Kathy Henry has been appointed circulation/audience development director at Crain Communications Inc. Before joining Crain, she previously served as group director, strategic community and audience development at United Business Media LLC. She will be relocating to Detroit from San Francisco. Henry brings extensive knowledge and leadership in both consumer and business-to-business audience development for print and online products. Her broad portfolio of accomplishments spans many years of experience at Miller Freeman Inc., Parenting Magazine, Sunset Publishing/Time Warner and most recently at United Business Media LLC (formerly CMP Media LLC).

Jill Kaplan, publisher of Crain's New York Business, has been elected a vice president of Crain Communications Inc. Ms. Kaplan has been publisher since September 2006 and came to Crain from The Wall Street Journal. Also named vice presidents were Alison Arden, publisher of Advertising Age; Chris Crain, associate publisher of Advertising Age; and K.C. Crain, publisher of AutoWeek.

The board of directors of Crain Communications Inc. announced the promotions of Allison Arden, Christopher Crain, KC Crain and Jill Kaplan to vice presidents of Crain Communications Inc. Allison Price Arden has been associate publisher for the past year. In this role, she oversees all operations for Advertising Age and Creativity magazines in print, online and at events domestically and internationally. Chris Crain is associate publisher of Advertising Age, with broad responsibilities that include management of Ad Age's Creativity Magazine and responsibility for the continuing development of new vertical online communities for the Ad Age Group. KC Crain previously held the roles of associate publisher and advertising director with the automotive enthusiast magazine. Before his stint at AutoWeek, he served as an automotive reporter for Automotive News and also served as an early member of the Crain Communications Inc. New Media department. Jill Kaplan is the publisher of Crain's New York Business. She joined the newspaper in September 2006. Prior to joining Crain, she was the general manager of The Wall Street Journal's Weekend Edition.