The Churn

Lindsay Hymson, formerly of Tractenberg, will be joining Whisper PR Inc. in their fine jewelry and accessories department.

Liz Claiborne Inc. names Tom Fitzgerald COO of Direct Brands.

Katie May is leaving the press office of Dolce & Gabbana to pursue new opportunities.

Megan Schasel has been hired as the Events Coordinator/New Business Assistant to The Patton Group, Miami office. She was formerly at Theory, NY.

David Yassky, fashion market editor at W/WWD, has been named art director for advertising and The Book at Neiman Marcus. He starts Sept. 17.

Katie Grand has been named creative director of Mulberry. Mary Fontamillas joins YSL as PR director. She was formerly U.S. PR director at Gucci.

Jeffrey Chu, formerly senior associate editor at Portfolio, has joined Fast Company.

Tom Foster, formerly editor of Men's Journal, is now articles editor at Fast Company.

Alberto Apodaca has been promoted to fashion director at Travel + Leisure. He was previously senior fashion manager.

Rachel Aschenbrand was named associate fashion editor for People StyleWatch. Previously, she held the title of assistant fashion editor.

Christine Frey has resigned as accessories director at Lucky and is now market director at Cookie.

Dana Avidan, in the fashion department at Self, will be joining In Style as associate market editor. Avidan succeeds Ariela Suster, who jumped over to accessories as associate editor following Brooke Jaffe's departure.

Polly Blitzer will launch the interactive beauty website, beautyblitz.com, and has been named a contributing editor at In Style. She had been assistant editor at In Style.

May Globus, former fashion editor at 944 magazine, will be HollywoodLife.net's fashion editor/blogger.Greg Wiliams has been named executive editor at Details. He had been deputy editor there.

Christine Richard has been named senior editor, travel, at Sunset. She had been editor in chief at Islands.Jason Reid has been named to cover the Washington Redskins at The Washington Post. He had been sports reporter at The Los Angeles Times.

Sara D'Angelo has been named new media coordinator at The Politico. She had been at WTOP Radio. Emili Vesilind has been named staff writer at The Los Angeles Times. She had been West Coast retail editor at Women's Wear Daily.

Daniel Chen has been named group creative director at Lands' End. He had been creative director at Child.

Heather Marie Graham has been named senior editor at EverydayHealth.com. She had been associate editor there.

Amy Simmons has been named associate publisher at Fitness. She had been associate publisher at Jane.

Maria Sacasa has resigned from the press office of Vogue.

Michelle Myers was recently named publisher for People StyleWatch. Previously, Michelle was the publisher at Star and associate publisher at Allure.

Amanda Sheronas fills the newly created director of public relations position for Alfred Angelo, handling the Alfred Angelo Bridal, Angelo Angels, Alfred Angelo Prom, Niki by Niki Livas, and Zum Zum collections. Amanda was formerly with SPR in Los Angeles.

Taryn Zuckerman has been hired as the New Business Coordinator/Executive Assistant to The Patton Group, Miami office.

Mary Lou Burkhardt joins Factory PR as Men's account coordinator.Kaja-Kai Ojamaa has joined Cece Feinberg PR as an account executive.

Sogole Honarvar is leaving bluPRint PR and relocating to NYC where she will be a Senior Manager with HL Group.

Jill Cooper is leaving the public relations department at Escada to move back to California.