People
by Calvin Reid -- Publishers Weekly, 1/3/2005
DK
Beth Sutinis, formerly a senior editor, has been promoted to publishing director, children's books.
HARCOURT
Amanda Marples, formerly trade marketing manager for children's books, has been named associate director of marketing, children's books.
HARPERCOLLINS
Michael Stearns, formerly director of paperback publishing at Harcourt, has been named editorial director and foreign acquisitions manager at HarperCollins Children's Books.... Leslie Hulse, senior director, Internet development, has been promoted to v-p, global marketing and Internet strategy.... Edward Dulinski, director financial systems in the information technology department, has been promoted to v-p, strategic marketing implementation and analysis.... Amy Baron has been promoted to associate director of publicity.
THOMAS NELSON
Laurie Whaley, formerly director of New Century Version, TN's contemporary Bible translation division, has been promoted to v-p, NCV Translation.
COOK COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY
Mike Nappa, an editor for several CBA publishers as well as a published author, has been named an acquisitions editor for nonfiction books.
HOLT
Amy Geduldig, formerly senior publicist at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, has been named publicity manager.
VIZ
Dudley Jahnke, formerly director of sales at M.E. Sharpe, has been named director of sales for publishing.
CHRYSALIS BOOKS GROUP
Jane Rose, formerly marketing director at HarperCollins, has been named marketing and communications director.
BLOOMSBURY
Kathryn Belden, formerly senior editor at Four Walls Eight Windows, has been named executive editor, responsible for acquiring both fiction and nonfiction.
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Lara Heimert, formerly executive editor, has been promoted to publisher of trade books.... Heather McCallum, formerly editor-in-chief, humanities, at Pearson Education U.K., has been named publisher, trade, London.... Robert Pranzatelli, formerly a publicity assistant, has been promoted to associate publicist.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Michael Fisher, formerly executive editor for science and medicine, has been named editor-in-chief.
PENGUIN USA
Nancy Perlman, formerly v-p, director of hardcover and juvenile operations, has been promoted to the newly created position of v-p, director of intergroup business development and corporate products, responsible for overseeing partnerships with all divisions of Pearson.... Yvette Dano, formerly v-p, director of paperback operations, has been named to the newly created position of v-p corporate director of operations, responsible for combined hardcover, paperback and young readers operations.
NICHOLAS BREALEY PUBLISHING
Carmen Mitchell, formerly associate editor for Justin, Charles & Co. Publishers, has been named to head publicity and promotions.
BIG GUY BOOKS
Bernadette M. Baillie, formerly associate director of marketing and publicity at Advantage Publishers Group, has been named sales and marketing director.
