Effective in March, Steve Cobb is retiring as president and publisher of WaterBrook Multnomah. He joined the company in 1996 as a founding executive of WaterBrook, when the imprint was launched as an evangelical Christian publishing division of Bantam Doubleday Dell.
Alexander Field will join WaterBrook Multnomah on December 1 in the newly created position of v-p, publisher. He most recently was publisher of David C. Cook, where he has held several positions. Before that, he was publishing director at Regal Books and a senior editor at Gospel Light Publications. He will report to Tina Constable, Crown Publishing Group's senior v-p and publisher, Christian publishing.
As a result restructuring, the position of v-p, editor-in-chief, WaterBrook Multnomah, has been eliminated, and Kenneth Petersen will be leaving at the end of the month. He had been with the company for more than seven years.
Convergent Books will be based in Crown Publishing Group's New York City office under the editorial leadership of David Kopp, now v-p, executive editor, Convergent Books.
Senior editor Gary Jansen will be acquiring books for Convergent and will continue at Image.
Campbell Wharton, associate publisher of Crown Business and Crown Forum, will take on parallel duties for Convergent.
Marketing and publicity for Convergent will be handled out of the New York City office.
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Emily Feliberty has joined Klutz, a division of Scholastic Trade, as marketing manager. Most recently, she was assistant manager, marketing & brand strategy, at Toys R Us.