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Rare Patient Voice LLC, a marketing research patient recruitment firm, has appointed Laura Mullen as director of marketing and communications. Additionally, Debi Crist has been promoted to director of patient engagement and panel management and Tiffany White has been promoted to director of business development.

Fieldwork has promoted Adrien Whittemore to president of Fieldwork Seattle.

Marketing research and strategic consulting firm RealityCheck has added Kimberly Bailiff as senior insight strategist and Esther Park as insight strategist. Linda Casey has been promoted to strategy director.

Fieldwork has appointed Kate Krohn as president of Fieldwork Denver.

MEL Research has appointed Kirsty Marshall as associate director while Michael Deeming joins the data services and platform team.

Robert Santos has been sworn in as the U.S. Census Bureau’s 26th director, with the term set to last for five years.

Brand, communications and experience research company The Nursery has promoted David Alterman to chief executive, while Peter Dann steps back from the role.

Fieldwork has promoted Ashley Gornall to president of Fieldwork Atlanta.

London-based marketing research company Day One Strategy has added Emma Eden as research director. 

Fieldwork Inc. announced that Nikki Darre has transitioned out of the role of president to full-time partner.

The Market Research Institute International board of directors has appointed Marjette Stark as president of the organization for 2022.

Marketing research and public opinion specialist Ipsos has brought together its existing advisory units in the U.K. and has appointed Murat Demiral to lead the combined offering.

Netreo, a provider of IT infrastructure monitoring and observability solutions, has appointed Josh Chessman as vice president of products.

Research, measurement and analytics firm APCO Insight has appointed Natacha Clavell as associate director, reputation, based in the company’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. 

Consumer insight and collaboration agency InSites Consulting has acquired Gongos Inc., a U.S.-based customer-centricity consultancy. Camille Nicita, president and CEO of Gongos, becomes the group’s managing director, North America, and will join its partner board.

Marketing research and strategic consulting firm RealityCheck has named Saul Hopper as partner, insight psychologist, alongside Tony Sheppard and Tara McCoy, who also join the company as insight psychologists.

Research and data business Delineate has added Debbie Stephens as product research director.

Marketing research company Opinions LTD has launched Opinions Germany in Frankfurt, Germany, which will be led by Matthias Trojnar and Jovana Kokir.

Canadian marketing research company Leger has added Aksel Bedikyan as vice president of the Leger Analytics division.

Survey research provider American Directions Research Group has promoted Eleanor Ty to national director of operations/client services.

Strategy and insights agency Quester has expanded its insights department to include social narratives and has hired Joy Boggio to lead the initiative.

Food solutions company SpartanNash has promoted Amy McClellan to senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

Marketing research agency Verve has added Kelly McKnight as executive director to lead the company’s culture and trends, semiotics and social intelligence practice.

Student work app Stint has appointed Harry Lang as CMO.

The Schöttmer Research Hub, a marketing research startup of the Schöttmer Institute in Hamburg, has appointed Stephan Schmid as unit director.

Kantar Public, the public policy evidence and advisory division of Kantar, has appointed Tom Burgess as global panels director for its panel research tool PUBLIC 

Behavioral insights consultancy Behaviorally has launched a new division, eFluence, to help marketers optimize e-commerce conversion rates. Scott Brill has been appointed as managing director to lead the new division.

Aha! Insights Technology has added Meghan Peters Gurgenli as project manager. 

Marketing research company On Device Research has appointed Jonathan Clark as chief growth officer.

Insight-led strategy consultancy The Forge has appointed Daniel Quinn as director to support its customer strategy and innovation practices.

The Schöttmer Research Hub, a marketing research startup of the Schöttmer Institute in Hamburg, has appointed Saloumeh Odendahl as senior operations manager. 

Following its acquisition of Lucid, Cint has announced its new executive team. Former Lucid executives Rick Pittenger and Bridget Bidlack have joined as CTO and chief product officer, respectively. Additionally, Jake Wolff becomes chief revenue officer while JD Deitch has transitioned from COO to head up the integration as chief integration officer. Andy Ellis will lead operations as the new COO and Felicia Winberg will serve as general counsel. Tom Buehlmann, Joakim Andersson and Marie-Louise Howett will continue in their current roles as CEO, CFO and chief human resources officer, respectively.

Rare Patient Voice LLC, a marketing research patient recruitment firm, has made several promotions among its staff, announcing Sarah Sanders and Chantel Thompson as senior project managers. Additionally, Felecia Bryant has been promoted to project manager and Melanie Havert becomes patient outreach manager.

Marketing research consultancy Adelphi Research has promoted Ratna Wynn to president, U.S.

Insight and strategy consultancy BritainThinks has made several new hires and promotions, appointing Alasdair Pearce as associate director while Olivia Nathan-King and Samm Gates have joined the company as business development manager and senior project manager, respectively. Among the new promotions are Rachel Rowlinson, who becomes research director, and Grace Birrell, James Cox, Alice Hayward and Phoebe Ward, who have been promoted to research lead. Finally, Honor Sullivan-Drage has been promoted to senior research executive. 

Data-driven biotechnology company Aromyx has added Elise Kern as SVP of data and insights.

Marketing research software platform Suzy has formed an industry advisory board. Members of the board include: Randall Beard, advisory board chairman; Avi Savar, advisory board vice chair, president at Suzy; Katie Gross, advisory board vice chair, CCO at Suzy; Paul Alexander, CMO at Questrom School of Business, Boston University; Chris Chesebro, global chief digital officer at the Wella Company; Phil Deconto, VP of customer marketing at Ferrero; Pete Doe, head of research at Xandr; Brandon Fishman, CEO at Vitacup; Ed Keller, CEO and director at Engagement Labs; Howard Shimmel, president at Janus Strategy & Insights; Kim Spaid, head of consumer insights for enhancers, specialty and away from home, Kraft Heinz; Jennifer Stranzl, CMO at CoinDesk; Brad Thompson, president at Synthesis Revenue; and Dorothy Tse, product management executive.

Marketing research and insights platform PureSpectrum has added Sebastian Wezel as sales director, Central Europe. 

Australian ad agency Howatson+Company has hired Hoang Nguyen as its first chief data and technology officer.

Horizon Media has named Latraviette D. Smith-Wilson as chief marketing and equity officer.

Healthcare Triangle Inc., a health care information technology company, has appointed Sanjay Dalwani as chief revenue officer.

Cross-channel marketing platform Iterable has appointed Adri Gil Miner as CMO.

Data solutions company Ocient has appointed Ian Drury as chief technology officer. 

EXL, an analytics and digital solutions company, has appointed Jennifer Lemming as CMO.

Aha! Insights Technology has added Rob Burke as live research tech specialist to help manage the company’s live focus group and IDI work.

Marketing research and insights agency Spark has appointed Alex Hunter as commercial director.

MESH Experience, a data, analytics and insight company, has hired Martin Daniel to lead data quality management. 

The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) has named Lauren Isaacson, Curio Research, and Cherri Christiansen, Breakthrough Research, as the joint winners of the QRCA Award for Excellence in Qualitative Research, more commonly referred to as the Qually Award. The award honors qualitative researchers who best demonstrate creative problem-solving.

Paradigm Sample has added Tacie Avedikian as vice president of client development.

Marketing research firm AMC Global has expanded its team with the addition of Alecia DiVita, Diane Gaede and Drevin Shafer as senior project director, research director and project director, respectively.

Insight firm FlexMR has expanded its InsightHub development team, appointing Albert Van Jaarsveld as head of development while Anthony Lau and Benoit De Oliveira join the company as software developers.

Marketing research agency Markelytics has added Julian Zammit as client engagement and sales director for the U.K. and Europe.

The Market Research Society has appointed Saj Arshad, chief customer and marketing officer at Santander UK, as its next president beginning April 2022.

Data collection firm and consultancy Competitive Edge Research has named Chad Harris as data prep specialist.

Digital services provider Kepler has named Remy Stiles as CEO, North America.