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Brian Napack is President and CEO of John Wiley and Sons (Wiley), a global research and learning company and one of the world’s leading publishers. He is the Chairman of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) which protects and promotes the central role that publishers play in enhancing culture, scholarship, education, the workforce and democracy. Brian also serves on the board of Zero-To-Three (Treasurer), a science-based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life. Prior to joining Wiley in 2017, Brian was a Senior Advisor at Providence Equity Partners, a leading investor in media, education, information, and communication. He has served as an active member on numerous boards including those of Blackboard Inc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Burning Glass, Ascend Learning, Recorded Books, Ingram Industries, myON, EDMC, and Synergis Education. Prior to joining Providence in 2012, Brian served as president of Macmillan, the global publisher, in the U.S. from 2006 to 2012. During his tenure, he oversaw businesses in education, consumer books, digital media and magazines. Prior to Macmillan, Brian was a partner at L.E.K. Consulting, a global management consulting firm, serving as co-head of its Media and Entertainment practices and leading its Publishing and Education practices. He also founded and served as CEO of ThinkBox, an education software company focused on the early childhood market. At The Walt Disney Company, Brian founded Disney Educational Publishing and was a co-founder of Disney Interactive. He has also held senior roles at Simon & Schuster, the publishing company and at A.T. Kearney, a leading management consulting company. Brian received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College.

Andrew Clurman joined Active Interest Media as Group Publisher and Chief Operating Officer in October of 2003 when the company was formed by Skip Zimbalist. In 2010, he became President and Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for the management of all of AIM's media properties. Prior to joining AIM, Clurman served as Senior Vice President of Time4Media, a division of Time Warner/AOL, and as President/Publisher of Mountain Sport Media, the world's leading winter-sports media company with titles including SKI, Skiing, Freeze, Skiing Trade News Magazines, Warren Miller Films & Entertainment, and Mountain Sports Press. He also held the role of President at TransWorld Publications, which included TransWorld Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Motocross, Surf, BMX, and Ride Magazines. Under his leadership, these two divisions grew to comprise 15 consumer and trade magazines, an award-winning film and television production unit, and category-leading Internet, book, video/DVD publishing, and event marketing businesses. During Clurman's tenure, Mountain Sports and TransWorld flourished, launching five new magazines and acquiring four others-doubling revenue, with profits growing tenfold.

Lior Yahalomi is an Executive with extensive global leadership and general management experience. Mr. Yahalomi is currently a Managing Director, Operations at Versa Capital Management ($1.3 Billion Private Equity Fund) and the CEO of Civitas Media (mid-size media business). Previously, Mr. Yahalomi was the Chief Financial Officer and EVP of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a Fortune 700 company. Mr. Yahalomi has board level experience with an exceptional track record in leadership, operations, P&L management, finance, emerging markets, strategy, mergers & acquisitions, legal, and venture & equity investments. He has repeated success leading complex organizations with diverse cultures, challenges, and opportunities with measurable achievements in the technology, financial services, media, energy, and management consulting industries (i.e., Versa Capital, Vishay, GE Capital, CMGI @Ventures, and Monitor). Mr. Yahalomi is an innovative strategic thinker, problem solver, and an inspiring leader of cross-functional teams with high energy, integrity, and excellent communication skills. Specialties: CEO, COO, CFO, Private Equity, finance, treasury, strategy, M&A, emerging markets, operations. Industries: Private Equity, Technology, Financial Service, Media, Energy, Business Services.Lior.Yahalomi@Gmail.com

Annie Callanan joined the Academic Publishing Division of Informa, Taylor & Francis, as Chief Executive at the end of June 2017. She has significant leadership experience in business-to-business information services and technology companies, and expertise in delivering digital innovation and operational improvement. Annie previously served as Chief Executive of Quantros, provider of digital solutions to the healthcare industry. In prior roles she was Chief Operating Officer at technology services firm Systech International, Chief Executive at the global information and electronic services organisation Bowker and Chief Operating Officer at ProQuest, a specialist in delivering knowledge, content and data for academic and corporate researchers and librarians. Prior to this, as Executive Vice President for the Life Sciences portfolio at Advanstar Communications, Annie oversaw its clinical and industry journals, educational services and conferences. She started her career managing leading brands in print, online publishing and trade shows at Miller Freedman/CMP Media, now part of UBM. Annie holds an MBA in Finance from New York University. She has completed leadership programmes at Columbia Business School and the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, and has served on the boards of directors of the American Publishers Association and the International ISBN Agency.

Mr. Kofi Coomson is a Chief Executive Officer at The Chronicle of Higher Education and is based in United States.