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Kitri Wood is now the general manager of the Third Place Books location in Seward Park, Wash. Previously Wood was an assistant manager at Third Place's Lake Forest Park store, where she worked for five years. Prior to 2017, Wood worked at Secret Garden Bookshop in Seattle as well as at University Book Store. She officially became general manager on April 8.
She has succeeded Kim Hooyboer, who had managed the Seward Park location since 2017. Later this month Hooyboer will take on a new role for the American Booksellers Association as director of education. Prior to joining Third Place Books, she worked at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WORD Bookstore in Jersey City, N.J., and Powell's Books in Portland, Ore.
Robert Sindelar, managing partner at Third Place Books, said Hooyboer was "immensely instrumental in helping us grow that store into the bookstore the community truly needed. I am so happy for her and her new position at ABA--it's absolutely perfect for her skill set.
"While the Seward Park store will miss Kim dearly," he continued, "I could not ask for a better leader to continue our work there than Kitri Wood. She is beloved by our employees and a great collaborator and book lover."