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Strategic Directions Group, Inc., a Minneapolis-based marketing consult­ing and research firm, has named Suzanne Reinke as marketing assis­tant.

John Farsakian has joined Creative Marketing Enterprises, Inc., a Maumee, OH-based full service, custom market­ing research firm, as vice president of its Automotive Division.

Scott T. McGurn, manager of the market research division of First Citi­zens Bank in Raleigh, NC, has been named as an assistant vice president. He will serve in the communications de­partment at the bank's corporate headquarters.

Cleveland-based Pat Henry Market Research has been chosen as the exclu­sive market research firm for Tower City Center, a retail and entertainment complex.

Thomas Gordon has been named president and general manager of Equifax National Decision Systems, a provider of marketing information and precision marketing systems.

General Motors Corp., Detroit, has named Vincent Barabba executive in charge of the Market Research Deci­sion Center.


Rhonda Abernathy has been named vice president of operations for the Bir­mingham, MI office of Consumer Pulse Inc. Linda Crowder has moved from Consumer Pulse of Philadelphia to Con­sumer Pulse of Baltimore in White Marsh Mall. In addition, Eleanor Yates has joined the firm as director of Con­sumer Pulse of Philadelphia, Plymouth Meeting Mall.

IrwinBroh & Associates, Des Plaines, IL, has promoted Bob Rowe to vice president.

William E. Kendall has been ap­pointed CEO of Winona MRB, Inc. a Minneapolis-based market research firm, effective January 1,1992. He suc­ceeds Richard McCullough, who is retiring from the company at the end of this year.

Madison, WI-based Chamberlain Research Consultants announces the following promotions and new person­nel: Nicole Wyrembeck has assumed new responsibilities as data processing manager. Kerry Neary has been pro­moted to field service supervisor. Marnie Brandenberg has joined the firm as a project assistant.

Elsag Bailey Group, Wickliffe, OH, has named Gordon D. Woolbert group vice president, research and develop­ment.

Richard Vondruska has been named research and consulting director, Dimension Research Inc., Lisle, IL.