AGENCY PEOPLE.

Miller Meester Advertising, Minneapolis, hires Bob Ruhland as executive vice president/director of media operations, Randy Boomgaarden as vice president/ director of research and Scott Hoffman as Web systems manager in its Internet group.

Most recently, Ruhland was a media planner and account executive with Haworth Group, Inc., Minnetonka, Minn. He also worked as a media planner for Campbell Mithun Esty, Minneapolis.

Boomgaarden will counsel the agency's clients on a range of feasibility and performance measurement tools and conduct market research on their behalf. Previously, he was director of market research at American Cyanamid Co.

Hoffman coordinates the interaction between the Web group and other resources at the advertising and public relations agency. He previously worked as a consultant for Hayden & Associates and as an intranet developer and project manager for Gelco Information Network.

Swanson Russell Associates, Lincoln, Neb., hires four new employees to its creative staff. Elizabeth Cox and Kelly Hansen are production artists, and SheriLynne Hansen and Jackie Ostrowicki are writer/producers. Cox previously was a freelancer and worked as a production artist at another Lincoln agency. Kelly Hansen returns to SRA after serving as a public relations intern there while attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. SheriLynne Hansen most recently was employed as a corporate writer/photographer for Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. Ostrowicki was with the Bozell Group advertising agency.

SRA promotes Venetia Arehart to accounting associate from accounting assistant, Greg Bousquet to art director from associate art director, Maria Bumgardner to executive assistant from account coordinator, Jon Peterson to media strategist and Greg Skolaut to interactive supervisor.

CMF&Z Marketing Communications, Des Moines, Iowa, promotes Stacie Hull to manager client services, Molly McNeill Vincent to senior research analyst and Angela Nicholson to assistant art director. The Bridgepoint division of CMF&Z hires Shane Freese as an application programmer and Shawn Franck as print production coordinator.

Leah Schomburg has joined the public relations staff of Thomas C. Porter & Associates, West Des Moines, Iowa, as account manager/writer. Schomburg previously was sales and marketing manager with Land O'Lakes Printing Services.

Jerry R. Hendrix has joined direct marketing and sales consulting firm The Kenna Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a senior account executive. In his new position, Hendrix will be responsible for business development and client service for the newly established Indianapolis office for The Kenna Group. The new office is located at 8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1300, Indianapolis, IN 46240. Phone is 317/581-2485, and e-mail address is [e-mail].

Prior to joining The Kenna Group, Hendrix held sales and marketing management positions at Total Response, Inc., most recently serving as executive vice president. Previously, he held account management positions with Biggs/Gilmore Communications and other advertising agencies.