THOMSON DELMAR LEARNING
Manual Guzman (pictured), formerly v-p of finance for Thomson Legal & Regulatory, has been named senior v-p and CFO....
Vincent Farago, formerly in private practice, has been named v-p, legal.
AVALON PUBLISHING GROUP
Sandee Roston, formerly senior director of marketing, has been promoted to associate publisher.
HYLAS PUBLISHING
F-stop Fitzgerald, formerly senior director of operations at Avalon Publishing, has been named COO.
DC COMICS
Dan DiDio, formerly v-p, editorial, has been promoted to v-p, executive editor of the DC Universe, overseeing the ongoing editorial directions of such famous properties as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman and developing new titles.
RODALE BOOKS
Elissa Altman, formerly editor-in-chief at the Taunton Press, has been named senior Home & Garden editor in the Women's Health Book Group.
JANKLOW & NESBIT
Rebecca Gradinger, formerly with Mary Anne Thompson Associates, has joined the literary agency as a junior agent.
MARVEL
John Dokes, formerly director of business development at Graphography Consultants, has been named director of marketing for Marvel Enterprises publishing division.
HOLIDAY HOUSE
Karin Kuczynski Holmgren, formerly senior marketing manager at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, has been named director of marketing.
360EP
Teresa Focarile, previously a literary agent at the Gersh Agency, has been named director of development at this newly launched entertainment licensing firm.
HARPERCOLLINS
Seth Fleischman, formerly national accounts manager, B&T, has been promoted to national accounts manager, Borders Group....
Stefanie Friedman, formerly assistant sales manager, has been named national accounts manager, B&T, succeeding Fleischman.
STERLING LORD LITERISTIC Children's book agent
Paul Rodeen will open a Chicago office for the agency in November.
HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS
Linda Hein, formerly president of American Guidance Services, has been named president and CEO of Buckle Down Publishing, a unit of HCC.
MIRAMAX BOOKS
Claire McKinney, formerly associate director of publicity and backlist promotion at Little, Brown, has been named director of publicity....
Jamie Horn, formerly a publicist, has been promoted to senior publicist.
ARGOSY PUBLISHING
Patricia Rydlun, who has worked at Silver Burdett Ginn and William H. Sadlier, has been named v-p of editorial.
GOODMAN MEDIA
Virginia Anagnos has been promoted to senior v-p.
BAKER & TAYLOR
Lauren Lee, formerly collection development analyst for the Brodart Company, has been named director of collection management and business development.
SCHOLASTIC
David Ascher has been promoted to v-p of finance for the trade division....
Leslie Garychhas been promoted to executive director, marketing for the trade division....
JoAnne Mojica has been promoted to v-p, trade planning and analysis....
Anne Henderson has been promoted to director, business planning and analysis.
MARIA CARVAINIS AGENCY
Donna Bagdasarian, formerly with the William Morris Agency, has been named a literary agent.
