People 5/1

Amy Cox Williams will become vp of marketing in June, succeeding Brian McKinley. In her new role, Williams will lead Ingram’s global marketing programs including consumer-facing platforms and services, brand positioning and communications, and comprehensive B-to-B publisher advertising. Most recently, she has been vp of product buying and merchandising.

Marit Vagstad is now director, CoreSource.

Danny Diaz has been promoted to associate editor, Random House Graphic.

Chiamaka Molokwu has joined as associate brand manager. Most recently, she was children’s media analyst at Common Sense Networks.

Travis Temple is promoted to senior director, education distribution sales, children’s.

John Jacobson has joined as editor. They were previously at Harlequin’s Afterglow Books.

Amanda Crimarco has been promoted to director, library marketing.

Madeleine Merchant joined as vice president, human resources.

Darlene Fernandes has been promoted to associate director, diversity, equity & inclusion.

Ashley Burdin has been promoted to associate manager, digital production.

Madi Burwell has been promoted to associate, communications.

Maggie Byrd has been promoted to product manager, publishing workflow

Dylan Dobrenis has been promoted to senior manager, inventory on the supply chain team.

Lisa Edgar has been promoted to manager, total rewards.

David Garabedian has been promoted to senior associate, facilities.

Maya Kaczor has been promoted to associate manager, digital distribution.

Mark Kent has been promoted to senior technical specialist, tech support.

Kayla LaVallee has been promoted to associate director, e-commerce sales on the special sales team.

Melissa Rivas has been promoted to senior associate, events on the meeting services team.

On the trade sales team, Kathleen McCutcheon Luppino has been promoted to national accounts manager; Tiffanie Mueller has been promoted to senior manager, Amazon product; Jeanette Zwart has been promoted to senior director, Canada sales; Lisa Huang has been promoted to associate manager, sales strategy; and Kristoff Ramsamujh has been promoted to sales associate, client services. Frances Metzger has joined the field sales team as inside sales rep. William Plunkett joined as national accounts manager, eBook Sales.

Victoria Wallis has been promoted to senior director, digital distribution on the publishing operations team. Lauren Riebs has been promoted to associate managing editor, publishing operations.

Ebony Lane has been promoted to associate director, subrights and Samantha Havela has been promoted to domestic rights associate.

David Parket has been promoted to senior director, rights management on the contracts team. Bree Currier joined as contracts associate and Sabrina Boyle has been promoted to contracts associate.

Justine LeCates has joined as svp, trade finance. Paul Gudemann has been promoted to senior analyst, finance. Marina Lerman joined Macmillan as senior tax manager.

On the platform development team, Veena Vittal has been promoted to director, central analytics; Christopher Leibold has been promoted to principal AI engineer; Bhaskaran Mani has been promoted to lead data engineer; Sunanda Movva has been promoted to principal data analyst; and Filip Uscilowicz has been promoted to senior data engineer. Diarra Bell has joined as AI Engineer.

Renee Runge has joined as associate agent.

Alyson Sinclair will join the Center for the Art of Translation, publisher of Two Lines Press, as communications director, starting May 5. Previously, Sinclair was publisher of The Rumpus and founder of the boutique literary publicity firm Nectar Literary.

Cynthia Compton (4 Kids Books & Toys & MacArthur Books) becomes president of the board.
Jake Cumsky-Whitlock (Solid State Books) becomes co-vice president and Diane Capriola (Little Shop of Stories) becomes co-vice president/secretary.

Paul Hanson (Village Books), Brein Lopez (Children’s Book World), and Raquel Roque (Books & Books) will serve on the board.

Shabnam Banerjee-McFarland has been promoted to agent.