Ann Potter & Associates has recently opened an office at 1624 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403. The company produces competitive updates, industry summaries and general marketing information for businesses. Potter has 10 years of marketing and business research experience in area manufacturers, services and state government.
Blackstone Group, marketing research, has moved to 6 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
Steve Akerson has been promoted to senior vice president, director of market research, at Colle McVoy Advertising Agency, Bloomington, MN. He was previously vice president, director of market research.
Consumer Pulse, Inc., announces several promotions: Rickie Kruh to vice president of operations, Louise Stewart to director of the company's Charlotte, NC, facility, and Linda Crowder to director of the company's Philadelphia facility.
Myril Hillman, Ph.D., has been named senior account manager at Maritz Marketing Research, Inc., Chicago. Formerly vice president/associate research director at N.W. Ayer, she also served on the staffs of BBDO and Tatham, Laird & Kudner advertising agencies.
Joining Total Research Corp., Princeton, NJ, is Barbara McAulay as manager of client services, health care division. Her responsibilities include expanding the company's pharmaceutical client base and developing multi-client studies in the health care sector. Before joining Total Research, McAulay was vice president at Market Measures, Inc., a health care marketing research firm.
Total Research Corp., Princeton, NJ, has promoted Matthew Campion to senior project director of the health care division. Formerly a project director at Total Research, Campion will oversee all marketing research studies done by the company in the health care industry.
Michele Clark Seyforth has been appointed senior account manager for Dimension Research, Inc., Glen Ellyn, IL. She is responsible for servicing client accounts, providing senior-level consultation on research design, management of in-house work and the interpretation and presentation of results. She was previously with Goldring & Co.
Action Research, Inc., has opened its doors at 230 Western Ave., Boston. Its principals are Matthew Hayes, president, and Donna Neubauer, vice president. Hayes was formerly an analyst at Management Decisions Systems and Neubauer was previously with B. Angell & Associates where she was a project director.