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People Round-Up, Mid-July 2023

PEOPLE The National Coalition Against Censorship has named Lee Rowland, currently policy director at the New York Civil Liberties Union, to replace the retiring Christopher Finan as its executive director.  At Penguin Young Readers, VP, executive director, art & design Deborah Kaplan will retire in September. She has been at PYR for 31 years and…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early August 2021

PEOPLE At Harmony Books, Shannon Welch, formerly Executive Editor at Harper One, joins as VP and Editorial Director. At Penguin Random House Audio, Nicole McArdle, previously Assistant Director of Marketing at Portfolio, joins as Marketing Director and Camille Copeland joins as Associate Marketing Manager. At Rodale, Elysia Lang joins as Editor. Additionally, Denise DeGennaro, Random…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-July 2021

PEOPLE Janet Rasche rejoins Penguin Random House as SVP and Director of Publishing Support. She had been VP, Operations Planning at Macmillan. Chelsea Vaughn is leaving her position as VP and Director of Publishing Operations, Business Process, and Support on September 30. Hal Hlavinka rejoins as Manager, Account Marketing after working as Event Director for…Continue Reading