Alec Gallup, who served as chairman of the Gallup Poll, a Washington, D.C., political polling firm, died of a heart ailment on June 22, 2009.
Thom Mocarsky has rejoined Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. as vice president, investor relations.
Lightspeed Research, Basking Ridge, N.J., has named David Day global CEO and Tara Jethwani vice president, client operations. The company has also promoted Sophia Kellman to senior vice president, talent.
Burke, Inc., a Cincinnati research company, has promoted Dianne Marschman to vice president, account management. Burke has also hired Scott “Rocky” Shook as senior account executive, client services.
Eric Spahr has been named vice president, managing director, of LaunchForce, a Cincinnati consultancy. Brand innovation will be among his responsibilities.
The NPD Group, a Port Washington, N.Y., research company, has hired Arnie Schwartz as president, U.S. food service; Brian Holliday as director, retailer relations, automotive; and Don Unser as head of its retail business group.
Ipsos Loyalty, a New York division of Paris research company Ipsos, has hired Mark E. Greene and Dolores Forget as senior research executive, mystery shopping.
Jason Miller has joined AnswerQuest, an Atlanta research company, as managing partner of the operations, systems management, qualitative and field management divisions.
GfK Custom Research North America, a New York division of Nuremberg, Germany, research company The GfK Group, has named Thomas Hartley vice president, customer loyalty.
IMS Health, a Norwalk, Conn., research company, has hired Kimberly S. Gray as chief privacy officer, Americas.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association has appointed Monica Zinchiak as editor-in-chief of QRCA Views.
Holger Wissel has been hired as manager, market research, of Bosch Thermotechnology Corporation, a Londonderry, N.H., utilities company.
Abt Associates, a Cambridge, Mass., research company, has appointed Kathleen L. Flanagan as president and CEO.
Aegis Group, a London communications company, has named Nick Priday CFO and John Brady, Simon Laffin and Martin Read non-executive director.
Jack Hollis has been named head of strategy and marketing research of tmr Agency, a Lakeland, Fla., research company.
Maktoob Research, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has hired Jigar Mehta as manager, business development.
TRA, a New York research company, has appointed Terese Herbig to its sales team and Hank Close and Bob Meyers to its advisory board.
Clean Design Inc., a Raleigh, N.C., design agency, has hired Bill Campbell as director, brand strategy.
Kelley Trosko has been named director of marketing of The Research Group, Baltimore, and its focus group facility division, Observation Baltimore.
Barbara Egel has been named vice president of Primary Insights Inc., a Chicago research firm.
Dallas research company e-Rewards Inc. has named Mark Walton senior vice president, international operations. Walton will be based in London.
Rochester, N.Y., research company Harris Interactive has named Michael Saxon senior vice president, technology, media and entertainment and telecommunications, North America. Saxon will be based in Princeton, N.J.
Ian Lewis has joined Phoenix research consultancy Cambiar as director.
Morpace Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich., research company, has made the following appointments: Lorie Dietz, vice president, financial services; Tom McGoldrick, vice president, retail; Kelly Wennik, vice president, technology and telecommunications.
Chicago research company Information Resources Inc. has hired Krishnakumar (KK) S. Davey and Ed See as senior partner, consulting and innovation.
Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, London, has hired Joe Ambrogio as research analyst. Ambrogio will be based in Manhasset, N.Y.
Polaris Marketing Research Inc., Atlanta, has appointed Kristopher Bober to its project management staff.
Healthcare Research Worldwide, Oxford, U.K., has made the following hires: Sam Martin, trainee research executive; Lily McMullen, field controller; and Emily Hancock, research assistant. The company has also promoted Nicola Vyas and Gillian Newbold to director, research.
EMI Music, a New York music management company, has hired David Boyle as vice president, consumer insight and validation.
Reston, Va., research company comScore Inc. has named Ellen Marzell senior director, marketing solutions, comScore Europe.
Terry Kent has been named general manager of TNS Media North America, a New York division of Horsham, Pa., research company TNS.
OTX, a Los Angeles research company, has hired Donna Sabino as senior vice president, kids and family insights. David Klein has also joined OTX as senior vice president, TV entertainment.
Dulles, Va., research company Vovici has named Greg Stock chairman and CEO.
Chris Lynch has joined Austin, Texas, research company Bazaarvoice as corporate controller.
The Advertising Research Foundation, New York, has elected five new members to its board for a three-year term: Paul Donato, executive vice president and chief research officer, The Nielsen Company; Ronald Franklin, president and executive producer, NsightsWorldwide; Gayle Fuguitt, vice president, consumer insights, General Mills; Donna Goldfarb, vice president, consumer and market insights, Unilever Americas; and Jim Thompson, worldwide president and CEO, Ipsos ASI.
GfK NOP, a London division of Nuremberg, Germany, research company The GfK Group, has made the following appointments: Phyllis Macfarlane, chairman; Richard Jameson, managing director and global board member, GfK Custom Research; and Colin Strong, managing director, business and technology sector.
The Kantar Group, the Fairfield, Conn., insight arm of London communications company WPP, has hired Marita Carballo as president, Latin America, and Fiona Keyte as global account director, Procter & Gamble.
Kantar Health, a New York division of Fairfield, Conn., research company The Kantar Group, has expanded its senior leadership team in China. Scott Davies has been named general manager, China; and Kelly Wong has been hired as business leader, Shanghai, and head of research, China. Both will be based in Shanghai.
Millward Brown, a Naperville, Ill., division of Fairfield, Conn., research company the Kantar Group, has promoted Malini Pani to chief client officer, greater China. The company has also hired Rupam Borthakur as managing director, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
David Gray has joined eDigitalResearch, Hampshire, U.K., as senior Web developer.
RivalWatch, a Sunnyvale, Calif., research company, has named Marty Hodgett president and CEO.
Omaha, Neb., research company infoGroup has selected Roger Siboni as the next chairman of the board of directors.
MarketTools Inc., a San Francisco research company, has named Amy Millard senior vice president, marketing.
London research company Verve has hired Amyas Peto as director, U.K. operations, and Paul Ferreira as manager, technical design.
Janet Morrison has been named manager, business development, of Confero, a Cary, N.C., research company.
Bellomy Research Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., has named Joseph Ottaviani, vice president, Midwest region.
Andrew Davidson has been named senior vice president of Mintel Comperemedia, a Chicago research company.