Elizabeth Mason has been promoted to Senior Publicist in the S&S publicity department. Prior to joining S&S in 2007 as a publicist, she worked at Public Affairs, Routledge Publishers, and National Geographic Society. Mandy Ferguson will take over as managing director of Harlequin Mills & Boon, effective September 1, replacing Guy Hallowes, who will retire after 20 years with the company. Previously she was managing director of Ryvita.