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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.

Todd Larsen is the president of the global Nexis Solutions division of LexisNexis. Todd joined the company in March 2018. Prior to LexisNexis, Todd was the CEO of Blurb, a privately held company that provides a digital platform for people who want to make books or magazines for personal or professional goals. He joined Blurb in January, 2016 and helped the business restore growth and profitability. He now sits on the Blurb board of directors. Prior to Blurb, Todd was an executive vice president of Time Inc. and the president of the news, sports and entertainment groups. He was responsible for the global operations of some of the world’s best-known media brands, including PEOPLE, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, Sports Illustrated, FORTUNE, MONEY, and GOLF. Under his guidance, Time Inc. doubled its digital audience to over 100M monthly unique visitors, and strongly accelerated the revenue growth of its digital businesses. Before joining Time Inc., Todd spent 13 years at Dow Jones & Company, from 1999-2012, most recently serving as president. In that role, he directed the company’s global business operations for publications and products such as The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Factiva and the Dow Jones Newswires. Todd was instrumental in pioneering a paid business model for the Wall Street Journal across Web, mobile and tablet platforms. He was also part of the team that oversaw the Journal’s transformation into a more complete newspaper with additional national and international news, sports, opinion and culture to complement its business and financial coverage. Todd also drove Dow Jones’ strategy to expand world-wide digitally with products emphasizing local content in the global context. Earlier in his career, Todd worked in the media practice at the consulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton and in advertising at Saatchi & Saatchi and Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor. Todd graduated with a B.A. from Colgate University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He currently resides in Mamaroneck, NY with his wife and two daughters and is an avid golfer.