Oversee all the editorial functions of the "fastest growing independent publisher" in the industry, acquire and edit lead titles. Oversee the publicity department. Acquired and published multiple bestsellers including Julian Lennon's NY Times Bestseller, TOUCH THE EARTH and the #1 NY Times bestseller, DISLOYAL by Michael Cohen.

A full service content creation and publishing consulting firm

Overseeing the creative and operational capabilities of a diverse line of lifestyle content including health and wellness, cooking, design, relationships, and sex. Generating new revenue streams leveraging multiple corporate print/digital editorial and marketing assets.Building a direct to consumer sales channel including audience development. Using archival as well as new material from 21 Hearst magazines--including Cosmopolitan, O: The Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Food Network Magazine, Esquire, Good Housekeeping-- and their websites to create bestselling books. Our first effort--7 YEARS YOUNGER--became an instant NY Times bestseller. Licensing branded content (eg. WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE by Oprah Winfrey which debuted at #1 on the NY Times bestseller list,) to publishers and companies interested in our custom content for marketing purposes.Seek out partnerships for our brands and content. An example is Cosmo Red Hot Reads From Harlequin which resulted in a #1 NY Times bestseller with popular romance author, Sylvia Day.

enhanced eBook #1 NY Times Bestseller. Named #1 Enhanced eBook of 2011 by Apple

(2009-2011)Newly originated position, reporting to the CEO, charged with developing and integrating digital strategies and processes across business units. Faced with diminishing revenues in traditional print publishing, negotiated and secured digital rights, syndicated content across new platforms, experimented with multi-media assets, produced e-Books, enhanced e-Books and e-Chapters, creating new revenue streams and increasing digital sales by 95%.In a rapidly changing environment, and with a business need to bridge the divide between well-established systems and new workflow methods, led and facilitated company digital publishing. Brought an editorial perspective to its imprints, authors, agents, sales and marketing departments.As complex issues arose in a volatile marketplace, formed task force, developed and integrated policies and processes across business verticals necessary for the production and sales of e-books.Served as company "ambassador" communicating on digital matters internally and externally to agents, affiliates, e-retailers, industry groups, and the media.

(1993-2009)Presided over editorial, publicity, and associate publishers' office staff and supervised support departments in production, art, sales, advertising, and promotion.• Leading Publisher of award-winning and #1 New York Times bestsellers• General management responsibilities for a $130 million business with over 40 employees• Published more than 200 titles per year• Grew sales revenue 250%• Among books edited, Ursula Hegi’s Stones From the River (An Oprah Book Club Pick) with more than 1 million copies sold. In 2003, reconfigured and expanded the imprint into hardcover publishing while continuing to publish original trade paperbacks and reprints resulting in numerous National Bestsellers. ➢ Selected Hardcover Bestsellers Published: Philippa Gregory’s novels, (over 9 million copies in print in the US alone) including The Other Boleyn Girl. Kristin Chenoweth’s A Little Bit Wicked, Paris Hilton’s Confessions of An Heiress, J.A. Jance’s Web Of Evil, In 2007, developed new Christian publishing imprint resulting in sales growth. Relocated and staffed headquarters to Nashville. TN ➢ Published: #1 New York Times best seller, Mistaken Identity; Rick Warren’s The Purpose of Christmas (Howard‘s first national bestsellers) Howard went on to become one of the most profitable imprints after publishing numerous bestsellers including the Duck Dynasty books. ➢ Selected Paperback Bestsellers Published: Betheny Frankel’s Naturally Thin, The Bro Code(based on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother), Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, David McCullough’s John Adams , Gary Wills’ Lincoln at Gettysburg.

Originated and guided to great success a line of national bestselling trade paperback originals andreprints. Oversaw all aspects of the program from editorial through marketing and sales.

Acquired and edited both fiction and non-fiction (working closely with authors, agents, foreignpublishers and in-house personnel.) Responsible for drawing up contracts, structural and line-editing manuscripts, writing promotional and advertising copy, planning marketing strategies, andsales presentations.

Held positions of increasing responsibility in publicity, communications, editing and management.