Dani Valladares has joined Mayo Clinic Press as managing editor, children's acquisitions; previously she was an editor at Rodale Kids.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has two new hires and one promotion. Anna Elling has been named publicist; most recently she was an associate publicist at Penguin Young Readers. Destiny Reyes has joined Simon Spotlight as editorial assistant; she was part of the associates program at S&S. Leslie Tran has been promoted to assistant editor at Simon Spotlight, from editorial assistant.
Martina Rethman has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as production associate.
Caitlin Johnson has been promoted to associate editor at HarperCollins Children's Books, from assistant editor.
Alice Meichsner has joined Lerner Publishing Group as marketing assistant.
Random House Children's Books has two hires. Courtney Carbone has rejoined the company as an editor; previously she was an editor at Scholastic. Lauren Stewart has joined as an editorial assistant; she was a content creator at Rookie Road.
