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February 23, 2022
By Katy Hershberger

Maria B. Campbell Associates   

Agnes Ahlander Turner will become president of the scouting firm, effective April 1. She has worked at MBCA for 14 years, most recently as executive vice president. Maria Campbell takes the new role of executive chair of the company she founded 35 years ago. Campbell will be involved in strategy and new business, and continue her relationships with clients. She wrote in a letter: “These Covid years have given me the time and space to realize that the workplace has permanently changed. It has also made me appreciate my clients and the incredible privilege of working for them all these decades.”

Turner wrote: “It is such an honor to take up the torch from Maria who shaped scouting into what it is today. I have had the privilege to learn from the best of the best and look forward to leading the company into the future.”

Zando   

Effective March 1, Maya Raiford-Cohen is promoted to editorial assistant/executive coordinator.

Caolinn Douglas is promoted to associate editor.

Sareena Kamath is promoted to editor.

Tin House   

Alyssa Ogi has been promoted to editor.

Candlewick   

Melanie Blais has been promoted to senior contracts & licensing manager.

Janine Le Literary Agency   

Janine Le launched an agency. She was most recently agent and foreign rights manager at Sheldon Fogelman Agency.

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