Student Advantage Names COO

Student Advantage Inc., Boston, MA, has promoted executive vice president Jay P. Summerall to be chief operating officer with direct day-to- day responsibility for all of the company’s student-focused transaction and media-related businesses.

The move reflects the company’s growth over the last year, which included four acquisitions, an increase in the number of college and university relationships, growth of the company’s core membership and commerce initiatives, and the consolidation under Summerall of the business units that interact with students, the company said.

Summerall joined Student Advantage in June 2000 as head of the Student Services Division.