Federated Names Communications VP

Cincinnati, Federated Department Stores elected James A. Sluzewski as the company’s VP for corporate communications and external affairs, effective Dec. 1. He reports to Thomas G. Cody, Federated’s vice chairman. Sluzewski, 48, has worked closely with Federated management for more than 20 years, including the past 11 years as president of Public Relations Partners, a Cleveland-based public relations firm. He succeeds Carol A. Sanger, who has retired after 21 years of service to Federated.