G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS Christine Pepe was promoted to v-p and executive editor from senior editor. She is a 17-year veteran of the firm, and has worked with such authors as Robert B. Parker, Dick Francis, Catherine Coulter and George Burns.
R.R. BOWKER Diane L. Pierson has been named senior director of business development. Her nearly 20 years in consulting and management roles include posts with LexisNexis and Dun & Bradstreet.
HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS Sherry F. Litwack was appointed v-p, director of product development for the Sundance imprint. She was most recently v-p, editorial director, of Course Crafters; prior to that, she held editorial positions at Allyn and Bacon and Ginn and Company.
DELMAR LEARNING Greg Clayton has been promoted to executive director of the professional business unit.... Sherry Gomoll was promoted to editorial director for the career education strategic business unit.... Jennifer McAvey has been named marketing director for the health care strategic business unit.... Maura Theriault was promoted to director of sales and marketing/professional channels.
BOOKFORUM Eric Banks was appointed editor following six years as senior editor of Artforum.... Albert Mobilio remains as fiction editor.
WALKER & COMPANY Beth Eller, formerly v-p, director of marketing, at North-South Books, was named marketing director and associate sales manager, Books for Young Readers.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Christopher Carey was appointed marketing manager. He was previously director of sales at Walker & Company.... Jonathan Hall has moved from rights and permissions coordinator to publicity assistant.
WARNER BROS. CONSUMER PRODUCTS Shari Black has been appointed v-p, retail business developments, following seven years at Disney Consumer Products.
JACK AND MARY ABBOTT Jack Abbott and Mary Abbott, New York—based music agents for 30 years, are branching out to represent novelists and poets of the Pacific Northwest.
LONGHILL PARTNERS INC. Jon M. Sweeney has been promoted to executive v-p of the Woodstock, Vt., publisher and will chair the operating management committee.
TRIDENT MEDIA GROUP Sara Crowe has been named foreign rights agent, handling U.K. and translation rights for Ellen Levine's clients. She was formerly in the London office of the Andrew Wylie Agency.
BARBOUR PUBLISHING Chuck Cook has been named v-p of business development following a career in retailing, most recently with Family Christian Stores.... Rolf Garborg, former president of Garborg's Inc., has been named v-p of the gift and specialty division.
—COMPILED BY MARY ANN TENNENHOUSE
