CBW Committee

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The Children's Book Week Committee guides the coordination of official Children's Book Week events at schools, libraries, and bookstores nationwide. This year, official events, each featuring multiple children's book authors and illustrators, were hosted in 40+ cities across the country! All were open to the public.

The Committee

Sandee Roston (Co-Chair)
Executive Director of Publicity & Integrated Marketing, HarperCollins Children's Books

Jason Wells (Co-Chair)
Executive Director of Publicity & Marketing, ABRAMS

Jennifer Corcoran
Director of Publicity, Disney Publishing Worldwide

Paul Crichton
VP, Director of Publicity, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Annie Beth Ericsson (CBC Early Career Committee Liaison)
Design Assistant, Penguin Young Readers Group

Joan Lee
Senior Marketing Manager, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group

Casey Lloyd
Senior Publicist, Random House Children's Books

Charisse Meloto
Executive Director of Publicity for Print and Digital Publishing, Scholastic

Lisa Moraleda
Associate Director of Publicity, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Shanta Newlin
Director of Publicity, Penguin Group USA

Shannon O'Connor
ABC Group Manager, American Booksellers Association

Allison Verost
Director of Publicity, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group