Account Executive

Amy Rizika Schatzow, 44, account executiveAmy Rizika Schatzow, who returned to advertising recently after taking time off to raise her two children, died Saturday of cancer at her home on Taplow Road in Homeland. She was 44.The former Amy Rizika grew up in Pikesville and was a 1977 graduate of Goucher College. She began working in advertising after college, then took time off to raise her children: Adam, 14, and Maggie, 12.She returned to work three years ago and until her recent illness was an advertising account executive for the Adams Sandler agency, part of Shandwick USA, of London.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Atlantic Scaffolding Co. hired Craig Kaple as executive vice president of the Columbia-based builder and supplier of commercial and industrial scaffold systems. SSi Consulting named Lisa Armstrong as lead consultant for Microsoft Great Plains software at the McLean, Va., office for the Baltimore-based firm of business management software consultants. Weinberg Harris & Associates, a Baltimore-based marketing and public relations agency, hired Jennifer Hodgins as a senior account executive and Jennifer Katz as an assistant account executive.

New positionsData Chromatics appoints Kohler software engineerData Chromatics Inc. announced that Suzanne R. Kohler was appointed senior software engineer.The Auburn University graduate is a specialist in graphic user interfaces and will have responsibility for major programming efforts at the Columbia-based geographic information systems company. Durrett-Sheppard Steel Co. announced that John Mimm has been named outside sales manager. Mr. Mimm has worked for the firm since 1974.His most recent assignment was as a sales representative in the Washington, Virginia and Southern Maryland area.

New positionsSynborski named sales VP for Fusion UV SystemsFusion UV Systems appointed Charles E. Synborski vice president of sales and marketing. Formerly a vice president with DT Industries, Hansford Automation Systems, Synborski is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a master's degree in optical engineering from the University of Rochester.Ruhs is general manager at Rocky Gap LodgeRocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort, near Cumberland, has selected Thomas A. Ruhs as general manager. A partner and vice president of the Buena Vista Hospitality Group, which manages Rocky Gap, he began his 20-year hotel industry career as assistant manager for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Meachum to head board of The Arc Thomas Meachum of Reese & Carney has been elected president of the board of directors of The Arc of Howard County. Other newly elected officers are: vice president Arthur Gold of Best Practices; secretary Tracey Eberhardt of St. Francis of Assisi Church; and treasurer Timothy Lordan of the Rouse Co. New board members include former County Executive Charles I. Ecker, Dan Rexford of Erickson Retirement Communities, marketing consultant Sheila Greenfield and retiree Louis Jones.

Norbert H. "Itch" Zeller, a retired account executive, died Saturday at his home in Towson after a short illness. He was 64.A mass of Christian burial for Mr. Zeller will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 5500 York Road in Govans.Born in Baltimore, he was a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School, where he was a member of the cross-country track team, and attended Loyola College. He served on a mine sweeper in the Navy during World War II. He was discharged in 1947 as a petty officer third class.

New positionsSaval names Freimuth technical services directorSaval Foods Corp. hired Thomas Freimuth as technical services director. The Culinary Institute of America graduate oversees research and development, and technical service for the Baltimore-based food company.AdvertisingRosse appoints Thornton as account executiveRosse & Associates, a Sparks-based advertising and marketing communications agency, appointed Todd Thornton as an account executive. He manages accounts of clients in the outdoor sports and industrial sectors.

New positions* Bethlehem Steel announced the selection of Alan J. Barsophy as manager of technical services at its Sparrows Point facility.* UNIVAX Biologics, based in Rockville, appointed Samuel W. Shakespeare vice president of sales.* American Office has chosen Bruce Flanagan as an account executive in its Baltimore office. In its Northern Virginia office, Lou Kreiner was named vice president, John Kip and Laura Medvene account executives and Stephen Kramer a sales assistant.* Interior Elements, of Columbia, has added Susan Bennett-Hattan to its staff as director of project management services.