Nachbaur to Fordham U Press
Frederic Nachbaur has been named director of Fordham University Press. Nachbaur spent the past 10 years working with scholarly books; most recently he was marketing and sales director at NYU Press. He has also worked at Routledge and John Wiley.
Saletan to Riverhead
Former Houghton Mifflin Harcourt trade & reference publisher Becky Saletan has been named editorial director of Riverhead Books. Saletan, who left HMH following news that the division had stopped acquiring books, will start her new job at the Penguin imprint on March 2. She'll report to Geoff Kloske, v-p and Riverhead publisher.
Promos at Sterling
At Sterling, Sharmilla Sinanan, who was in the ad/promo department, has been promoted to the newly created position of senior manager, marketing services; Simon Gibbs has been bumped up to marketing coordinator; and Megan Perritt has been promoted to associate publicist.
Willkens Up at Jeff Herman
Tom Willkens has been promoted to agent at the Jeff Herman Literary Agency.
McHugh Up at Da Capo
Katie McHugh has been promoted from editor to senior editor at Da Capo Press. McHugh started her career at Newmarket in 2001 and also worked at Marlowe & Company; she's worked on a range of books including Isa Moskowitz's Veganomicon.
Seaver Memorial Set
A memorial service for Richard Seaver, who founded Arcade, has been scheduled for February 12 at 5 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Church, Lexington Avenue between 79th and 80th Streets in New York City.
