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Dan Schwartz has been named SVP, CFO for HarperCollins, effective January 23. He was previously CFO at Macmillan.
Gina Centrello, longtime President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, is retiring from her position. She will serve as a strategic advisor to the US board going forward. At Penguin Random House, Vaishali Nayak, previously Senior Marketing Manager at HarperCollins Children’s Books, joins as Assistant Director of Brand Marketing. Sara Bershtel, previously SVP, Publisher at Metropolitan Books, joins Penguin Press as Editor-at-Large. At Riverhead Books, Han Zhang, staff journalist at The New Yorker, joins in the newly-created position of Editor-at-Large, “with the mission of bringing works from the Chinese language for translation and publication in the United States.” Erika Semprun joins Dutton, Plume, and Tiny Reparations Books as Social Media Manager. Lashanda Anakwah joins Tiny Reparations Press as Editor; she was previously Associate Editor at Simon & Schuster. At Random House Children’s, Jasmine Ferrufino joins as Associate, School & Library Marketing.
At Zondervan, Paul J. Pastor joins as Senior Acquisitions Editor; he was previously Editor at WaterBrook Multnomah.
At Beacon Press, Matt Davis joins as CFO. Previously he was VP, Finance at Cengage Learning.
Caitlin Mulrooney-Lyski joins Henry Holt as VP, Executive Director of Publicity. Previously she was Director of Publicity at Ecco. At Macmillan, Amy Solov, lately Sales Representative, Special Sales at Gibbs Smith, joins as Manager, Gift Sales. Mark Kent joins as Technical Specialist.
Victor Day Hendrickson joins Simon & Schuster as VP, Counsel. Previously he was VP, Associate General Counsel at Penske Media Corporation. At Atria, Kate Napolitano, formerly Executive Editor at Dey Street, joins as Executive Editor. Holly Rice joins Atria as Publicist. |Most recently she was Publicist at HarperCollins.
At Oprah Daily, Leigh Newman has joined as Books Director, overseeing Oprah’s Book Club and all book-related content on OprahDaily.com and O Quarterly. Most recently she was Cofounder and Editor-in-Chief at Zibby Books.
At David C Cook, Cathy Herholdt joins as VP of Communications. Most recently she was Senior Communications Director at World Concern.
Joseph D’Onofrio has been named Executive Director and General Manager at Chicago Distribution Center and Client Services. He previously worked as Director, Supply Chain Operations at Henry Schein.
Dale Wilstermann joins Dexterity as Executive Sales Director. Most recently he was Executive Director, Nashville Sales at Hachette.
At Zando, Hayley Wagreich joins as Director of Original Development and will manage the launch of Zando Projects, which will manage the development of original content with company partners. She was previously Head of Content at Realm.
Kevin McLain, formerly Editorial VP at Avalon Travel, joins Timber Press as Editorial Director. At Basic Books, Janice Audet joins as Executive Editor on January 23. She was most recently Executive Editor for Science at Harvard University Press. Gwen Hawkes, lately Associate Editor at St. Martin’s Press, joins Hachette Go as Editor. And at Hachette Book Group, Radhika Parikh joins as Communications Associate; she was previously Publishing Coordinator at Disney Publishing.
At PEN America, Kate Ruane joins as the inaugural Sy Syms Director, U.S. Free Expression Programs. Previously she was Lead Public Policy Specialist for the United States at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Brent Reidy has been named Director of Research Libraries at the New York Public Library.
At Tuttle Publishing, Laura Ferguson joins as Sales and Marketing Director. She was formerly SVP, New Business Development at Open Road Integrated Media.
In agency news…Kristina Sutton Lennon, founder of Focused Artists, joins Context Literary Agency as Director of Media Rights, Translation Rights Agent, and Junior Agent. Ariele Fredman joins UTA as Agent and will work on building the commercial fiction program. Previously she was Deputy Director of Publicity and Marketing at Atria. At Nicole Banholzer PR, Cate Turner joins as Assistant Publicist. John Snyder joins PR by the Book as Assistant Publicist. At Franklin & Siegal, Dorian Randall, lately Literary Associate at Conner Literary, joins as Literary Scout.
Jack Shoemaker, Founding Editor of Counterpoint Press and Cofounder of North Point Press, is retiring and will continue to work on selected projects as Counterpoint’s editor-at-large.
Hugo Award-winning author Navah Wolfe joins DAW Books as Executive Editor.
At Crooked Lane, Marcia Markland, formerly Executive Acquisitions Editor at Thomas Dunne Books, joins as Senior Editor at Large. Stephanie Manova, formerly Foreign Rights Agent at Trident Media Group, joins as Subsidiary Rights Manager.
At Publishers Weekly, Senior Reviews Editor Peter Cannon and Senior News Editor Calvin Reid have retired.
Sigrid Rausing is stepping down as Editor at Granta, and the magazine is hiring a replacement.
Jarrod Annis joins Transit Books as Sales and Marketing Manager at Transit Books. He was formerly Manager at Greenlight Bookstore.
At Macmillan, Amy Solov, lately Sales Representative, Special Sales at Gibbs Smith, joins as Manager, Gift Sales. Mark Kent joins as Technical Specialist.
Curt Kaplan joins Chickman Associates, covering the state of Washington.
