President Of Marketing

Ross Settles, vice president of marketing for The Baltimore Sun Co., was yesterday named vice president for new business and new product development for Times Mirror Interactive, a recently formed division of the newspaper's parent company.Settles, 40, will direct the division's expansion into new online ventures. He will report to Hilary A. Schneider, Times Mirror Interactive's president and chief executive officer.Based in Baltimore, Times Mirror Interactive was formed this month to manage Web-based products for Times Mirror Co., the Los Angeles-based media company.

Advertising * Weber Shandwick appointed Vanessa Wickham-Baker vice president of media services for the public relations firm. Banking and finance * Provident Bank announced the selection of John Murphy as a senior vice president in the regional bank's branch and business banking division. The Baltimore-based bank also named Gail Kyc as a vice president in the consumer banking division and is assigned to the Eastpoint Mall office.

Crown Central Petroleum yesterday announced management changes that include new assignments for the two sons of Chairman Henry A. Rosenberg as well as the appointment of two executive vice presidents.Nine Crown officials will have new titles or responsibilities. One executive is leaving the Baltimore-based company."These actions will consolidate management and focus responsibilities around key business units," said Mr. Rosenberg, who is also chief executive officer.Joseph M. Coale, a Crown spokesman, said the changes are aimed at getting the company on the "road to profitability" in a fiercely competitive industry.

Advertising * Warschawski announced the promotion of Shana Harris to senior vice president of the Baltimore-based public relations and marketing agency. She will handle recruitment, assist in new business development and have increased responsibility for the daily operation of the firm. * MGH appointed Greg Edwards to senior copywriter, Deena Callahan to human resources manager and Lexi Miller as a production artist for the local marketing communications agency. * Devaney & Associates named Gary Budd director of public relations for the Baltimore advertising and marketing firm.

New positionsBottcher America Corp., a manufacturer of printing rollers in Belcamp, appointed Stefan Ostler technical development manager.Cambridge Wire Cloth Company named James E. Wilcox vice president of finance and secretary.Community College of Baltimore appointed Dr. Frank Samuels vice president for Academic Affairs and Dr. Janice E. Richardson vice president for Planning and Development.Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. in Springfield announced the following appointments: Ronald J. Thrasher, region manager-central region; Wyatt L. Gordon Jr., region manager-southern region; C. Can Doolan, senior account executive, Lee/Star Division and Jim Costello, northern region manager based in Philadelphia.

Baseball Expos: Recalled IF Andy Tracy from Triple-A Ottawa. Optioned P Jeremy Powell to Ottawa. Phillies: Claimed OF-1B Brian Hunter off waivers from Braves. Designated IF Tomas Perez for assignment. Colleges Morgan: Announced the signing of 6-1 G Shaun McKie (Philadelphia, Simon Gratz) for men's basketball. Stonehill: Named Kevin O'Brien men's basketball coach. Wyoming: Granted a two-year contract extension to men's basketball coach Steve McClain. Football Giants: Signed the following rookie free agents: OT John Kuzora, LB Levin Lewis andDT Faiva Talaea.

Advertising * Weber Shandwick appointed Vanessa Wickham-Baker vice president of media services for the public relations firm. Banking and finance * Provident Bank announced the selection of John Murphy as a senior vice president in the regional bank's branch and business banking division. The Baltimore-based bank also named Gail Kyc as a vice president in the consumer banking division and is assigned to the Eastpoint Mall office.

Linda Goldenberg, a motion picture marketing and publicity executive and former Baltimore resident, died of cancer Monday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 57. Mrs. Goldenberg, a Los Angeles resident, had been president of marketing for the Premiere Marketing and Distribution Group there since 2001. Born Linda Schwartz in Philadelphia and raised in Baltimore, she was a 1959 graduate of Forest Park High School. She began her career as a secretary for Jack Fruchtman Sr., owner of JF Theaters, one of the largest movie chains in Maryland.

Bethlehem Steel Corp. split its two main steelmakin operations into separate business units yesterday and named Duane R. Dunham, the company's marketing vice president, to be president of the Sparrows Point Steel Mill in Baltimore County.The operations will be known as the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Division and the Bethlehem Burns Harbor Division. Burns Harbor is in Indiana, 40 miles southeast of Chicago. Each unit will be responsible for its own marketing, operation and financial performance, the company said.

How does Comcast Field at Camden Yards sound?Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. has expressed an interest in purchasing the rights to put its name on the football stadium being built downtown for the Ravens.Preliminary talks about such a deal were held Monday. Ravens managing partner Art Modell and his son, Ravens vice president David Modell, met in Philadelphia with Comcast chairman Ralph Roberts and president Brian Roberts.Comcast spokesman David Nevin confirmed that the meeting took place, but said: "Any speculation as to what the name will be is very premature.

ARLINGTON, Va. - US Airways Group Inc., operating under bankruptcy protection, said yesterday that its top marketing executive and four other managers will leave the carrier by the end of this month. The five include four vice presidents and the president of a subsidiary, the carrier said. The airline is seeking approval of cost-cutting agreements from its largest union and extension of an accord allowing it to use federally backed loans to fund operations. US Airways filed for bankruptcy protection Sept.

Linda Goldenberg, a motion picture marketing and publicity executive and former Baltimore resident, died of cancer Monday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 57. Mrs. Goldenberg, a Los Angeles resident, had been president of marketing for the Premiere Marketing and Distribution Group there since 2001. Born Linda Schwartz in Philadelphia and raised in Baltimore, she was a 1959 graduate of Forest Park High School. She began her career as a secretary for Jack Fruchtman Sr., owner of JF Theaters, one of the largest movie chains in Maryland.

Baseball Expos: Recalled IF Andy Tracy from Triple-A Ottawa. Optioned P Jeremy Powell to Ottawa. Phillies: Claimed OF-1B Brian Hunter off waivers from Braves. Designated IF Tomas Perez for assignment. Colleges Morgan: Announced the signing of 6-1 G Shaun McKie (Philadelphia, Simon Gratz) for men's basketball. Stonehill: Named Kevin O'Brien men's basketball coach. Wyoming: Granted a two-year contract extension to men's basketball coach Steve McClain. Football Giants: Signed the following rookie free agents: OT John Kuzora, LB Levin Lewis andDT Faiva Talaea.

Ross Settles, vice president of marketing for The Baltimore Sun Co., was yesterday named vice president for new business and new product development for Times Mirror Interactive, a recently formed division of the newspaper's parent company.Settles, 40, will direct the division's expansion into new online ventures. He will report to Hilary A. Schneider, Times Mirror Interactive's president and chief executive officer.Based in Baltimore, Times Mirror Interactive was formed this month to manage Web-based products for Times Mirror Co., the Los Angeles-based media company.

The Ravens, who earlier this year lost a top marketing executive to the Washington Redskins, have replaced him with a man who will have the additional charge of exploiting new business opportunities on or off the field -- or in cyberspace.Dennis Mannion will become the team's vice president of new business development and marketing on Dec. 1, joining four other team executives with responsibility for operating units who report directly to the president.Mannion, 40, is senior vice president of Ascent Sports, the corporate parent of Denver's new Pepsi Center arena and its two major-league tenants, the NHL Avalanche and NBA Nuggets.

Advertising * Warschawski announced the promotion of Shana Harris to senior vice president of the Baltimore-based public relations and marketing agency. She will handle recruitment, assist in new business development and have increased responsibility for the daily operation of the firm. * MGH appointed Greg Edwards to senior copywriter, Deena Callahan to human resources manager and Lexi Miller as a production artist for the local marketing communications agency. * Devaney & Associates named Gary Budd director of public relations for the Baltimore advertising and marketing firm.

New positionsMartel Inc., a Baltimore-based environmental, petroleum, geophysical, field-sampling and industrial hygiene services company, announced the following additions to its staff: Edgar E. Chambers and Tong K. Kim, organics-laboratory technicians; Timothy M. Crusse and Samuel R. Rineer, sampling-services technicians, and Karen A. Wilkerson, petroleum-laboratory technician. June A. Main was promoted to wet-chemistry laboratory manager.Ayers/Saint/Gross, a Baltimore-based architecture and planning firm, appointed Theodore C. Osborne, Joseph M. Rexing and Pamela M. Veit to its architectural staff.