Hachette Book Group has made a series of promotions in its sales organization:
In wholesale sales: Julie Hernandez is promoted to senior director, wholesale sales. She was previously director, wholesale sales. Heidi Kanter is promoted to senior national accounts manager. She was previously national accounts manager. Laura Shepherd is promoted to senior national accounts manager. She was previously national accounts manager.
In mass merchant sales: Tracy Dowd is promoted to senior director of club and airport sales. She was previously director of club sales. Tishana Knight is promoted to sales manager, mass merchants. She was previously sales manager, national accounts. John Lefler is promoted to national account manager. He was previously a telephone sales rep.
In field sales: John Leary is promoted to regional director, field sales. He was previously senior sales representative.
In account marketing: John Byron, III is promoted to sales promotion manager. He was previously senior promotions coordinator.
In children's sales: Katie Tucker is promoted to senior national accounts manager. She was previously children's national accounts manager.
In Nashville/CBA sales: David Chaudhry is promoted to national accounts manager. He was previously regional sales manager. Linda Pearles is promoted to national accounts manager. She was previously senior sales representative.
In sales operations: Jill Reschop-Gonzalez is promoted to associate director, sales operations. She was previously senior sales analyst.
In Canada: Leah Collins Lipsett is promoted to marketing coordinator, HBG Canada. She was previously marketing assistant.
In special markets: Frankie Johnson is promoted to manager, specialty retail. She was previously special sales manager.
In addition: Ali Cutrone is promoted to senior director, online sales and sales liaison for Grand CentraI Publishing. She was previously Director of Online Sales and Sales Liaison. Mary Urban is promoted to senior digital account manager. She was previously digital account manager. Claire Gamble is promoted to national account manager. She was previously associate national account manager.
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At Ingram Content Group:
Sterling Crawford has been promoted to project manager, integration and outsource in the LaVergne, Tenn., office, and will be in charge of overseeing relationships with third party print vendors with Ingram's Lightning Source as well as leading process improvement projects.
Matt Mullin has been promoted to senior key account sales manager in the New York office, working with large, non-distributed publisher clients in trade and academic areas for print and digital services.
Georgina Walpole has been promoted to channel sales manager in the Milton Keynes, England, office, and will be responsible for new publisher and channel acquisition, commercial management of existing channels and publisher management for NBNi.
Ann Zangri has been promoted to senior manager, marketing services in the La Vergne, Tenn., office. She will oversee marketing efforts for distribution divisions, including Consortium, Ingram Academic, Ingram Publisher Services, Publishers Group West, and Two Rivers Distribution.