Rhine to Head NEXPO Efforts
Dawn Rhine has been promoted to director of NEXPO®, the world's largest annual newspaper technology conference and exposition.
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Rhine will be responsible for overall show management following the July retirement of Howard Eichler, NAA vice president of technology. During the transition period, Rhine will continue to manage exhibition sales for NEXPO'98, June 20-23 in Orlando.
"Dawn has brought many improvements to the NEXPO show since she arrived at NAA three years ago, including innovative methods to determine the order of choosing booth positions and structured exhibitor pre-conference meetings," said NAA Senior Vice President of Technology Eric Wolferman. "Her 12 years of trade-show management experience, coupled with her enthusiasm and leadership, will help ensure the continued success of NEXPO."
Before joining NAA in 1995, Rhine was responsible for show management for the American Nurses Association and the American Machine Tool Distributors Association. She has a bachelor's degree in business marketing from the University of Maryland and is a member of the International Association for Exposition Management.
Newspapers
David Allen has been appointed director of information technology for The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. He was director of information technology with Indianapolis Newspapers Inc.
Raymond E. Douglas has been named vice president of systems and technology for The New York Times Co. He was vice president of publishing systems and business information systems for The New York Times.
Howard I. Finberg, formerly information technology director at The Arizona Republic, has been named director of technology for Central Newspapers Inc. of Phoenix.
Bill Foust has been promoted to night-shift production supervisor at Fox Valley Press, Copley Newspapers' printing facility in northern Illinois. He was pre-press manager.
Peter C. Garcia was named mailroom manager for the San Antonio (Texas) Express-News. He was mailroom manager at the San Francisco Newspaper Agency.
George B. Irish has been named general manager of Hearst Newspapers, New York City. He previously served as group executive for newspapers and as vice president and director of The Hearst Corp.
Mary Jacobus has been named publisher of the Duluth (Minn.) News-Tribune. She was vice president of sales and marketing at the Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette.
John Jenkins has been named production director for Fayetteville Publishing Co., Fayetteville, N.C. He was production director for The Times Herald-Record in Middletown, N.Y.
Mark P. Mansfield was named vice president of newsprint supply for Cox Newspapers Inc. He was general manager of the Journal Register Supply Co.
Mike Millsaps has been promoted to pre-press manager at Fox Valley (Ill.) Press. He was pre-press assistant manager.
Janet Niehaus has joined The San Diego Union-Tribune as director of computer systems and support. Niehaus has over 13 years of newspaper experience with The Des Moines (Iowa) Register and Detroit Newspapers.
Michael H. Sacks has joined The Daily Press Inc. of Newport News, Va., as vice president of production and technology. Sacks comes to the Daily Press from its sister newspaper, the Sun-Sentinel of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he was manager of strategic areas.
Greg Smith has joined the San Antonio Express-News as business-systems manager. Smith was Admarc-systems manager at The Miami Herald.
Vendors
Ian Bryson has been appointed director of marketing for Cascade Systems Inc. of Andover, Mass.
Steven L. Derman has been appointed to director of planning, newspaper facilities, for The Austin Company of Cleveland.
Phil Fuhrer has been appointed vice president of the Pottsville (Pa.) Republican's New Horizons Team.
Ken Gregory joins System Integrators Inc. of Sacramento as executive vice president of operations.
Nick Koriakin has been appointed vice president of sales and marketing for Freedom System Integrators Inc., Wichita, Kan.
Vincent H. Lapinski was named vice president of MAN Roland Inc.'s North American Newspaper Press Group.
Don Mills joined Blevins Harding Group as a business and organization consultant, and strategic planning team member.
Richard C. Simpson, Jr. has been appointed senior vice president of North American sales operations for Atex Media Solutions of Bedford, Mass.
Jason Taylor was named vice president of marketing for 4-Sight Inc. of Woburn, Mass.