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Stephanie Abrutyn (Publishing and Internet Law) is vice president and senior counsel, litigation, for Home Box Office, where she oversees all types of litigation, including trademark and copyright infringement, libel, and breach of contract. Previously, she was senior counsel of East Coast media for the Tribune Company. Abrutyn holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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Gina Anderson (Publishing and Internet Law) is vice president and deputy general counsel of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., a position she has held since 1993. Prior to this, she served as associate for Proskauer Rose and Botein Hays & Sklar law firms. Her previous positions also include assistant editor for Social Policy Magazine and editor for Basic Books, Harper & Row (now HarperCollins). She received her J.D. from New York University.

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Christine R. Arrington (Introduction to Marketing and Branding) is a principal at Quantum Media, where she specializes in media diagnostics, operational overhaul, and business and Web development. Her background includes such positions as associate editorial director of Consumers Union, publications director of Scientific American Explorations, and publisher of Fine Cooking. Arrington has an M.F.A. from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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Eric Ashman (Web Financials) is the chief financial officer of The Huffington Post. Prior to joining The Huffington Post in May 2009, he served as the chief financial officer of TheStreet.com. His earlier positions include president and regional director, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer at Text 100 Public Relations, as well as founder of Information Technology Solutions. Ashman received his B.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1993.

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Matthew Baldacci (Introduction to Marketing and Branding and Book Marketing and Branding) is vice president and associate publisher for St. Martin’s Press and has 15 years of experience marketing adult and children’s books at both large and small trade publishers. His past positions include director of marketing and publishing operations for St. Martin’s Press, trade marketing director for DK Publishing, and assistant director, advertising and promotion production for Simon & Schuster. Baldacci received his M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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Peter Balis (New Media Technology: From Mobile to E-Books) is director of digital content sales for John Wiley & Sons, where he is responsible for business development and the management of electronic sales and production, including projects related to e-Books, POD, mobile applications, and digital licensing. Previously, he was director of online sales for John Wiley & Sons. Balis received his undergraduate degree from New York University and his graduate degree from Southern Methodist University.

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Christopher Berend (Introduction to Magazine Publishing) is deputy editor of ESPN The Magazine/Insider where he is involved in both the print and digital versions of the magazine, developing new print franchises and overseeing the mobile application and digital paid subscription service. Prior to his work at ESPN, he spent nine years at Esquire, where the 24 pages he edited monthly included sports, entertainment, and automotive. Berend holds a B.A. in English from the University of Texas.

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Julie Bickar (Educational Publishing) is vice president of marketing for McGraw-Hill Higher Education’s Humanities, Social Sciences and Languages Division, having previously been marketing director; she has also been senior director of strategic development in the International English Language Publishing Division, senior director of European strategy and planning, senior director of strategy and planning (domestic), and director of research for McGraw-Hill Ventures. She has also worked for J. H. Whitney & Co., and Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. She earned her MBA at Harvard Business School.

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Debra Birnbaum (Introduction to Publishing Magazines) is editor-in-chief of TV Guide Magazine. She is in charge of all print and digital executions for the magazine brand reaching 15 million readers weekly. Her extensive publishing experience includes positions as executive editor, cross-platform content integration, Gemstar-TV Guide; editor-in-chief, Life & Style Weekly; executive editor, Inside TV; and features editor, New York Post. She has also worked for George, Redbook and Us Weekly. She is a graduate of Cornell University.

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Laura Bronson (Introduction to Interactive Media) is editorial director of Scholastic.com, having previously been director of content and programming for Simon & Schuster, where she established best practices and content guidelines for the digital group. As an expert in both book and magazine digital operations, she has also worked as editor of realsimple.com and as editorial web director at shopetc.com. In addition, she was managing director of marthastewart.com. Bronson holds an MS in Journalism from Northwestern University.

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Andrea L. Chambers (Internship and Independent Study) is academic director of the Master of Science in Publishing program and director of the Center for Publishing at the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Her wide-ranging publishing career includes senior executive positions at Time, People, and Seventeen. She also served as vice president and executive editor at Penguin Putnam, Inc., specializing in best-selling nonfiction political books and biographies. Chambers received her M.S. in Journalism from Boston University.

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Justin Chanda (Children’s Book Publishing) is vice president and publisher for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, and Margaret K. McElderry Books. As editorial head, Chanda is responsible for three children’s imprints that span every age range. He has also worked as an executive editor at Simon & Schuster and at HarperCollins. Chanda received his B.A. from New York University.

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Devereux Chatillon (Publishing and Internet Law) is a media and commercial litigator in Sonnenschein’s Litigation Practice. During her 30-year career, she has worked in all facets of the media and entertainment industry, including most recently as senior vice president and general counsel of Scholastic Corporation. She has also counseled and represented book publishers, movie studios, magazines, newspapers, internet content providers, television and cable entities, and independent film producers.  She holds a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

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Andrea Colvin (Editorial Fundamentals: Copyediting, Proofreading, and Fact Checking) is managing editor for Open Road Integrated Media. Previously, she was executive managing editor at ABRAMS, Inc. Prior to that, she was a production editor at Penguin Group, USA; an associate editor for Publish magazine in San Francisco; and a bicoastal freelance writer and copy editor.

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Jan Constantine (Advanced Law Seminar: Contract Negotiation) is general counsel for the Author’s Guild, a nonprofit organization representing over 8,700 published authors. She is responsible for supervising the Guild’s legal department and managing litigation, which currently includes the Author’s Guild et al. v. Google, a class action lawsuit filed in September 2005. She has also served as executive vice president of News Corporation and deputy general counsel for Macmillan, Inc. Constantine received her law degree from George Washington University’s National Law Center.

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Janet Cooke (Book Distribution, Merchandising, and Sales) is vice president and group sales director for Knopf Doubleday and has overseen sales planning for best-selling authors John Grisham, Dan Brown, Bill Bryson, Bill O’Reilly, Suze Orman, David Bach, Jon Krakauer, Ian McEwan, Pat Conroy, and Tina Brown. Cooke has 30 years of experience in trade book publishing sales and distribution. Prior positions include vice president, director of national accounts for Bantam/Doubleday/Dell and vice president, sales director for the Random House Publishing Group. She received her bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College.

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Brenda Copeland (Book Acquisition and Editing) is an executive editor at Hyperion specializing in narrative nonfiction, science and history, memoir, literary and commercial fiction, psychology, and practical self-help. She began her career as an editorial intern in the hardcover division at Simon & Schuster and rose through the ranks. Her previous position was senior editor at Simon & Schuster's Atria Books imprint. She received her B.A. from the University of Toronto.

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Peter Costanzo (Introduction to Interactive Media) is director of digital content for F+W Media where he develops enhanced eBooks, apps, and other digital products. Previously he was director of online marketing for the Perseus Book Group where he contributed to the production of video, audio, podcasts, apps, and enhanced eBooks. Peter began his online adventure selling autographed books on the web in 1996. Since then he has worked for a variety of online departments at HarperCollins, Random House, and Steve Brill's Contentville. He also writes a blog about reading on digital devices called Bookcurrents. You can follow Peter on Twitter @PeterCostanzo.

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Sarah Crichton (Introduction to Book Publishing) is publisher of Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, which began publishing an eclectic mix of both fiction and nonfiction in 2006. From 1996 to 2001, Crichton was vice president/publisher of Little, Brown, where she signed up Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones and Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point and published many other authors, including David Sedaris, Anita Shreve, and George Stephanopoulos. Before her career in book publishing, Crichton was a top editor at Newsweek. She graduated from Harvard University.

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Mauro DiPreta (Book Acquisition and Editing) is vice president and associate publisher for ItBooks/HarperCollins Publishers. He began working for HarperCollins in 1995 as an editor for the Perennial imprint and was later promoted to senior editor of the HarperCollins Trade Division and HarperEntertainment. He also spent eight years with the William Morrow imprint as executive editor. Prior to this, he served as editor for Warner Books. He holds a B.A. in English from Hunter College/City University of New York.

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Ivan Freaner (Desktop Publishing) is owner of IF Creative and partner at DesignLabWest, as well as a freelance design professional, consultant, and an instructor at NYU-SCPS’ Department of Design, Digital Arts and Film. With over a decade of experience, he has brought solutions in branding, web, interface and print design to a variety of clients such as Canon, Nordstrom’s, Ajinomoto, Mend Water, Callaway Golf, NFL, Ross Simons and more. Additionally he is a consultant with various agencies in New York, San Diego, Madrid and other places around the world. Ivan earned his degree from The Advertising Arts College.

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Joe Galarneau (Web Project Management and Web Analytics) is chief operating officer of Newsweek and general manager of Newsweek Digital, where he oversees the web and mobile business unit in addition to technology, manufacturing, distribution, editorial production, prepress, and real estate. Prior to joining Newsweek, Joe was chief technology officer for Thomas Publishing, a privately held global business information provider, and served as the first CTO of New York Magazine. Previously, as a senior manager for a global consulting firm, he led a practice focusing on the U.S. magazine, book publishing, and commercial printing industries, with clients that included The New York Times, Advance Publications, Philip Morris, and JPMorganChase. Joe has delivered digital media seminars to more than one thousand Chinese publishing managers in both China and the US. He also is on the national advisory board for the Internet Strategy Forum and Amazon’s cloud computing customer advisory board. Joe received an MBA from Duke University and a BS in physics from N.C. State University.

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Keith Garton (WEducational Publishing) is publisher of Red Chair Press, as well as an education-market consultant for Garton Marketing Strategy. He was previously senior vice president of product development for curriculum and publisher of Gareth Stevens at Weekly Reader Publishing Group. His background includes executive positions as publisher of Time For Kids Media Group, and at Prentice Hall School Division/Pearson, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Scholastic Inc., and D.C. Heath and Company. He received his M.S. in Communication Research from Oklahoma State University.

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Eric Goeres (Web Architecture and Content Creation) is executive director, creative development, Women’s Health and Men’s Health for Rodale, where he manages all aspects of the Web properties for these two major brands. He also works closely on iPhone and iPad App development. Prior to his work at Rodale, he was a creative director of Gage Marketing and a managing director of M-80 Digital. He is a graduate of West Virginia University.

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Tish Hamilton (Magazine Editing and Management) is executive editor of Runner’s World, a Rodale publication. Hamilton has been an editor for over 20 years at magazines such as Rolling Stone, Outside, and Sports Illustrated for Women. She has written for many publications, including Cosmo, Self, Fitness, More, the New York Daily News, and the New York Post. She received an M.F.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

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Elliot Hermann (Introduction to Multimedia Financial Analysis and Multimedia Financial Analysis II) is head of the global site license bureau unit operations for the Nature Publishing Group. He has also worked for McGraw-Hill as director of strategic planning for BusinessWeek and served as the manager of corporate financial analysis, where he prepared financial valuations of potential acquisitions, analyzed business plans for major projects, and participated in the development of the corporation’s financial plan. Hermann received his M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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Gail Hochman (The Role of the Literary Agent) is president of Brandt & Hochman Literary Agency, and the president of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, the largest professional organization of literary agents in the United States. She specializes in literary fiction and memoir, as well as children’s books. Her clients include Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Cunningham; acclaimed novelist Scott Turow; National Book Award-winner Julia Glass; Ursula Hegi, Scott Smith, Ann Hood, and memoirists including Jacki Lyden, Joan Wickersham, and Beverly Donofrio.

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Rick Hunt (Introduction to Marketing and Branding) is vice president for marketing for SharedBook Inc., an online custom publisher. Previously, he was vice president and account director with McCann Relationship Marketing/Princeton. He brings more than 20 years of consumer marketing experience in publishing, advertising, entertainment, and online retailing in positions with Time Warner, Sony, and Universal Music. Hunt received an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management.

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Carrie Kania (Introduction to Book Publishing) is publisher of ItBooks, a new imprint at HarperCollins focusing on pop culture, sports, style, and content derived from the Internet. She is also publisher of Harper Perennial, an imprint she infused with a hip, youthful image, and Avon Trade Paperbacks. Kania previously served as associate director of marketing for Harper Audio, reviving the Caedmon classics line with acquisitions of 20th-century modern classics. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she envisioned a career as a painter before becoming a bookseller and eventually a publisher.

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Stephen Lathroum (Mastering Management and Leadership) is vice president of digital strategy and business development for eScholastic, a division of Scholastic Inc., and is responsible for the strategic development and operations of the division. Previously, he was director of business development for the consumer marketing group. Lathroum has also held senior managerial positions at Newsweek, Primedia, and TV Guide. He holds an M.B.A. from The Johnson School at Cornell University.

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Angus Macaulay (Magazine Advertising: Print and Online) is vice president and director of marketing and events at Rodale Inc., where he leads the corporate sales, marketing, and events team. Macaulay has held numerous senior positions in advertising, including group publisher of Runner’s World, advertising director of House Beautiful, New England manager of House & Garden magazine, and account manager of Cosmopolitan. He received his M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.

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Alexis Mersel (Web Editing and Writing) is vice president and site director of fineliving.com where she manages a core team of brand manager, interactive planning director, and convergence specialist and top edits all daily site copy, weekly newsletters, and text for special projects. Previously, she was associate product director for marthastewart.com. Mersel has held senior online positions at Shop Etc. magazine, The Knot, Inc., and Elle Girl magazine. She has a B.A. from Rutgers University.

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Brenda Oliveri (Magazine Marketing and Branding) is executive director of integrated marketing at Bonnier. Prior to this position, she served as executive director of creative services at Vanity Fair. Her previous positions include associate publisher of marketing and creative services at Elle brand, promotion director and creative services director with Mademoiselle, and promotion copywriter with Vogue. She received her B.A. from Regis College.

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Dmitry Paperny (Web Content Creation and Management) is principal and creative director, COHERE STUDIO, a design boutique committed to creating relevant online content using new technologies for clients such as Life.com, MySpace, and Facebook. Previously, he was creative director for Time Inc. Interactive, where he had overall design responsibility for the websites for Time Inc. magazines, including InStyle, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Health, and Cottage Living. He received a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.

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Steve Rago (Capstone Thesis) has served as vice president of corporate development for John Wiley & Sons since 2008. Prior to his time at Wiley, he worked for Rago Consulting LLC, where his clients included Apax Partners and Walter Degruyter. He came to Rago Consulting LLC from Thomson Learning, where he was senior vice president of development and strategy. He has also served as assistant metropolitan editor for the New York Times and has held key management positions at the New York Times newspaper and company, including marketing vice president, circulation vice president, new media director, and head of development for the Information Services group. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York, New Paltz.

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Ed Reiner (Introduction to Multimedia Financial Analysis and Multimedia Financial Analysis II and Non-Trade Book Publishing) is vice president, business development for NBC Universal/Digital Media Group, where he is responsible for client development. His previous positions include finance director for new business development for McGraw-Hill’s Professional Information Services Group and vice president for business development and strategy for Elsevier Science. Reiner received his M.B.A. in Finance from Pace University.

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Rick Richter (From Idea to Empire: New Business Development) is chief executive officer and founder of Ruckus Media Group, which creates innovative apps and mobile content. He is also president of Richter Media Group, providing consulting services in all disciplines of publishing and intellectual property development. In his previous position as president and publisher of the Simon & Schuster Children’s Division from 1996-2008, Rick and his team created Simon Spotlight, the nation’s largest media-tie in children’s book imprint, and Simon Spotlight Entertainment. In 1990, Rick co-founded Candlewick Press, a children’s publisher based in Boston and launched the children’s classic, Guess How Much I Love You. Rick obtained his degree from Skidmore College.

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Dave Roberson (Introduction to Multimedia Financial Analysis and Multimedia Financial Analysis II) is general manager, digital, for Alpha Media Group, responsible for the P&L of Maxim.com and Blender.com. Roberson’s extensive financial background includes positions as vice president of finance and operations for Rodale Inc., senior director of finance for Sirius Satellite Radio, and general manager of This Old House. He received his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

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Hugh Roome (The Global Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities) is president of consumer and professional publishing at Scholastic Inc., in charge of 70 business units, including international. He also directs Scholastic Marketing Partners and the Quality Education Data Company. Prior to Scholastic, he was associate publisher of Newsweek International and director of marketing for Newsweek Inc. Roome holds a doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, operated by Tufts and Harvard Universities.

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Rebecca Sanhueza (Publishing and Internet Law) is vice president and deputy general counsel for Time Inc. where she supervises a team of five lawyers to provide legal and business affairs services for Time Inc.’s print, digital, broadcast and licensing businesses in connection with its Style and Entertainment and Lifestyle divisions (comprising PEOPLE, INSTYLE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, REAL SIMPLE, SOUTHERN LIVING, THIS OLD HOUSE, SOUTHERN LIVING, COOKING LIGHT and other brands). Previously she was associate general counsel for Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing and a litigation associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. She is a graduate of Columbia Law School.

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Lavinel Savu (Introduction to Magazine Publishing and Magazine Brand Financials) is editorial operations director of InStyle magazine. He was the founding managing editor of O, the Oprah Magazine. Other previous positions include assistant managing editor at Cosmopolitan, manager and coordinator at Redbook, and editorial production associate at the House Beautiful and Good Housekeeping special interest titles. Savu received his M.S. in Publishing from the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies and his M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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Cara Schlanger (Magazine Consumer Marketing and Audience Development) is vice president, global marketing and promotion, Reader’s Digest Association. She oversees the marketing strategies for Reader’s Digest and Every Day With Rachael Ray, where she was a member of the launch team. Her extensive experience includes senior management positions at ACP Magazines, Sydney, Australia, Time Inc., and the Discovery Channel. Schlanger holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from the College of William & Mary.

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Sasha Smith (Social Media Marketing) has been with Rodale Inc. since 2007 where she began as executive director of corporate communications before moving to her current position of executive director of creative services + digital product development at Rodale Inc. She has also held positions as vice president of Robinson Lerer & Montgomery and communications director for IceStone. Her magazine experience includes work with Fortune Small Business and the New Yorker. She holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.

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Katherine Tasheff (Introduction to Interactive Media) is executive director of digital media and marketing for Hyperion and Voice Books where she is responsible for digital and marketing strategies and the creation of interactive products to integrate publishing and digital media. Her previous positions include site director at Meredith Interactive, online editor at Condé Nast Publications, and editorial producer at Nickelodeon Digital. She is a graduate of Rice University.

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Katherine Trager (Publishing and Internet Law) is senior vice president and general counsel for Random House, Inc., where she is responsible for all legal matters concerning Random House and its worldwide divisions. Prior to this, she served as vice president and deputy general counsel for Random House for more than 12 years. Her extensive legal background includes positions such as vice president and publishing counsel for Macmillan, Inc. and special assistant United States attorney, civil division, in the United States Attorney’s Office, SDNY. She holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and an M.A. from Teachers College at Columbia University.

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Sheryl Tucker (Introduction to Magazine Publishing) is acting editor-in-chief for Essence and publishing consultant to Time, Inc., having previously been executive editor, working closely with Time Inc.’s editor-in-chief, helping to oversee the editorial content of approximately 150 magazines, including Time, Fortune, People, InStyle, Sports Illustrated, Essence, and Real Simple. Previously, she was an editor-at-large for Time Inc., most recently acting as deputy editor of Health. Before her appointment, she was executive editor of Money. Before joining Time Inc., Tucker was editor-in-chief and vice president at Black Enterprise. Sheryl received her MS in Journalism from Columbia University.

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Tom Woll (Book Publishing Financials) is president of Cross River Publishing Consultants, whose clients include Time Life Books, Meredith Books, Taunton Press, and Simon & Schuster. His 25 years of experience in book publishing includes senior management positions as vice president and general manager, professional and trade division, at John Wiley & Sons and vice president and publisher, Rodale Books. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business.

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