Audrey Kidd Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

As Executive Director for Saddle Up! I am privileged to lead and support a committed staff and board in casting a vision of strategic growth that is consistent with our mission, insuring financial vitality, hiring, retaining and developing an outstanding team, and representing Saddle Up! to the families, riders, volunteers and donors who are the heartbeat of this 30 year old organization devoted to equine therapies for children and youth with disabilities. Where All Children Are Equal in the Saddle!

Nashville, Tennessee

I am currently leading Cokesbury, the retail division of the United Methodist Publishing House and the marketing, merchandising and branding initiatives for Abingdon Press publishing through a time of unprecedented change in every dimension of our mission and our business - Christian retailing, denominational and trade publishing, vendor management, employee relations and church life. We have launched dynamic new programs in digital content delivery, developed new sales and distribution channels and innovated operations. I am privileged to work with a dynamic and caring team and energized by their creativity and flexibility in a high pressure environment.

My role at Thomas Nelson came at a critical pivot point in the life of this venerable organization. Change management was the order of the day as Nelson moved from years of private ownership to an investor-owned model. My role included innovation and big project sales, branding and marketing management as well as creation of a new team environment and new relationships with sales. "The Word of Promise" was one of the biggest projects undertaken by Nelson at that time and it was a dynamic undertaking, bringing dozens of high profile celebrities together to create a fully produced and dramatized audio Bible.

Ingram Book Group gave me the opportunity to advance quickly in the organization and to learn and/or manage every aspect of publisher marketing, large retailer merchandising, distribution and operations, budgeting and in-house creative agency oversight. The opportunity to participate in the Ingram Leadership Institute program afforded me the opportunity to learn and apply practical leadership and management principles that have served me well throughout my career.

Bs, Business

Theatre Arts/Speech & Communication