Short Cuts

Home-improvement warehouse HomeBase Inc., Irvine, CA, has appointed Susan Caumiant to manager of direct marketing. She will be responsible for managing direct mail, marketing database management and the credit card program.

Chicago-based J.C. Whitney & Co., direct marketer of automotive parts and accessories, has appointed Richard Lange as Internet development and operations manager.

Dennis L. Dunlap has been appointed CEO of the American Marketing Association, Chicago. Dunlap had been at R.R. Donnelley, where he had held a number of senior executive positions.