Phil Bockhorn and Jeff Gross have joined St. Louis-based Maritz Marketing Research Inc. as account managers for the firm' s automotive research group in Toledo, OH.
Roger Banks has been appointed vice chairman of New York-based Research International USA, as well as overseer of the firm's newly formed customer research division. The firm also has appointed Sid Simmonds as senior vice president of new product development research in the firm's product and communications division.
J.C. Savage Jr. has been named vice president at Plymouth, MN-based Project Research Inc.
Randy Drawas has been promoted to vice president, marketing communications, at MapInfo Corp. based in Troy, NY.
Bruce Giffin has been appointed vice president/research director at Meldrum & Fewsmith Communications of Cleveland.
Chuck Nozicka has joined Portland, OR-based Image Analysis as account executive.
Darren Epperson and Robert Sloop have joined Market Directions Inc. of Kansas City, MO. Epperson joins as project director and Sloop joins as data processing specialist.
David Michaelson has been named manager of New York operations and Walter Meneses has been named field director at San Diego-based Market Development Inc. The firm specializes in market research among Hispanics in the United States and Mexico.
Bernadette DeLamar has joined Princeton, NJ-based Total Research Corp. as vice president of client services.
Karen Stanley has joined Cincinnati-based Creative Research Services Inc. as senior vice president.
Lance Redford has been named advertising/public relations director at Paria Group, based in Orem, UT.
Barry Cunningham has joined the firm as research analyst and Stephanie King has been promoted to senior analyst.
Daniel Bloom has been named senior research consultant at Promark Research Inc. of San Antonio, TX.
Leslie Tripp has joined ACG Research Solutions as field supervisor. The St. Louis-based firm also has announced the addition of Ann Patton as research field services director, Esther Philip as research analyst, and the promotion of Karen Nanney to quality control and database specialist.
Larry Levin has been promoted to senior vice president in the Los Angeles office of Market Facts. The firm has headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL.
Sharon Roberts has joined ICR Survey Research Group as vice president/managing director. ICR, based in Media, PA, is a division of AUS Consultants.
Andrea Saks has joined Phil Balducci & Associates Inc. of Tampa, FL, as vice president/research services.
Jeffrey Greenberg has been named president of the syndicated information division of Chicago-based Information Resources Inc.
Alan Buchalter, vice president of Van Nuys, CA-based Interviewing Service of America, died in March of AIDS-related complications. His family asks that any donations go to AIDS Project Los Angeles, C/O Finance Dept., 6721 Romaine St., Los Angeles, CA 90038.
Anthony Guagliardo has joined Saurage-Thibodeaux Research Inc. of Baton Rouge, LA, as project director; he also will handle public relations. Jude Olinger, corporate accounts manager, has been given full responsibility of corporate account relations and research analysis.
Maria Hill and Laura Hoage have joined the staff of Herron Associates Inc. Hill joins the firm's Tampa office as facility manager. Hoage joins the firm's Indianapolis office as focus facilities supervisor.
Ann Tierney has joined Rockwood Research, St. Paul, MN, as a research consultant.
Shannon Starr McNeely has been appointed director, sales and marketing at Pine Co., Santa Monica, CA.
Janice Griffiths has been appointed marketing research analyst at Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Alexandria, VA.
Scott Waller has joined New York-based CRC Information Systems Inc. as vice president, sales and marketing for the firm's marketing services group.
Art Klein has joined the San Francisco office of NFO Research Inc. as marketing manager.
Brian Kidd has joined Market Directions, Kansas City, MO, as a senior analyst.
Bob Bisciglia has joined IntelliQuest Inc., Austin, TX, as a consultant and analyst.
Ron Sellers has joined Bank One, Phoenix, AZ., as senior research analyst.
Joan Baltes Lord has joined Affiance Research Inc., Crestview Hills, KY, in greater Cincinnati. Baltes, who joins as president, client services, will manage the company's newly opened Dallas client service office.
Mark Rylander has joined IntelliQuest Inc., Austin, TX, as manager, customer registration services.
Isabel Valdes, founder and president of Hispanic Market Connections Inc., Los Altos, CA, has been named to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory committee by Postmaster General Marvin Runyon.
Gregg Stickeler has been promoted to manager, data collection services, at Interviewing Service of America, Van Nuys, CA.