THE CHURN

Michelle Cutter, formerly vice president of marketing and international sales for Coach Watches, has been named vice president of marketing and new business development at Kooba.

Nicole Matusow, formerly senior public relations manager of Clarins USA, has been named PR director at Guerlain.

Leslie Bennets, contributing editor at Vanity Fair, has also been named contributing editor at Portfolio.

Susan Sokol, president of apparel for Vera Wang, has resigned.

Honor Brodie, assistant managing editor at In Style, has been named editor in chief of Tory Burch's website.

Tiffani Carter, formerly of account AVP of Tractenberg & Co., has been named assistant vice president of PR at Essie Cosmetics.

Jacqueline Long, previously senior publicity manager at Ports 1961, has been named account executive at BPCM.

Stacey Renee Benedetti, formerly division manager of luxury, fashion, and beauty at Tara, Ink., has been named senior vice president, director of beauty and fashion at The Patton Group.

Lisa Axelson, formerly senior vice president of design for Club Monaco, has been named senior vice president of design for Ann Taylor.

Mary Kay O'Connor-Wente, formerly vice president of the West region for Express, has been named senior vice president and director of stores for Ann Taylor.

Danesha Dixon Smith, formerly in human resources at Liz Claiborne Inc., has been named senior vice president of human resources for Kenneth Cole Productions Inc.

Michelle Davidson, formerly senior account executive at SHADOW PR, has been promoted to account supervisor.

Alexandra Lasky, senior account executive at SHADOW PR, has also been named celebrity manager.

Alexis Tedesco joins Behrman Communications as an account manager.

Lauren T. Parr is an account supervisor at Matter, an Edelman Entertainment Company, focusing on branded entertainment and content, sponsorship acquistion, event marketing and new business efforts for clients including Dove, Starbucks, Expedia and Burger King. She was previously at Ketchum Entertainment Marketing.

Michael Collins, previously senior vice president of planning and analysis at General Electric Corp.'s NBC Universal unit, has been named senior vice president of finance at Sears Holdings Corp.

Richard Vorisek has been named president of Housing Works Thrift Shops.

Christopher Bizzio has been named chief executive officer of Antichi Pellettieri Bags Srl.