By R.T. Watson

Sept 14, 2009, 11:00 PM ET

PromaxBDA president Jonathan Block-Verk has been given the additional title of CEO at the marketing association.

Block-Verk's contract was not up for renewal until December, but the PromaxBDA board of directors decided to go ahead with the promotion as "a definitive show of our confidence in his vision and leadership," chairman Michael Benson said.

Block-Verk became PromaxBDA president in 2007.