J. Jill, Norm Thompson execs named DMA officers

The Direct Marketing Association announced its newly elected officers for 2003. Gordon Cooke, CEO of apparel cataloger/retailer J. Jill Group, was voted chairman. Rebecca Jewett, president of multititle mailer Norm Thompson Outfitters, was elected vice chair. Ronald Bliwas, CEO of A. Eicoff & Co., will be secretary, and Stephen M. Lacy, president of magazine publisher Meredith Corp., was named treasurer. Their term begins Oct. 23.