Early Career Committee
Helping you take the next step up in
your career in children's publishing!
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The Children’s Book Council’s Early Career Committee (ECC) is dedicated to enriching the careers of those in their first five years in the children’s publishing industry, contributing to the vitality of the industry as a whole, and fostering literacy. Through dynamic programming created by the industry’s young professionals, the ECC offers career development, a friendly social community, and networking and volunteer opportunities.
Our programs include:
- The Annual Extreme Trivia Challenge
- Career enrichment programming, including panels and seminars
- Networking opportunities such as happy hours
- Opportunities to volunteer for literacy initiatives
- The ECC Newsletter, which features interviews, industry news, job moves, and more
If you are an employee of a CBC member publisher and you would like to be added to the ECC mailing list, please e-mail Matt.
The Committee
Katie Bignell (Chair)
Assistant Editor, HarperCollins Children's Books
Matthew Poulter (CBC Liason to the ECC)
Special Projects Assistant, Children's Book Council
Faye Bi (Career Enrichment Director)
Publicity Assistant, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Matthew Dinda (Director of Networking and Social Events)
Sales Assistant, ABRAMS
Anna Dobbin (Secretary)
Editorial Assistant, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Annie Beth Ericsson (Designer/Public Relations Director)
Design Assistant, Penguin Young Readers Group
Annie Nybo (Director of Outreach/Volunteer Programming)
Editorial Assistant, Simon & Schuster
Amy Allen
Editorial Assistant, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Ayanna Coleman
Events & Library Associate, Children's Book Council & Every Child a Reader
Nicole Deming
Communications Manager, Children's Book Council & Every Child a Reader
Allegra Green
Marketing Assistant, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Chris Hernandez
Assistant Editor, HarperCollins Children's Books
Svetlana Keselman
Subsidiary Rights Assistant, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Laura Schreiber
Assistant Editor, Disney-Hyperion
Mary Van Akin
Associate Publicist, Random House Children’s Books