Penny Simon, executive publicist, has been named a vice president of the Crown Publishing Group. She joined Crown as a publicity assistant in 1989 and worked up through the ranks in the publicity department to associate director of publicity. In 1996, she moved to Knoxille, Tenn., and worked as a freelance publicist for Crown, then rejoined the company fulltime in 2007 as executive publicist.
Simon's boss, Carisa Hays, v-p, executive director of publicity, commented: "A consummate professional, an amazing publicist, an excellent colleague: these are just a few of the ways that I would describe Penny. In an industry where it is unusual for an employee to stay with one company for an entire career, yet alone one of almost thirty years, it is an honor to recognize Penny for her professional life's work. Long may it continue."