HENRY HOLT BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS Laura Godwin, v-p and associate publisher, has been promoted to v-p and publisher effective immediately.
TOKYOPOP INC. René García, manga expert and former president of production for Craven-Maddalena, has been named v-p, film & television, and is charged with expanding the conversion of manga properties to movies and television.
NEW DIRECTIONS Peggy L. Fox, v-p since 1993 and managing director, has been named president and publisher, succeeding Griselda Ohannessian, who is retiring....
Barbara Epler, current editor-in-chief, has been named v-p in addition to her current title.
UNBRIDLED BOOKS Beverly Fisher, former v-p of Big Guy Books, a Carlsbad, Calif., publisher, has been appointed sales director for the Colorado firm and will work from her Oceanside, Calif., office.
SIMON & SCHUSTER Aileen Boyle, former publicity director, has been named associate publisher....
Deb Darrock, former national accounts manager, has been named associate publisher....
Tricia Boczkowski has been promoted from senior editor to executive editor of Simon Spotlight Entertainment....
Beth Bracken has been promoted to assistant editor, Simon Spotlight....
Wendy Wagner, production supervisor, has been promoted to production manager....
Sammy Yuen has been promoted to senior designer, paperbacks and Simon Spotlight.
Ryan Harbage, formerly at Plume, has joined Simon Spotlight as an editor.
SIMON & SCHUSTER CHILDREN'S PUBLISHING Robb Pearlman has been promoted from subsidiary rights manager, domestic markets and brand licensing, to associate director, licensing and brand management....
Kathy Lovisolo, previously production manager, has been promoted to senior production manager, backlist books....
Elke Villa, formerly with John Wiley, has been named director of retail marketing....
Melissa Torres, formerly at Scholastic, has joined Simon Spotlight as associate editor....
Christina Evans, previously at Penguin, has been appointed production supervisor....
Mike Annunziata, formerly at BBC Worldwide America, has been named coordinator, subsidiary rights.
PERSEUS BOOKS Melissa Serdinsky has been promoted to director of marketing from group backlist manager.
CREATIVE HOMEOWNER Herb Carey, former national accounts manager at Meredith, has been appointed national sales manager for the book trade.
FOX CHAPEL PUBLISHING Paul McGahren, former retail sales manager at Taunton Press, has been named to the newly created post of director of sales....
Troy Thorne, former senior art director at Godfre Advertising, has been named creative director.
BERKERY, NOYES & CO. Christopher Curran, former managing director at Eduventures Inc., has been appointed managing director of the investment bank specializing in the information market.
HARCOURT David Kim, formerly with the Boston Consulting Group, has been appointed senior v-p, global strategy and business development.
MCBOOKS PRESS Christopher Carey, former marketing manager at Cornell University Press, has been appointed sales and marketing director for the Ithaca, N.Y., house.
BIG IDEA Greg Fritz, former v-p of sales and marketing services at Word Distribution, has been appointed v-p of marketing for the Illinois media company.
RODALE Ken Citron, former senior v-p of information systems at Sony Music Entertainment, has been named senior v-p and chief technology officer.
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Linda Steinman, former director of litigation at Random House, has been named partner with a concentration in media law and will be based in the New York office of the international law firm.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Liza Murphy has been named to the newly created position of academic sales and marketing director. She had been director of sales at Oxford....
Melissanne Scheld, formerly with NYU Press, joined the press June 1 as academic sales manager....
Joe Bock, Cambridge sales director, will retire at the end of June.
—Compiled by Mary Ann Tennenhouse
