Gary Urda, 59, senior vice president of sales at Simon & Schuster, died suddenly on the morning of June 24, after collapsing at the gym. Urda began his career at S&S in 1996 as vp for sales development at Pocket Books and held a series of positions in both Atria/Pocket Books and the sales division before becoming senior vice president, sales. S&S ceo and president Jonathan Karp writes, “Gary was the best kind of colleague – engaged, thoughtful, attentive, constructive, upbeat, humorous, warm, and always approachable, personable, and capable. He was a quintessential sales executive, with a deep knowledge of […]
