Tag Archives: Mary Van Akin

People Round-Up, Mid-December 2020

PEOPLE At Grand Central, Colin Dickerman will join as VP, Editorial Director, Nonfiction on January 19. Most recently he was Executive Editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux. As part of the Frankfurt Book Fair’s restructuring, the New York office will close at the end of 2020. As a result, VP, English-Language Markets Thomas Minkus will…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early November 2017

PEOPLE At Open Road, Jon Fine has joined as SVP, Publisher, replacing Tina Pohlman. He previously served in an advisory capacity to publishers and start-ups, including working as General Counsel for OptiQly. Maureen O’Connell is departing from her position as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Scholastic. At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jim O’Neill…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early November 2014

PEOPLE Claudia Reuter was named the head of the HMH Labs, a new digital initiative at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Previously, she was CEO of SchoolChapters. Jason Prince is now Marketing Operations Manager at St. Martin’s Press.  Previously, he was VP, Publisher and VP of Sales & Marketing at Sterling Publishing. In the UK, Sally Dwyer joined Quarto…Continue Reading