NEW YORK– Cendant Corp. appointed CFO Ronald Nelson to the additional position of president of the company. Henry Silverman, who previoulsy held the title of president, will continue as chairman/CEO. Nelson joined Cendant in April 2003 after serving as co-CEO at Dreamworks LLC. Cendant also appointed Linda Coughlin chief administrative officer, taking some of Nelsons responsibilities. She was most recently president of Linkage, Inc.