Charlene F. Gaynor
CEO
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Charlene F. Gaynor is CEO of the Association of Educational Publishers. AEP safeguards the professional and business interests of the country's leading print and digital supplemental publishers. Supported by over 500 members of all media and sizes, AEP provides the information, training, and outreach necessary to the development of quality K-12 publications, software and instructional materials. It facilitates communication between key interest groups such as educators, policy makers, foundations, associations, business and the media. AEP also seeks to increase public awareness of the importance of a wide range of learning resources to successful teaching and learning.

Charlene is a graduate of Marquette University. She came to AEP from Learning, a national magazine for elementary teachers, where she was publisher. Charlene has over 20 years experience in startups and turnarounds. She is an alumna of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course and the Center for Creative Leadership. She has served on the advisory boards of the Bicentennial Commission of the United States, the Learning Center of Philadelphia, and the Rowan University School of Communications.

Susan Fletcher
Director of Programs and Services
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Susan Fletcher came to AEP from Schultz & Williams, a Philadelphia consulting firm specializing in non-profit management, marketing and development, serving as the assistant to one of the principals. Prior to joining Schultz & Williams, Susan provided administrative oversight at Fletcher Architects/Fletcher Forensics (the family business). For many years she was a teacher and curriculum developer at the Westminster School in Bellmawr, NJ. She has prior experience in the publishing industry having worked in the trade division at J. B. Lippincott Company after graduating from Rutgers with a B.A. in English.

Dave Gladney
Marketing Manager
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Dave oversees all the organization's promotional campaigns and marketing materials. He came to AEP in 2004, fresh out of the graduate writing program at Rowan University in nearby Glassboro, NJ. Dave is a graduate of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, where he received a B.A. in English and spent two years as a staff writer for the school newspaper, The Daily Targum.

Brittany Lawrence
Sales/Marketing Coordinator
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Brittany, a Delaware native, graduated from East Carolina University in the spring of 2011 where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. Her interest in event coordinating will help her in her role as the Marketing Coordinator for AEP.

Jo-Ann McDevitt
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
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Jo-Ann's career spans 25 years in K-12 supplemental book and trade magazine businesses. Formerly, she was a classroom teacher, administrator, and lecturer in the Rosemont College education department. Most recently, she was publisher of Technology & Learning, managing the magazine, websites, events, and custom publishing projects.

Jo-Ann served on the AEP board for 8 years and was chairman of AEP's Summit Committee from 2000-2004. Jo-Ann is now currently Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development of AEP. In this role she will focus on strategic partnerships and marketing programs designed to build upon AEP's position as the leading professional association for the educational publishing industry.

Stacey Pusey
Content Manager
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Stacey Pusey is the Content Manager for AEP. In addition to supervising the newsletter and the website, she oversees the organization’s publications and products. Prior to joining AEP, Stacey was a Writer/Editor for Independent School Management. She has a BA in communications from Boston University and an MFA in creative writing from Emerson College.

Colleen Quigley
Membership Development Director
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Colleen comes to AEP from Rowan University, where she received a BA in Sociology. Her interest in publishing springs from her experience working at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, where she was cash office manager. She was also a lead test evaluator at CTB/McGraw-Hill. Colleen's chief duties at AEP involve assisting in the financial management of the organization. She plans to pursue a master's degree in Sociology or Criminology in the near future.

Brian Sime
Director of Operations
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Brian, a graduate of Drexel University, is responsible for the financial and operational areas at AEP. Prior to joining AEP, he has been a Controller for health and social service non-profits as well as for for-profit corporations. Brian is an active member of the Stratford, New Jersey school board as well as Treasurer of a newly formed nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance the abilities and educational opportunities for Stratford students in the areas of music and the performing arts.

Linda Swank
Awards Associate/Board Liaison
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Linda is the Awards Associate/Board Liaison at AEP. Her interest in non-profit work began in earnest after serving with Americorps for a year where she helped run a program focused on in-school and after-school tutoring and mentoring of children and adolescents in Seattle. Linda has significant administrative support experience having served for more than two years as an administrative assistant at Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing while studying toward her degrees in political science and history.