People on the Move | 01.15.09

The National Geographic Society has promoted Declan Moore to senior vice president of international publishing. Previously, Moore served as international publisher of National Geographic magazine.

Disney Publishing Worldwide named Robert W. Hernandez senior vice president and general manager of global magazines. Hernandez most recently headed the National Geographic Society’s international publishing and alliances division, which he founded in 1995.

Bauer's Life & Style has promoted Caitlin Kiernan to beauty director. Kiernan previously served as beauty features editor.

Las Vegas-based Greenspun Media has named Katia Kravtchenko director of business development for its Niche Media Western division team. Most recently, Kravtchenko served as a public relations manager at Neiman Marcus.

Alex Grossman has been named design director for WSJ., the Wall Street Journal's lifestyle magazine. Grossman previously served as art director for Cookie.

Condé Nast announced that William Wackermann has taken the added responsibility of senior vice president and publishing director of Domino. Wackermann will continue his role as SVP and publishing director of Glamour and CN Bridal Media.

CurtCo Publishing has named former Art + Auction editor/publisher Jill Bokor publisher of Art & Antiques magazine. Boker replaces Bill Besch who now serves as senior national accounts director at the New York Observer.

Former Condé Nast digital executive Ari Brandt has been named CEO of online advetising technology company Linkstorm, replacing David Sidman, who will stay on as chairman. At Condé Nast, Brandt served as head of digital media for the business media group.

Interweave, a unit of Loveland, Colorado-based Aspire Media, announced today that Marilyn Murphy will step down on March 1 as president and publisher of the fiber division. Murphy will stay on as editorial director of the campany's yarn division. CEO Clay Hall will assume Murphy's duties as president.

In what it says is the final step in the reorganization of its advertising sales team, Ogden Publications has announced a pair of staffing changes: Amy Koliner was named to the newly-created position of advertising sales manager and Jorge Raasch was named national account executive.

Hearst’s Cosmopolitan has appointed Nicole Beland to executive editor. Beland most recently served as features director at Women’s Health.

Essence has named Cynthia Gordy as the magazine's first Washington correspondent. Previously Gordy served as news editor.

Benjamin Moser has been named books columnist at Harper’s, replacing the later John Leonard who wrote the column from 2003 to 2008. Moser, who lives in the Netherlands, has written for Newsweek, Conde Nast Traveler and the American Scholar.

Former Inc. and Fast Company vice president of events and business resources Kelly Winkler has joined graphics communications firm the YGS Group to help launch and manage an event marketing and management division.

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