David Ferren has joined the San Diego office of San Diego/Las Vegas Surveys as research director.
J.D. Power and Associates, Agoura Hills, Calif., has appointed Frank Forkin as a partner responsible for overseeing several key automotive customer business relationships, directing supplier services and providing proprietary and syndicated market research services.
Thomas Flynn has joined ICR/lnternational Communications Research, Media, Pa., as senior vice president. In addition, Robert Thomas has been named vice president.
Anne Wilber has been named research manager at BVK/McDonald, a Milwaukee, Wis., marketing communications firm.
Frank McGinn has been named research director at Ackerman McQueen, an advertising agency with offices in Colorado Springs, Dallas, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. He will be based in Dallas.
Lori Laflin has joined C.J. Olson Market Research, Minneapolis, as director of data processing.
Laurie Reed has been promoted to associate manager, marketing research, at Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostics Division, Chicago.
William Ghormley has been named president of the Marketing Science Institute, Cambridge, Mass. He succeeds H. Paul Root, who becomes vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of trustees, trustee-at-large, and senior fellow of the Institute.
Market Strategies, Inc., Southfield, Mich., has named Kristin Lozon research director of the Seniors Research Group, a sub-unit of the firm's Healthcare Division.
Jennifer Merrill, vice president of consumer research at ConAgra Frozen Foods in Omaha, Neb., has been named to the advisory board of the University of Texas at Arlington's Master of Science in Marketing Research (MSMR) degree program.
Bob Holt has joined Target Research Group, Nanuet, N.Y., as vice president, client services. In addition, Gayle Hazard has been named field director and Brian Mahon has been promoted to vice president, project group.
MarketVision Research, Cincinnati, has announced several personnel moves. Patricia Nudds has been named manager, data processing; Richard Woolf has been named programmer in the data processing group; James Cowan and Alicia Stanton have been named senior project director in client services; and Martin Schrager has been named an analyst in the firm's marketing sciences group. The firm has also hired three project director trainees: Lauren Giacobbe, Matthew Fitzgerald, and Kristina Larson.
Francisco Salazar and Enrique Castillo have joined Data & Management Counsel, Chadds Ford, Pa., as leaders of its Hispanic market team.
Elaine Howard has been promoted to vice president at the Arlington Heights, Ill., office of Market Facts, Inc.
Burke Customer Satisfaction Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio, has promoted Tom Myers to vice president.
The Marketing Research Association (MRA) has announced its 1998 national and chapter awards. The Distinguished Service Award, presented to Ellen Gregory of NETWORK, Covington, Ky., is given in recognition of extensive and distinguished service to both the association and the marketing research industry. Nominations are received from the entire membership. The Award of Excellence, presented to Joyce Rachelson of Computers for Marketing Corporation, New York, is given in recognition of excellence in service to the association and local chapters during the current year. Nominations are made by MRA board members only. Chapter awards were presented to the following: Beth Wilson, Eagle Research, Atlanta, Atlanta/SE Chapter; Val Maxwell, National Data Research, Inc., Northfield, Ill., Chicago Chapter; Luis Montenegro, National Opinion Research Services, Miami, Florida Chapter; Becky Fangman, Fangman Research, Inc., Louisville, Ky., Great Lakes Chapter; Adam Weinstein, Woelfel Research, Inc., Vienna, Va., MidAtlantic Chapter; Rita Langteau, Ross Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota/Upper Midwest Chapter; Jan Robson, Market Decision, Inc., South Portland, Maine, New England Chapter; Gwen Kaplan, Survey Sampling, Inc., Fairfield, Conn., New York/NE Chapter; Jean Douglas, Proview, Burlingame, Calif., Northern California/Pacific NW Chapter; John Bradley, Research, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Pa., Philadelphia Chapter; Rebecca Hanner, Consumer Pulse of Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, Calif., Southern California Chapter; and Stacy Scott, Dallas Focus, Irving, Texas, Southwest Chapter.
Simeon Chow has joined the staff of New York City-based Audits & Surveys Worldwide as vice president/ director of intellectual capital.
Charles Madden has been elected to the position of chairman of the board of the American Marketing Association, Chicago. He also serves as vice president for university relations for Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
Eric Cantor has been appointed senior vice president, sales & marketing, for the McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group, New York.
Belkist Padilla has been promoted to vice president/director of qualitative research of Miami-based Strategy Research Corp.
Neal Hickman has joined Answers Research, Solana Beach, Calif., as research manager excellent scores ranged close to 100 and low scores were in the 60s or 50s. Using any of the existing methods would require the manager to process either more information or incomplete information.
New York-based Arbitron NewMedia has appointed Greg Verdino vice president and general manager, Internet information services.
Jason Hill has been named a project manager at Aragon Consulting Group, St. Louis.
Cleanwater Research, Boise, Idaho, has announced a number of promotions: Krista Gragg to research analyst; Eric Holloway to associate pro ject director (field services); and Andrew Warren to computer programmer. The company has also added Michael Smith as human factors research analyst, Craig King as research analyst, Shelah Koza as research technician, Marlin Roberts as information systems manager, and Jennifer Stanfield as a human factors research intern.
Tim Rogers has been named president of Maritz Marketing Research, St. Louis. He replaces Ron Lipovsky, who has been appointed president of Maritz Performance Improvement Co.
RONIN Corp., Princeton, N.J., has appointed Rob Elliott senior software developer. Cindy Dioszeghy has been named software support specialist. Paul Gold has been named senior sales representative. Dawn Rosso has been named senior vice president of RONIN Research Services. At RONIN's London office, Charles Whitlock has been appointed senior sales representative.
Greg Rogers has joined The Analytical Group as manager of the firm's new Chicago telephone interviewing center. Laura Snyderman has also joined the Chicago office as a project director. Sherri Martinez has been promoted to project supervisor at the company's Scottsdale, Ariz., scanning facility. In addition, Sherilyn Coyne has been named data collection administrative assistant at the Scottsdale facility.
GroupNet, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., has named Jim Longo executive director.