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John Battista has joined Norwalk, CT-based AB Research Associates, Inc. as a project director. Previously he was with General Foods Corp.

With the merger of Marketeam Associ­ates and Thies Research Services, Victo­ria Thies joins Marketeam as director of field operations.

Jonathan K. Harding has been named marketing vice president for the Cincin­nati office of NFO Research, Inc.

The Roper Organization announces three promotions: Edward Keller to ex­ecutive vice president, Thomas A.W. Miller to senior vice president, and Kim Knepper to vice president.

Dr. David Jacobson has been named senior vice president of Research & Fore­casts, Inc. Previously he was with Na­tional Decision Systems. In addition, Edward Dowgiallo has joined the firm as group project director. Previously he was director of research at Porter/Novelli public relations.

Kevin Hill has joined Dailey & Asso­ciates Advertising, Los Angeles, in the newly created position of project man­ager of market research. Previously he was senior research analyst with Los Angeles-based Davis, Ball & Colombatto Advertising.

The board of directors of R.L. Polk & Co. elected Stephen R. Polk president.

Don Hester has been promoted to mall manager at Precision Field Services. In addition, Kelly Shokunbi and Sara Fremega have joined the firm as mall man­agers.

Princeton, NJ-based Opinion Research Corp. has announced several appoint­ments to its senior staff. Dr. Elizabeth A. Russ has been named senior consultant, pharmaceutical/healthcare practice. Pre­viously she was with Bristol-Meyers Squibb. Dr. John C. Pollock was named senior consultant, corporate reputations practice. Laurence N. Gold has been named director, Midwest region. He will be headquartered in Chicago. Donald L. Marshall was appointed as consultant, pharmaceutical/healthcare practice. Anne S. Marsden has been named senior stat­istician, advanced statistics practice. Jef­frey T. Resnick has been appointed vice president and director, international fi­nancial services practice.

Shaiy E. Knowles has joined RIVA Market Research, Inc., Bethesda, MD, as vice president of operations.

John B. Brodsky has been appointed vice president of the Marketing Models Division of the NPD Group, Inc. Previ­ously he was with the N.W. Ayer Market­ing Planning Group.

Ned Anschuetz has been elected sen­ior vice president of DDE Needham Worldwide. He is an associate director of the Strategic Planning and Research.