Haydn Evans has been appointed manager of the new West Long Branch, N.J., interviewing and operations facility of Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc., New York.
Burke, Inc., Cincinnati, has promoted Betty Fraley to senior vice president, research services, and Jeff Miller to senior vice president, consuiting and analytical services.
Rockwood Research Corp., St. Paul, has named Linda LaGarce account executive and William Kattner vice president sales.
Clearwater Research, Boise, Idaho, has promoted Pam Hanson and Stephanie Miller to data collection assistant supervisor. In addition, Ward Ballard has been named research technical assistant. At the firm’s Council, Idaho, office, Kelly Hemenway has been promoted to data collection supervisor and Diane Coon has been promoted to data collection assistant supervisor.
The Atlanta office of Cincinnati-based Burke Strategic Consulting Group, a division of Burke, Inc., has promoted Bill Newbolt to research manager. The farm has also added Brent Churchwell, JoAnn Sciarrino, Heather Pierce, and Lisa Steelman as research consultants. In addition, Kathleen Wilsack has joined the firm’s Newton, Mass., office as research consultant.
Paul Lubin has been named president of Barry Leeds & Associates, New York. Barry Leeds has been named chairman.
Miami-based Strategy Research Corp. has named Evan Oster vice president. In addition, Gloria Gomez Cantens has been named qualitative research project director; Mario Gonzalez has been named director of field operations; and Jose Loureiro Cardoso has been named qualitative research project director in the firm’s Sao Paulo, Brazil, office.
David Rockland will head the new Washington, D.C., office of New York-based Roper Starch Worldwide, serving as senior vice president and managing director.
Ellen Burg has joined Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch, Horsham, Pa., as executive vice president.
Gordon Black and David Clemm of Harris Black International have been named Executives of the Year for 1998 by Research Business Report. The award is presented to the person or persons who make the largest contribution to technological or economic advancement in the marketing research business.
Gian Fulgoni has resigned as chief executive officer of Information Resources, Inc., Chicago. Thomas Wilson, Jr. will serve as CEO on an interim basis until a suitable replacement can be found.
Joanne DiNapoli has been promoted to manager of new products and sales staff development at Survey Sampling, Inc., Fairfield, Conn. Gwen Kaplan, national accounts manager, will oversee client relationships for clients that were previously managed by DiNapoli. The firm has also added three new account executives: Debbie Baran, Ned Gannon, and Lisa Habighorst.
Robert Mortenson has joined Knowledge Systems & Research, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y., as principal and director of concept development services.
Jim Lucas has been named senior vice president and head of the strategic planning and research department of Frankel, a Chicago brand marketing agency.
Carlos Salazar-Velasquez has joined CMA Latina, the Hispanic marketing research group of ConwaylMilliken & Associates, a Chicago research firm.
Jonathan Harding has been named president of NFO Research, Northwood, Ohio.
Michael Watkins has joined Marketing Support, Inc., a Chicago marketing agency, as an account supervisor.
Directions Research, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, has named Philip Brantley senior account executive.
Edward Johnson has joined the TeleSession Corp., a New York research firm, as director of business development.