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Philip Morris, headquartered in New York, recently made a series of appointments including Kelly Ritter in Flint, Mich., Chris Little in Kansas City, Mo. and Huan Xie in Dallas were all named sales development associates. Christine Keller in Pittsburgh, Joseph Workman in Lexington, Ky. and Keith Luck in Dayton, Ohio, were named unit managers. In addition, Michael Rudnicki was named section sales director in Houston.

The popularity of instant lottery tickets has made scratch-off games easy marks for dishonest employees, according to industry specialists.

The National Association of Conven- ience Stores (NACS), Alexandria, Va., appointed Kathy Shanahan to the newly created position of vice president of customer relations. Dan Mulvaney was named director of political affairs. He will be responsible for the association's NACSPAC program, and will be involved in all aspects of NACS' political affairs efforts. Kelly Schimmel was promoted to marketing research coordinator. Michael Urgo joined the staff as production and traffic manager. Michael Mason was appointed to manager of news and media relations. Amy Ashley Burke was promoted to meetings and registration manager.

The National Association of Conven- ience Stores (NACS), Alexandria, Va., appointed Kathy Shanahan to the newly created position of vice president of customer relations. Dan Mulvaney was named director of political affairs. He will be responsible for the association's NACSPAC program, as well as all aspects of NACS' political affairs efforts. Kelly Schimmel was promoted to marketing research coordinator. Michael Mason was appointed to manager of news and media relations. Amy Ashley Burke was named meetings and registration manager.