Scholastic has three promotions and one new hire. Jennifer Rivera has been promoted to associate manager, library educational wholesalers; she was previously library/educational sales coordinator. Savannah D’Amico has been promoted to senior national account manager, Barnes & Noble, from national account manager. Jody Stigliano has been promoted to associate director, special sales, from national account manager. And Sarah Sullivan has been promoted to director, mass market accounts; previously, Sullivan was national account manager at Disney Consumer Products.
HarperCollins Children’s Books has two promotions and one new hire. Nancy Inteli has been named SVP, publisher, focusing on early readers; she was previously VP, publisher. Erica Sussman has been named SVP, publisher, focusing on middle grade and teen; she was previously VP, publisher. Both Inteli and Sussman will work with Rich Thomas, SVP, group publisher, to grow the publisher’s children’s programs across all imprints. And Elena Blanco is joining the company as associate publisher, also reporting to Rich Thomas. Most recently, Blanco led the sales team at Union Square & Co.
HarperCollins’s sales team has announced three job moves. Olivia Wilson has been appointed group sales director, children’s books, reporting to Kelly Roberts, SVP, deputy director of sales. Wilson was previously national accounts manager. Also reporting to Roberts, Maria Magallanes will join the team as group sales manager, expanding her scope to support both the children’s and adult businesses. She was previously manager, children’s divisional sales. And Monica Shah, VP, national retail, will step away from leading children’s sales to focus fully on her channel sales responsibilities, overseeing the company’s Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million businesses.
Random House Children’s Books has two promotions and one new hire. Kate Behar has been promoted to senior manager, licensing and brand marketing, from manager, licensing and strategic partnerships. Emily Fego has been promoted to editor at Nat Geo Kids, from associate editor. And Shelby Jenkins has joined as publicist; most recently, she was associate manager, marketing and publicity, at Cherry Lake Publishing Group.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing has one new hire. Margaret Rosewitz has joined as a reprints design manager; she was most recently a reprints production controller at Candlewick Press.
Charlesbridge has one new hire. Ariela Rudy Zaltzman has joined the company as associate editor, and will be acquiring and developing her own list, as well as managing the Spanish/bilingual program. She previously served as managing editorial assistant at Chronicle Books and senior production editor at Penguin Random House.
