Fundamental Research Group, Inc., Southampton, Pa., has named Marguerite Genesio senior project manager. In addition, Valarie Toroniewski has been promoted to business manager.
NFO WorldGroup, a Northwood, Ohio, research firm, has promoted Lisa Intrieri to marketing manager for the company's Minneapolis office. In addition, Fern Schapiro has been named senior vice president of NFO North America.
Censydiam, an Antwerp-based research firm, has named Katherine Passerieu as managing director of its U.K. office.
Marlene Yanovsky has joined The Willard & Shullman Group, Ltd., a Greenwich, Conn., research firm, as executive vice president. Yanovsky will report to Sharon Humphreys, who joined the company in May as managing director.
Nicole Douglas has joined Western Wats B2C, a Provo, Utah, research firm, as a client service representative.
Jan Reisman has joined Message Factors Inc., as vice president in the company's Memphis headquarters.
Peggy Moylan has been named director of brand intelligence for New York-based J. Walter Thompson North America, a new position. Moylan has served in senior research and planning posts for JWT Detroit, where she will remain headquartered.
New York-based VNU, Inc. has named Michael P. Connors chairman and chief executive officer of VNU Media Measurement & Information, comprising all of the media and entertainment information units of VNU and ACNielsen. In addition to his new post, Connors will continue as vice chairman of ACNielsen. He will also remain a member of the ACNielsen Board.
Fred Spring has been promoted to vice president of research at Turner Classic Movies and Turner South in Atlanta.
Farmington Hills, Mich., research firm MORPACE International has named Linda Retford vice president of planning.
Vickie Henry, chief executive officer of Feedback Plus, a Dallas research firm, has been elected president of the Mystery Shopping Providers Association.
Hugh E. Sawyer, president and CEO of Irving, Texas-based CRM and marketing research firm Aegis Communications Group, Inc., resigned in June to join Allied Holdings, Inc. in Atlanta as president and CEO. John R. Birk, chairman of the board of directors of Aegis, will assume the role of interim president and CEO. Sawyer will continue to serve on the Aegis board of directors.
Michael Kirsch has joined management consulting firm Les Wood Associates, North Andover, Ma., as vice president of research.
Princeton, N.J.-based Opinion Research Corporation has named James C. Burke senior vice president and chief human resource officer.
Calabasas, Calif.-based Informa Research Services, Inc., has named John Packel to head up business development for its Internet partner initiative.
Greenfield Online, Wilton, Conn., has announced a new customer-focused sales and services strategy and has promoted Mara Shelby to senior vice president and chief research officer to lead this new alignment. The custom research part of Greenfield Online's business had been organized into separate sales and services departments. Jason Levy and Marriott Dowden have been promoted to vice president - custom research. Meg Bachtel, Joan Barten-Kline, and Juli Schmidt have been promoted to senior director - custom research. Susan Shulman has been named senior director - FieldSource. Charlene Condy has been named director -client partners. And Jonathan Flatow has changed titles to vice president - corporate development. He retains the position of general counsel and is a member of the operating committee.
Woodbury, Conn., research firm Development II has named Sheldon Dill director of sales and marketing.
Chandra Chaterji has been named senior vice president Taylor Nelson Sofres Information Technology, New York.
Lisa Simpson has been named research project coordinator at Essman/Research, Des Moines, Iowa.
Rossella Clark has joined Clark Marketing Research Group, Rocky Hill, Conn., as vice president.
Elizabeth J. Slimmon has been named research associate at Dialogue Resource, Inc., Fairfield, Conn.
Thomas Bang has been named president of the TVG Marketing Research & Consulting business unit of TVG, Inc., Fort Washington.