Michelle Aielli, executive director of publicity at Hachette Books and Black Dog & Leventhal, has been named associate publisher of the Hachette Books division. In a note to employees about her promotion, Hachette Book v-p and publisher Mauro DiPreta observed that “As we look to further establish and grow Hachette Books as a division it is important for me to have Michelle as a partner in the endeavor.”
In other shifts in the Hachette Books division's publicity and marketing team, Betsy Hulsebosch has taken on the expanded role of marketing director for both Hachette Books and Black Dog, and Leventhal, Hulsebosch, Kara Thornton, Emily Caldwell, and an as-yet unfilled publicity/marketing manager will report to Aielli.
In an unrelated promotion at HBG, Nicole Dewey, currently v-p, director of publicity at Little, Brown, has been promoted to v-p, associate publisher, reporting to Craig Young, v-p, deputy publisher.
