Jill Braithwaite has joined Lerner Publishing Group as group marketing director. Previously she was director of product development at sparkhouse, a division of Augsburg Fortress Publishers, and she began her career as an editor at Lerner. Lois Wallentine has been promoted to school and library marketing director; she was previously director of market research.
Tara Shanahan has been promoted to senior publicist at Penguin Young Readers Group; she was formerly publicist.
Jennifer M. Brown has been named v-p and publisher of Knopf Books for Young Readers. She was formerly children's editor at Shelf Awareness, and before that was children's reviews editor at Publishers Weekly.
At Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Jeffrey Salane has been promoted to editorial director of Little Simon; he was previously executive editor.
HarperCollins Children's Books has two promotions. Alana Whitman has been promoted to senior manager, integrated marketing; previously she was manager, integrated marketing. Alison Noll has been promoted to assistant manager, integrated marketing operations; previously she was senior associate, integrated marketing operations.
Allison MacLachlan has been promoted to marketing manager at Owlkids; she was previously marketing coordinator.
Andrea Cascardi has been named executive editor of the Jimmy Patterson imprint at Little, Brown. She was formerly publisher of Egmont USA.
Emily Meehan has been named director, editor-in-chief, and associate publisher at Disney Book Group. Previously she was editorial director at Disney-Hyperion. Stephanie Lurie has stepped down as associate publisher, a position she held for six years, and has become an editor-at-large for Disney-Hyperion; she will continue to acquire new projects.
Barbara Bakowski has been named senior copy editor at Random House Children's Books; she was previously copy chief at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Penguin Young Readers Group has two promotions in its publicity department. Lindsay Boggs has been promoted to senior publicist, from publicist. Amanda Mustafic has been promoted to associate publicist, from publicity assistant.
HarperCollins Children's Books has two promotions in the Katherine Tegen Books imprint. Melissa Miller has been promoted to senior editor; she was previously editor. Alex Arnold has been promoted to associate editor; she was previously assistant editor.
Sourcebooks has two promotions. Aubrey Poole has been promoted to editor for the Jabberwocky and Fire imprints; she was previously associate editor. Sydney Rogers has been promoted to assistant editor; she was previously editorial assistant.
Christina Quintero has been promoted to executive art director of licensing and intellectual property at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; she was previously senior art director.
Dawn Ryan has been promoted to managing editor at Knopf Books for Young Readers; she was previously associate managing editor.
The Walker Books Group has named Lucy Pleydell-Pearce senior group and intercompany sales manager, a new global sales position, as of July 6. She was formerly foreign rights manager at Templar Books.
Bloomsbury has several new appointments. Ashley Poston has been named marketing designer for children's and adult; she was previously a senior graphic designer for Lexington Printing and a freelance book cover designer, and is also a Bloomsbury Spark author. Colleen Andrews has joined Bloomsbury Children's as designer. She was previously a designer for Oxford University Press. Diane Aronson has been named senior production editor; she was previously a production editor at Cambridge University Press. Eshani Agrawal has been named marketing assistant for children's and adult, and Shaelyn McDaniel has been named sales assistant for children's and adult.
