Dennis Black, Barbara Beutler and Catherine Zdechlik have been promoted by C.J. Olson Market Research, Minneapolis. Black has been named data processing manager/statistician, and Beutler is data processing assistant manager. Zdechlik is now a research analyst.

Albert Angrisani and Roger Thomas have been named to the board of directors at Total Research Corp., Princeton, N.J. Angrisani served as the assistant secretary of labor under President Ronald Reagan and is now president of Princeton Management Co. He will serve as senior financial advisor to Total Research Chairman and CEO Lorin Zissman, President Hugh Devine and the rest of the board. Thomas is the managing director of Total Research's European headquarters office, BMSTotal Research, in London, and his appointment to the board comes as a result of Total Research's recent purchase of Business Marketing Services. The appointments are subject to the approval of the company's stockholders. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Harris has been promoted to vice president and manager of Total Research's Information Technologies Division. Harris will manage the activities of the division, which specializes in research for clients in the information systems, electronics and telecommunications industries.

David Schreier has joined Suburban Associates Marketing Research, Ridgewood, N.J., as manager of the Woodbridge Conference Center in Iselin, N.J. He has responsibility for focus groups, in-depth interviewing, telephone interviewing and field work conducted at the conference center.

J.C. Savage Jr. has joined the Central States Division of New York-based Audits & Surveys Worldwide. Savage will work out of the Central States Division office in Minneapolis, where he will become part of the company's client service team, conducting custom marketing research. 

Thomas E. Mularz has been promoted to vice president in the Arlington Heights headquarters of Market Facts Inc. Mularz will continue to manage Telenation, the company's weekly national telephone survey.

Ellen Colvin has been promoted to Research Group, Bellevue, Wash. She joined the firm in June 1994 as a research assistant.

Ella L. Kelley has joined Groups Plus Inc., Wilton, Conn., as an associate. She will be conducting focus group research and consulting services for corporations in the packaged goods, financial services, health and beauty aids and industrial products industries.

Sue Stark has signed on at Directions for Decisions Inc., Jersey City, N.J., as a senior vice president. At Directions for Decisions, she will handle client development in communications research, package testing, name testing and out-of-home advertising testing.

D. Joseph Gersuk has been tabbed to serve as vice president and chief financial officer for MapInfo, Troy, N.Y. He comes to his new position from DataBase Sapphire International Inc., Trumbull, Conn. At Maplnfo, Gersuk is responsible for all financial aspects of the company's operations.

Kathy Nicolini and Ralph Wedholm have joined Bruskin l Goldring Research, Edison, N.J. Nicolini will serve as vice president - client services in the company's Chicago office. Wedholm is a vice president - client services in the New Jersey office.

Susan M. Miller is now on the staff role at Langer Associates Inc., New York. She is in charge of the company's telephone studies and will also conduct focus groups and in-person interviews.

Michelle Carter and LeeAnn Cooprider have been promoted at Decision Analyst Inc., Arlington, Texas. Carter is now the national field director, and as such she is responsible for all surveys that require Decision Analyst to subcontract out to other research companies. She also validates all subcontracted survey research. Cooprider is the company's new sampling manager. She develops sampling plans for research projects and is responsible for coordinating Decision Analyst's national American Consumer Opinion Panel. She also is involved in demographic research.

Melisa Linder and Kayci Cockrell have been added to the analysis and project management staff at Rockwood Research, St. Paul. Cockrell is fresh out of college, while Linder comes from Satisfaction Management Systems Inc.

Steven Walker has been tabbed to serve as president and chief operating officer of Walker Group, Indianapolis. He represents the third generation of Walkers to lead the company.

Della Welch, Marcia Vertz and Linda Smith have joined Barnes Research, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Welch will serve as the company's human resource supervisor, Vertz will be night supervisor and Smith will manage the company's Grandville office. In addition, Belinda Welch has been promoted to day supervisor and Rick Kramer to assistant night supervisor.