Larry Brownell, CEO of the Marketing Research Association, Glastonbury, Conn., will step down from his post on January 31, 2010, after over six years of service.

Susan Whiting of The Nielsen Company has been appointed to the board of directors of San Francisco branding company MarkMonitor.
 
Food and Beverage Brand Builders, a Dallas research company, has named Mark Reinheimer principal.

Atlanta research company CMI has hired Jodie Santaniello as senior business development representative.

London research company Illuminas has relocated Gordon Smith, associate director, from London to its New York office.
 
Cathy Cromley has joined Market Connections, a Chantilly, Va., research company, as director, business development. 

Paris research company Ipsos has named Alex Gronberger CEO of Ipsos ASI, its advertising research division. Gronberger is based in Chicago.

ActusMR, a Lewisville, Texas, research company, has appointed Paul Kirch as executive vice president and chief financial strategist.

Batavia, Ill., research company E-Tabs has hired Steven Werner as vice president, business development. Werner will be based in Chicago. In London, Paul Morgan has joined E-Tabs’ sales team.

TRA Inc., a New York research company, has appointed Bob Meyers president and COO.

The MSR Group, an Omaha, Neb., research company, has hired Fred Mavinga as vice president, senior methodologist, statistical research services.

Chicago research company Synovate has made several appointments to its global operations: Jessica Liu, research director, media, Beijing; Sue Phillips, CEO, Synovate Censydiam; Mike Cassidy, managing director, Australia; and Brent Stewart, CEO, strategic units, Australia. Rafael Cespedeshas has also been promoted to managing director, Chile.

M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has hired Phil Ebeling and Scott Waller as vice president, client development.

John Mackay has joined London research company Voxco as senior sales consultant.

James Walker has been appointed chief strategy and development officer of Leeds, U.K., research company Nunwood. Additionally, the company has relocated Maria Slaymaker from Leeds to its New York office. Also in New York, Nunwood has hired Jeremy Hodgekinson-Price as vice president, Fizz Knowledge Systems, U.S. division; and Beng Delgado as director, qualitative accounts.

Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical has hired Patricia Hughes as executive vice president, consumer practice. Hughes will be based in Chicago.

Mark Turim has been named president, Asia-Pacific, of Port Washington, N.Y., research company The NPD Group.

Test Track Research Inc., Florham Park, N.J., has appointed Mark Dulle as director, business development. Dulle will be based in Cincinnati.

Ajit Baid has been named executive vice president, client strategies, of Roger Green and Associates Inc., a New Hope, Pa., research company.

R/GA, a New York research company, has hired Jonny Longden as director, analytics and accountability.

J. Mark Wirthlin has been named president and COO of Salt Lake City research company The Modellers.

Dave King has been appointed president, CEO and director of Techneos Systems, a Vancouver, B.C., research company.

Harris Interactive, a Rochester, N.Y., research company, has hired Eric W. Narowski as interim CFO following the resignation of Robert J. Cox. Additionally, Harris Interactive has hired Mike de Vere as senior vice president, sales and marketing.

London research company Verve has appointed Jeremy Hollow and Nina Treny as client service director.

Chicago research company Fieldwork inc. has appointed Michelle Fagerholt as president, Fieldwork San Francisco.

Kadence International, a Framingham, Mass., research company, has appointed Greg Clayton as insight director, Singapore. Separately, Piers Lee of Kadence International has been elected president of the Market Research Society of Singapore.

Lynette Cooke has assumed the role of sole CEO of Kantar Health, a New York division of Fairfield, Conn., research company The Kantar Group, following the departure of joint CEO Elaine Riddell.

MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has appointed David Moak vice president, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical diagnostics.

Ian Jeffrey has been appointed CEO of Ipsos Markinor, a South Africa research company.

Devon Reimer has joined Integrated Marketing Associates LLC, a Bryn Mawr, Pa., research company, as vice president.

Montreal research company iPerceptions Inc. has named Stephen Lapointe CFO.

MarketShare Partners (MSP), a Los Angeles research company, has appointed Jim Garrity to its board of advisors. Additionally, MSP has hired Peter Cain as vice president, analytics.

Market Probe Inc., a Milwaukee research company, has added Tom Doyle, Arlene Cohen and Dawn Payne to its pharma division.

Austin, Texas, research company Bazaarvoice has appointed Bernie Feiwus and Joe Shults to its advisory board.

Group Dynamics in Focus Inc., a Bala Cynwyd, Pa., research company, has hired Terry Salat as director, business development.

(Editor’s note: The following is a correction of a misprint in the December 2009 Names of Note.)

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.