The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has added several new board and staff members, and two board members' terms are ending:
Andy Perham, president and CEO of Books Inc., which has 11 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area, has joined the board. He started at Books Inc. as a bookseller in 2010 and was first store manager then director of operations before becoming CEO in 2019. He has served on the Binc finance committee since 2016.
Steven Malk, a senior literary agent with Writers House, has also joined the board. He's the son and grandson of independent booksellers and worked at his parents' bookstore, The White Rabbit, throughout high school and college. He's on the board of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
Matthew Gildea, chief operating officer at Arcadia Publishing, the recent Binc past-president and a longtime Board member, is leaving the board.
Christie Roehl of Duluth Trading Company, former Binc treasurer and most recently chair of the program committee, is leaving the board.
Binc executive director Pamela French thanked both Gildea and Roehl, saying, "Christie and Matthew helped reimagine the Foundation as the organization that book and comic sellers can turn to in times of need. I can't thank them enough for their leadership and forward thinking that helped create Binc."
Binc president Annie Philbrick, owner of Bank Square Books, Mystic, Conn., Savoy Bookshop and Café, Westerly, R.I., and Title IX: A Bookstore, New London, Conn., added: "As we enter a new year at Binc, I would like to thank the departing members of the board, Christie and Matthew, for their years of continued service and generosity. Along with Chris Morrow, who is now serving as board vice president, our two new members, Andy Perham and Steven Malk, come from backgrounds well entrenched in the bookselling community. We welcome their participation and expertise to our board as we approach this new year and endeavors at Binc."
New staff includes:
Ken White, program manager. He has been on the Binc board since 2014 and was most recently chair of the program committee. He has 32 years of publishing and bookselling experience and has served on the boards of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association and the American Booksellers Association.
Jane Regenstreif joined Binc last year as office coordinator and has supported Binc since its beginnings in 1996, both as a contributor and volunteer. A former member of Borders Books and Music's HR and store operations teams, she also works at Zingerman's Mail Order.
In other Binc news, Judey Kalchik, previously communication and project manager, is now program manager, following Kate Weiss's move into a new coordinator position. The Binc development team includes Kathy Bartson, director of development, and development coordinator Jennifer Rojas.