Carla Lewandowski has been named associate director, qualitative services, at Roger Green and Associates Inc., a New Hope, Pa., research firm.
London research company Cello Group has named Andrew Needham to the board of directors of its Tangible business division.
Rentrak Corporation, a Portland, Ore., research company, has named David I. Chemerow COO and CFO; Steven Walsh senior vice president, sales; and Jeremy Gabor, director, sales. Walsh and Gabor will be based in New York.
Millward Brown, a Naperville, Ill., division of Fairfield, Conn., research company the Kantar Group, has hired Cheryl Stallworth-Hooper as CEO of Greenfield Consulting Group, the company’s North American qualitative division.
Andrew Wiseman has joined London research company Verve to establish and lead its Leeds, U.K., office.
NeuroFocus, a Berkeley, Calif., research company, has appointed Steven L. Miller to lead its neurological testing laboratory facilities.
Omaha, Neb., research company infoGroup has appointed Lee D. Roberts as an independent director of its board of directors.
Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. has promoted Carol Hanley to chief sales officer.InsightExpress, a Stamford, Conn., research company, has hired John Farrar as senior director, digital media measurement.
Jackie Ilacqua has been named head of oncology of the New York health care division of Chicago research company Synovate.
Boston research company Hotspex has named Thom Martin vice president, research.
Dallas research company imc² has named Michael J. Davis chief creative officer and Urvashi Pitre senior vice president, relationship analytics and insights.
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., research company RDA Group has appointed Kimberly A. Ziomek as director, market intelligence service.
GfK Custom Research North America, New York, has promoted David Krajicek to managing director, GfK technology.
Sharon Hodgson has joined London research agency Shoppercentric as director.
United Sample, Encino, Calif., has hired Robyn Tas as senior vice president, business development; Daniel Ross as vice president, information technology; Edward J. Russo as vice president, marketing; Brad White as director, business development; Lisa Wilding-Brown as director, online panels; and Dennis Uhlir as senior director, survey solutions.
Ashley Grosse has been named senior vice president and managing director of Angus Reid Strategies, a Vancouver, B.C., division of Vancouver research company Vision Critical. Grosse will be based in San Francisco.
Chicago research company Synovate has named Craig Bradley vice president; Rob Huijboom director, European business development; and Cristiane Ross business development manager, Asia-Pacific.
Montreal research company iPerceptions Inc. has hired Paul Robillard as vice president, marketing.
Pamela Knapp has been named CFO and director, human resources, of Nuremberg, Germany, research company The GfK Group.
Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has named Efrain Ribeiro COO. Ribeiro will be based in Owings Mills, Md. Additionally, Andrew Cayton has been appointed CEO, Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Cayton will be based in London.
KantarHealth, a New York division of Fairfield, Conn., research company The Kantar Group, has hired Hettie Han as director, health care research. Han will be based in Beijing.
Innerscope Research, Boston, has named Linda Dupree executive vice president, sales and marketing.
Chicago research company Synovate’s Malaysia office has hired Ooh Fei Ru as associate director, quantitative research.
Portland, Ore., research company Revelation has appointed Simon Chadwick of Cambiar to its board of directors.
Finn Raben has been named director general of ESOMAR, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
B2B International, a Manchester, U.K., research company, has hired three research executives: Eve Lenkowsky,Afshan Bhatti and Simi Dhawan. Lenkowsky will be based in New York.
Dallas marketing agency Razor has appointed Bruce Orr as executive vice president and CMO. Research will be among his responsibilities.
Lisa Kauffman has been named vice president, marketing, of Celebrity Cruises, Miami. Research will be among her responsibilities.
London research consultancy Double Helix has hired Sally M. Davis and Margie Sherr as vice president, strategic market research. Both will be based in the company’s Fort Washington, Pa., office.
Los Angeles research company MarketShare Partners has appointed David Poltrack of CBS Corporation to its board of directors.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association, St. Paul, Minn., has elected its 2010 board of directors: Abby Leafe, Customer Strategy Consulting; Nancy Hardwick, Hardwick Research; Matt Towers, Towers Research Services; Susan Thornhill, Thornhill Associates; Ilka Kuhagen, IKM; Susan Abbott, Abbott Research and Consulting; Susan Saurage-Altenloh, Saurage Research; Foster Winter, Sigma: Research Management Group; Manuela Fletcher, Andrew Fletcher Consulting Ltd.
Gilles V.J. Pajot has been appointed vice chairman of Norwalk, Conn., research company IMS Health.
Baskin-Robbins, Canton, Mass., has hired Sue Thirlwall as brand operating officer. Research will be among her responsibilities.
Cathy Harrison has joined Boston research company Chadwick Martin Bailey as a social media professional.
Christine Svoboda has joined ICR / International Communications Research, Media, Pa., as vice president, business development.
Irving, Texas, research company M/A/R/C has hired Erin Weinland as director, research; and Amy Sawyer as project manager.
Borderless Access, a Bangalore, India, research company, has hired Jason Tiffer as director, sales. Tiffer will be based in Los Angeles.
Smarty Pants, a Jonesborough, Tenn., research company, has named Alison Bryant chief strategic officer. Bryant will be dual-based in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Asheville, N.C.
Corvallis, Ore., research company InsightsNow has hired Kristen Ozenbaugh-Dale as account executive for the greater Chicago area. The company has also promoted Greg Stucky to chief research officer.
Beth Rounds has been appointed to lead Phoenix research consultancy Cambiar’s new marketing and product consulting practice.
The Council of American Survey Research Organizations, Port Jefferson, N.Y., has elected its 2010 board of directors: Susan McDonald, National Analysts Worldwide; Kevin Menk, Strategic Resource Partners LLC; Robin B. Arnold, The Gilmore Research Group; Roseanne Luth, Luth Research; Rahul Sahgal, Annik Technology Services; Jude Olinger, The Olinger Group; and Jeffrey Resnick, Opinion Research Corporation.
(Editor’s note: The following is a corrected version of an entry from the November issue which contained an incorrect company attribution.)
JRA Research, Nottingham, U.K., has hired David Hassall as head of business research.