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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.

Tom Harty is a Chief Revenue Officer:Consumer Magazines at MEREDITH CORP and Chairman at MEREDITH CORP. He has worked as President/COO at MEREDITH CORP, Board Member at MEREDITH CORP, and Advertising Sales Director at Association of Magazine Media. Thomas works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Association of Magazine Media. He studied at Iona College until 1992, Harvard Business School Executive Education between 2016 and 2016, and CASTLETON UNIVERSITY.

Experienced chief executive officer with a demonstrated history of working in the publishing industry. Strong professional skilled in Content Management, Digital Publishing, Publishing, Content Development, and Ebooks.

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.

Jed Lyons is a Publishing at The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc, President and CEO at The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc, and Distribution at NBN. He studied at College.

Michael Pietsch is a Chief Executive Officer at Hachette Book Group. He has worked as Editor at Little, Brown and Company and Publisher at Little, Brown and Company. Michael works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Poets & Writers Association of American Publishers. He attended Harvard University.