Tag Archives: Catapult

People Round-Up, Mid-January 2021

PEOPLE At Scholastic, Rose Else-Mitchelle rejoins as President, Education Solutions and will begin leading a combined education solutions group on June 1. Current President Greg Worrell will continue to advise after the transition until his retirement in December 2021.   Carrie Bloxson has been appointed VP of Diversity and Inclusion by Hachette Book Group, beginning…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-September 2020

PEOPLE Announced this morning, John Sargent will depart as CEO of Macmillan and Executive VP of Holtzbrinck on January 1. Don Weisberg, President of Macmillan US Trade, will succeed him as CEO of Macmillan Publishers, while Susan Winslow, General Manager of Macmillan Learning, will head that division as President. Also at Macmillan, LaToya Rose has…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early May 2020

PEOPLE Following the departure of Bruce Nichols from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Deb Brody has been named VP, Publisher of the adult trade division. Brody has been with HMH since 2016, when she joined as Editorial Director from her previous position as Executive Editor at William Morrow. Justin Schwartz, previously Executive Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early February 2020

PEOPLE Reagan Arthur, lately SVP and Publisher at Little, Brown, has been named EVP and Publisher of Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken. She replaces the late Sonny Mehta, who died on December 30th. Arthur will report to Maya Mavjee, who is rejoining the company as President and Publisher for the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Mavjee had…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-January 2020

PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Millicent Bennett joins as Editorial Director. She had been Executive Editor at Grand Central Publishing. Sarah Pelz joins as Executive Editor, having previously held that title at Atria. George Coe, former CEO and President of Baker & Taylor, will return to Brodart Co. as President and CEO. At Crown, Libby…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-December 2019

PEOPLE On January 2, Audible founder Don Katz will turn over his position as CEO to Bob Carrigan, who was previously Chairman and CEO at Dun & Bradstreet. Katz will transition to Executive Chairman. Ken Michaels, CEO of Macmillan Learning since 2015, has resigned. At Tor, Katie Klimowicz, formerly Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-August 2019

PEOPLE At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mike Evans joins as Chief Revenue Officer on September 16. He was most recently Chief Financial Officer at McGraw-Hill Education. Rachel Sanders, most recently Marketing Director at ReaderLink, joins as Director, Field Sales and Events. Additionally, Debbie Engel has retired as VP, Subsidiary Rights. Jackie De Leo, formerly VP of…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-July 2019

PEOPLE At the end of August, Baker & Taylor President David Cully will retire. He joined the company in 2008 and became president in 2017. Amandeep Kochar has been named Executive Vice President and will lead the business going forward. At Audible, Louise Quayle, formerly Senior Acquisitions Editor at Penguin Random House Audio, joins as…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-June 2019

PEOPLE Lauren Wein is joining the Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press as Editorial Director on June 24. She has been working as Executive Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Morgan Hoit also joins the imprint as Associate Marketing Manager; most recently, she was Associate at Jill Furman Productions. Leslie Mechanic, formerly Senior Designer at…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-January 2019

PEOPLE Mike Evans has joined McGraw-Hill as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Chief Operating Officer and CFO at Renaissance, a company specializing in learning analytics for pre-K through 12th grade. At Thomas Nelson, Timothy Paulson has joined as VP and Publisher, beginning February 4. He was most recently General Manager, Science Brands at Kalmbach…Continue Reading