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| Mark Kuyper | |
Effective June 15, Mark Kuyper, president and CEO of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, is becoming executive director of the Book Industry Study Group. He replaces Len Vlahos, who with his wife, Kristen Gilligan, is joining the management team of the Tattered Cover, Denver, Colo., with the aim of becoming majority owners in two years (see article below).
Kuyper has been on the BISG board for the past 10 years and has worked in the industry for nearly 30 years. Before he joined the ECPA, he was an executive at the Christian Retail Association and a sales director for Nav Press.
BISG chair Tara Catogge of Quarto Publishing, who headed the search committee, commented: "We were pleased to find an association veteran from within our industry with a long history of success. Mark has extensive strategic planning experience mixed with both an easy way and a commanding presence that members will welcome. His strong vision and guiding hand is exactly what BISG needs at this crucial time in our development."