Kassie Evashevski has been promoted to partner at UTA.

Kristen Fritz has been named senior director, content marketing, digital marketplace development at Random House.

Lee W. Yeckel will lead the sales and customer service departments at Whitaker Corporation. He was formerly at Fisher Scientific.

Michael Baker is now manager of test development at the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. He was previously a manager of group product fevelopment with Riverside Publishing.

Ben George joins Penguin Books as editor. George is the co-founder and editorial director of Lookout Books of Wilimington, North Carolina, as well as editor for Ecotone.

Judy Brunsek has joined Owlkids Books as director of sales and marketing.