Leadership Change at Kensington Publishing

Lynn Cully
Jackie Dinas

At Kensington Publishing, Lynn Cully, who has been publisher since 2015, has become v-p, director of business relations, a new position. At the same time, Jacqueline Dinas, who has been associate publisher, is now publisher.

Dinas started at Kensington in 2009 in the subrights department. Following five years as director of subrights, she became associate publisher in 2020 and continued to manage domestic and audio rights. She said, "I couldn't be more proud of the work Kensington does as an independent publisher with a dynamic, developing program and an amazing family of authors. I am thrilled to work closely with our team as we produce the kinds of entertaining, compelling books that readers look forward to cracking open at the end of a long day."

Cully worked at Kensington from 1990 to 2000 as sales director and publisher before leaving for 15 years to raise her children. She returned to Kensington in 2015 as publisher. In her new role, Cully will continue to guide the company's acquisitions and internal coordination, while developing the company's market presence through relationships with accounts and serving as liaison between sales teams at Kensington and the company's distributor, Penguin Random House Publisher Services.

Kensington president and CEO Steven Zacharius said, "Lynn and Jackie have been working closely as a leadership team for over two years, and in that time we have the seen the benefits of having two people focused on ways to grow our business, as well as our publishing program. This change helps to maximize their talents and allows them both more time to work on individual projects, instead of duplicating efforts."

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