Cathy Clift has joined McCann-Ericksotz, West Coast, Los Angeles, in the new post of senior vice president and director of account planning.

Dean A. Slack has joined Roche Laboratories Inc., Nutley, N.J., as director of market intelligence.

Slack Reid Paragon Research, Denver, has promoted Annie Reid to vice president/research services.

Dr. Ed Freeland has joined the Social and Policy Research Group of Response Analysis Corp., Princeton, N.J., as senior research director. In addition, Jim Alleborn has joined the firm as senior vice president and group head of organizational performance research.

TMR, Inc., Broomall, Pa., has named Joe Calvanelli president and Barbara Felderman executive vice president. Tom Ramsburg has been named chairman of the TMR Group, which includes TMR, Inc., and Sales Information Systems, Inc.

The Marketing Workshop, Inc., Norcross, Ga., has named Michael Straus senior vice president of corporate development.

Kristin Tincu has been promoted to project manager at Aragon Consulting Group, St. Louis. Todd Gurley has joined the firm as senior vice president and senior consultant. Gregory Rutledge will manage the firm’s new Atlanta office.

Michael P. Smith has been named vice president of marketing communications at AFFINA Corporation, Troy, Mich. Dr. Charles Itammerslough has been named senior research consultant for the firm’ s marketing research goup.

Larry Mock, manager, market research worldwide for Procter & Gamble Company, has agreed to serve as co-chairman of the Council of Marketing and Opinion Research.

Dr. Miguel Basañez has joined Response Analysis, Princeton, N.J., as senior vice president, international research, to manage the company’s new International Survey and Marketing Research Group.

VMI Communications & Learning Systems, Inc., a Chicago firm providing international copy testing and market research, has added several new staffers. Megan Burdick and Joan Basinger have each joined the firm as account manager; Robert Teberg has been named director of finance and administration; Karen Bulanda has been named graphic arts director; and David Cahill has been named research analyst.

Brian Carey has joined EnVision Knowledge Products, Media, Pa., as director of sales and marketing. Patricia O’Dolmell has joined the firm as project director.

Market Perceptions, Inc., Denver, has added Karen Stuth to its staff as qualitative research manager.

ICT Group, Inc., Langhome, Pa., has named Victor Buford vice president of health care/pharmaceutical sales for ICT Solution Research, the full-service research unit of ICT Research Services.

Melanie Calahan, marketing research manager for Texas Instruments, has been named to the Advisory Board of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Master of Science in Marketing Research degree program.

Barbara Byrne has joined Maritz Marketing Research Inc.’s Performance Measurement Group in Minneapolis as a research manager. In addition, Oma Foels has been promoted to director of research services and Matt Kinney has been promoted to senior research manager. At the Performance Measurement Group office in St. Louis, Sharon Kralicek and Gloria Park Bartolone have been promoted to program manager. Alex Vayslep has been promoted to vice president/division manager at the Chicago Performance Measurement Group office.

AEI Music Network Inc., Seattle, has named Birgitte Paulsen market research manager.

Scott Bailey has been promoted to president of M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas.

Chilton Research Services, Radnor Pa., has named Edward Guerrera research consultant for consumer products.