Matt Michel has joined Decision Analyst, Inc., Arlington, Tex., as vice president of client services. In addition, the firm has promoted Garry Upton to senior vice president of business development.
Beth Wilson has joined Eagle Research, Atlanta, as president.
Strategic Marketing Corp., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., has expanded the staff and capabilities of its Strategic Marketing Asia, Ltd., operating unit, adding Grace Chin, formerly of Asian Perspective, Inc., David Lubega and Mitzi Swanson, both formerly of Asian Strategies, Ltd., and J. Micah Zimmerman, formerly of the Wilkerson Group.
TeleSession Corporation, a New York City research firm, has named Kelly Wosahla program coordinator. In addition, Lata Sannoo has joined the firm as executive administrative assistant, Annette McLoughlin has been named assistant program coordinator, and Kathy Rogers has been promoted to senior program coordinator.
Beth Fischer, president and co-owner of Twin City Interviewing Service, Inc., will receive the WCCO Good Neighbor Award, which is given by Minneapolis radio station WCCO to recognize outstanding community service.
Mary Barnidge has been promoted to account manager for the Minneapolis office of Maritz Marketing Research Inc.’s Performance Measurement Group. Also at the Minneapolis Performance Measurement Group office, Sharon Alberg has promoted to senior research manager. At the Chicago Performance Measurement Group office, Mona Makhijani has been named manager, analytic services, and Linda Stump has been named research manager for the Ameritech account. Robert Daly has joined the Somerset, N.J., Performance Measurement Group office, as senior research manager. Lori Najera has been promoted to research manager at the Los Angeles Performance Measurement Group office. At Maritz’s St. Louis headquarters, Phil Wiseman has been promoted to vice president of marketing and Grace Kruger has been promoted to Financial Division vice president.
Timothy Billies has joined Q2 Marketing Research, Cincinnati, as a research analyst.
Larry Munson has been named vice president and senior consultant at Aragon Consulting Group, a St. Louis consulting and research firm. The firm has also appointed Gregory Rutledge vice president and senior consultant.
Polly Kleissas has been promoted to vice president account services at ISA East, the Grasonville, Md., office of Interviewing Service of America, Van Nuys, Calif. At the company’s headquarters, Rodger Low has been named project manager and Oliver Karp has been named data processing manager. In addition, Sarah White has been named assistant telephone center manager and Kevin Kneale has been named assistant data processing manager.
Jack Pollack has been promoted to president of Analytical Computer Service, Inc., at the firm's Scottsdale, Ariz.,office. Also in the Scottsdale office, Clare Stewart has been named vice president. At the firm’s Chicago office, Dawn Speakman has been named vice president and Jerry Madansky has been named CEO.
Lisa Carter has joined Marketing and Planning Systems, Waltham, Mass., as vice president.
James Fouss, chief executive officer of Response Analysis Corp., Princeton, N.J., has been elected president of The International Research Institutes (IriS), a Brussels-based global network of marketing research firms. In addition, Damien Schnyder of DemoScope in Switzerland was named treasurer. Elected as council members were: Soulla Kellas, AMER World Research, Cyprus; Xenia Kourtoglou, FOCUS Athenian Marketing Research Centre, Greece; Chantal Le Bras, Institut Francais de Demoscopie, France; Per Nellerad, IMU - Testologen, Sweden; Nick Winkfield, MORI, Great Britain.
Tracy Snicker has been promoted to data collection associate manager at C.J. Olson Market Research, Inc., Minneapolis.
Elrick and Lavidge, an Atlanta research firm, has added Rohan Ullal to its staff as manager, analytical services.
Conway/Milliken & Associates, a Chicago research firm, has promoted Karin Litwin to account group vice president.
House of Marketing, Pasadena, Calif., has hired Lisa Kosiba as director of recruiting and field operations. She will oversee the staffing of the firm’s new 24-station phone room, which is scheduled to be built later this year.
Kara Oishi has joined Macro Consulting, Inc., Mountain View, Calif., as a project director.
Osvaldo Maeso has rejoined Strategy Research Corp., Miami, as vice president in charge of Caribbean operations.
Sally Schatz has joined the research division of FGI, Chapel Hill, as vice president of research operations. Gail DeJean has joined the firm as administrative manager of the research division.
Jenne Ahlgrim has joined Doane Marketing Research, Inc., St. Louis, as research associate.
Thomas Payne has been named president and CEO of Market Facts, Inc., Arlington Heights, Ill.
Tamera Currey has been named director of marketing and account services for Ryan McGinn Samples Research, Inc., Charleston, W.Va. In addition, Diana St. Charles and Kristin Alderfer have been named market research analyst.