Frank D. McGinn has joined Texas Instruments' Consumer Products Division as a senior marketing research analyst.
James E. Cornelius, vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Eli Lilly and Company, has been named a member of the Walker Research Advisory Board.
Marci Cobb has joined Davidson-Peterson Associates, Inc., of York, ME, as research associate.
Patricia T. Cowley has been promoted to group account manager of Arlington Heights, IL-based C/J Research, Inc.
Pamela Baxter has been named executive vice president at Simmons Market Research Bureau, Inc. Also at Simmons: Tom Murphy and Paul Donato have been promoted to executive vice president in the Simmons Syndicated Studies Division. They will be responsible for the direction of the division encompassing sales, client service, and technical operations. In addition, Alan Seraita is now vice president, magazine/newspaper sales, syndicated studies; Bernie Cognac has been promoted to vice president, syndicated sales, Midwest Division; Jim Liggio has been promoted to senior account executive; and Caryn Klein is now an account executive.
Jeffrey L. Riffkin has joined ICR Survey Research Group, Media, PA, as vice president, client services. Previously he was director of marketing for the WATS Room/TeleSpecs.
Sanford M. Schwartz, Ph.D., has been promoted to general manager and president of New York City-based Elrick and Lavidge.
Kim Kardenetz has been promoted to facility manager for ACG Research Solutions, St. Louis, MO.
Bruce Murray has joined Database Marketing Corp., Burlington, MA, as director of client services. He will be responsible for the development and management of DMC's list and research activities.
Research 100, Princeton, NJ, celebrated its 20th anniversary in July.
Douglas W. Ranshous has joined the Ehrhart-Babic Group, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, as director of corporate marketing.
Michele Rose has been promoted to assistant project manager & field supervisor for St. Louis, MO-based Pragmatic Research, Inc.
Mike Oilar has been admitted to the partnership of Market Decisions Corp., a Portland, OR, marketing research and consulting company.
Michael C. Hand has been appointed vice president Apparel Services of the NPD Group, Inc., Port Washington, NY.
Dr. Larry Linamen has joined the Glendale, CA-based Barna Research Group as vice president.
Walter Eduardo Meneses has joined Toledo-based NFO Research, Inc., as senior operations manager in the San Diego Hispanic Research Center. In addition, David H. Anderson has joined NFO as vice president, information systems.
Genny Schumacher has been promoted to vice president, operations for Consumer Opinion Council Research Center, St. Louis, MO.
Michael P. Halle has been named vice president of Longwoods International, Inc., a research and marketing consulting firm based in Toronto.
Grace F. Healey has joined the New York City-based Wagner Group, Inc. as senior vice president, director of client services.
Gerald "Jerry" Cole has been elected a vice president of DDE Needham Worldwide. He is an associate director of strategic planning and research in the firm's Chicago office.
Mediamark Research, Inc. has named David C. Bender president and chief operating officer.
David E. Wood has joined Michael Blatt & Co., a Los Angeles-based data processing firm, as vice president, business development. Previously he was with Maritz Marketing Research, Inc.
Elrick and Lavidge, Inc. has appointed Linda K. Soto as financial services account executive in its Chicago office, and Bruce A. Hall as financial services account executive in its Atlanta office.
Steven Struhl has joined Sophisticated Data Research, Chicago, as a senior consultant.
Joan Rosenberg has joined Information Resources, Inc., as vice president, new business development, a new position at the firm's Darien, CT, office.