The Churn

Alison Loehnis, formerly global sales and marketing director at Thomas Pink, has been named vice president of sales and marketing, a new role, at Net-a-porter.com.

Pamela Baxter has been named president of Christian Dior's U.S. division. She will continue to serve as president of Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton's Perfume and Cosmetics Group.

Bibhu Mohapatra has resigned from his position as veteran design director at J. Mendel.

Mimi Valdés Ryan has been named editorial director at Latina. She had been senior contributing editor there.

Duff McDonald has been named a contributing editor at New York magazine.

Blaise Zerega, formerly managing editor at Portfolio, has been promoted to deputy editor.

Jacob Lewis, formerly managing editor of The New Yorker, is now managing editor at Portfolio.

Richard Spencer has been given additional oversight to edit Life & Style. He is also the editor in chief at In Touch.

Elizabeth Bliss, formerly at Nike Communications, is now public relations manager at Allure.

Katie Garrabrant is leaving the PR department at People magazine. She will now be in the special events department at Saks Fifth Avenue.

Holly Doran is leaving the special events department at Vogue. She will be joining aSmallWorld, where she will be global director of special events.

Wendy Chivian has been named president of Kellwood's Calvin Klein Women's Sportswear Division.

Sogole Honarvar has joined HL Group as senior manager.

Mimi Crume has left HL Group. She is now director of strategic alliances, events and public relations for DPS Sporting Club Development Company, LLC.

Maria Prorok has resigned from her position as vice president of men's public relations at Polo Ralph Lauren.

Michael J. Nicholson has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ann Taylor Stores Corp.

Carla Colón, formerly at Ruder Finn, has joined Loving + Company as senior account executive.

Vijay Uttam has been named senior account executive at Nike Communications.

Genevieve Ascencio has been named public relations manager at James Jeans.

Jana Rafael is leaving Sergio Rossi, where she was public relations and retail image manager, to focus on her pregnancy.

Kithe Brewster joins Dubai International Fashion Week as creative director.