Administration: Officers and Board of Directors
Staff Officers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Patricia S. Schroeder
AAPVice President
Tina Jordan
AAPCounsel
R. Bruce Rich
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLPCounsel
Benjamin E. Marks
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
2008-2009 Board of Directors
AAP Chair
*Richard Sarnoff
Random House, Inc.Treasurer
*John Sargent
Holtzbrinck PublishersVice Chairman
*Will Ethridge
Pearson Education*Youngsuk YS Chi
ElsevierRonald G. Dunn
Cengage Learning* Rik Kranenburg
McGraw-Hill Education*Anthony Lucki
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyKaren Abramson
Wolters Kluwer HealthW. Drake McFeely
W.W. Norton & CompanyJeanne Mosure
Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.*Brian Murray
HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Inc.
*William J. Pesce
John Wiley & Sons, IncCarolyn Reidy
Simon & Schuster
Richard Robinson
Scholastic Inc.*Patricia S. Schroeder
Association of American Publishers
Andrew M. Snyder
Cambridge Information GroupIsabel Swift
Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.Kate D. Torrey
University of North Carolina PressJohn Whitman
Turtle BooksDavid Young
Hachette Book Group
*Members of the AAP Executive CommitteeAAP’s IPA Executive Committee Representative and observer on AAP Board of Directors:
Robert L. Faherty
Brookings Institution Press
Administration: Staff
Officers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Patricia S. Schroeder
pschroeder@publishers.org
Biography of Patricia Schroeder
Vice President
Tina Jordan
tjordan@publishers.org
Senior Staff
Vice President - Legal and Governmental Affairs
Allan R. Adler
adler@publishers.orgExecutive Director - School Division
Jay Diskey
jdiskey@publishers.orgExecutive Director for Higher Education
J. Bruce Hildebrand
bhildebrand@publishers.orgExecutive Director - International Copyright Enforcement
Patricia Judd
pjudd@publishers.orgVice President & Executive Director, Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division
John Tagler
jtagler@publishers.orgDirector, Communications & Public Affairs, Freedom to Read & Trade Policy
Judith Platt
jplatt@publishers.org
Administrative Staff: New York
Director, Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division
Sara Pinto
spinto@publishers.orgProject Manager, Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division
Kate Kolendo
kkolendo@publishers.orgAccountant
Johnny Francis
jfrancis@publishers.orgReceptionist
Eileen Harris
eharris@publishers.orgDirector, Finance and Administration
Anthony LaForgia
tlaforgia@publishers.orgMail Room Manager
Sheung Lueng
slueng@publishers.orgDirector of Digital Policy
Edward McCoyd
emccoyd@publishers.orgProject Coordinator
Katie Ly
kly@publishers.orgProject Coordinator
Marlene Scheuermann
mscheuermann@publishers.org
Administrative Staff: Washington, DC
Assistant Office Manager/Membership Director
Myriah Abdullah
mabdullah@publishers.orgMembership Director
Lily G. Clark
lclark@publishers.orgDirector - School Division
Julie Copty
jcopty@publishers.orgStaff Assistant - Communications & Public Affairs
Acacia O'Connor
aoconnor@publishers.orgExecutive Assistant to the President
Bert Marie Ramlow
bramlow@publishers.orgAssistant Director for Higher Education
Stacy Skelly
sskelly@publishers.orgStaff Assistant/Meeting Coordinator- School Division
Lydia Raynor
lraynor@publishers.orgAssistant Director, Government and International Relations
Emilia Varga-West
ewest@publishers.org