MGA Research, Inc. a Denver-based opinion research firm, has been awarded the 1992 Colorado Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America's Gold and Silver Pick Awards for Research. The only winner in the research category, MGA was awarded the Gold Pick for its community relations strategies research for the Cleo Wallace Center, an adolescent psychiatric hospital in the Rocky Mountain region. MGA was also recognized with a Silver Pick for its work with the National Education Association's Western Region on the Wichita teachers survey.
With the election of officers in August, Qualitative Research Consultants Association, Inc. has set in motion its 1992-93 program year. Leading the organization as president for the next year is Irving Merson of Merson/Greener Associates, Tarrytown, NY. Other officers are: vice president, Alice Rodgers of Rodgers Marketing Research, Canton, OH; secretary, Barbara Rosenthal of Qualitative Research Services, Potomac, MD; and treasurer, Suzette deVogelaere of Concepts & Strategies, Mill Valley, CA.
To further emphasize account planning, Cleveland-based Meldrum & Fewsmith advertising has appointed Clark Culbertson, vice president, account planning, and promoted David Morawski to senior vice president/director of account. In conjunction, Lacey Zachary has been promoted to research director, and Brenda Massaroni has joined the agency as research project director.
Jeffrey Rifkin has joined Research 100, Princeton, NJ, as research account executive.
Susan Brown has been promoted to vice president of operations at J.D. Franz Research, Sacramento, CA.
Marian White has joined the Ziff-Davis Magazine Networks as vice president/director of research. Rolf Wulfsberg has replaced White, heading the company's research department. Wulfsberg joins Ziff-Davis from the Business Strategy Group of Abt Associates.
Bernie Klug has been named vice president, information services at NFO Research, Inc. Previously he was vice president operations at A.C. Nielsen Co. in Chicago.
Quality Controlled Services, St. Louis, MO, has added Lisa Mendelson to its staff as client services manager in the Stamford, CT, office.
Wanda Gorman, previously of Suburban Associates of New Jersey, has joined Connie Kass and Martha Baer to form a partnership in Partners in Research Inc., a new research facility in Wyckoff, NJ.