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REBECCA SCHRADER NAMED DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS AT MIT PRESS

Rebecca is recognized in the publishing community as an excellent finance and operations manager, one with unusually strong communication skills. Her work background in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors has given her extensive experience in finance, accounting, operations, IT, warehouse, and customer service. She comes to us from Columbia University Press where she has been the Chief Financial Officer for the past five years (and where she served as the Acting Director in 2003). Rebecca's previous employers include Island Press and the University of Michigan Press. Her finance and accounting experience prior to entering the publishing industry was in the health care and public relations fields.

Rebecca's appreciation for scholarly publishing stems in part from her earlier career as a Professor of German. She has an undergraduate degree from Marygrove College, MA and PhD degrees in Germanic languages and literature from the University of Michigan, CPA certification, and an MBA degree from the University of Michigan business school. Rebecca has continued teaching through her participation in numerous AAUP seminars and panels on finance and operations topics.

ELLEN FARAN NAMED DIRECTOR OF MIT PRESS

Ellen W. Faran, an executive with Houghton Mifflin Co., will become director of the MIT Press. She succeeds Frank Urbanowski, who is retiring after 27 years.

Faran is vice president and director of planning for finance and operations in Houghton Mifflin's trade and reference division. She managed the startup of an in-house electronic licensing group, as well as domestic and international distribution arrangements, which was instrumental in rebuilding the financial health of the division.

Before joining Houghton Mifflin in 1996, Faran was senior vice president, chief financial officer and general manager at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. Previously she worked at Harper & Row Publishers and the National Academy Press. She holds a B.A. from Radcliffe College, a certificate from the Radcliffe Publishing Course and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

As MIT Press director, Faran will lead initiatives in all areas of development, from traditional content acquisition through the exploration, development and management of innovative tools and technologies.

The Press publishes more than 200 new titles and some 40 journals a year and hosts CogNet, an electronic community for cognitive and brain sciences. More than one million copies of books and journals bearing the MIT Press imprint are sold each year, 30 percent to export markets.

 

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