitz, marketing sciences director; Kimberly Graham Lee, v.p., new product development; Santina Sullivan, v.p., corporate social responsibility measurement; and Karen Connolly, manager, marketing & planning. In addition, Terry Erickson will serve as director of the San Francisco client office. Account Group Manager Robert McMahon will head the Princeton client service office. And Mary Smith, account executive, will head Walker's new Chicago client service office. (See this issue's "Research Company News" section for more information on the new offices.)
Lisa Painchaud has been named director of media/marketing services for CRE, Inc., an Indianapolis-based ad/marketing communications agency. In addition to overseeing the agency's media department, she will direct the newly formed marketing services department, which will offer market research as one of its services.
Ron Arden has joined the Stamford, CT-based research firm Leferman Associates as vice president for client service.
Ira Povlin has joined Spagna Dunn Research, Inc. as executive vice president. Povlin has served as president of Market Facts, New York and been a member of that company's board of directors. He will be responsible for his own account group at Spagna Dunn.