Hey, thanks for the reply.
1) Yes, you can create multiple profit profiles via the Options dialog, Profit profile section. Each profile can have its own set of pools and algorithms. For more information:
http://www.awesomeminer.com/help/profitswitching.aspx#configure2) XMR-Stak is a bit difficult to setup, which is why it never ended up as a fully supported Managed Miner. These days Awesome Miner supports XMRig as well, which can do CPU mining as well, and that might be a better option.