Suzanne Kavanagh to join ALPSP as Director of Marketing and Membership Services

For Immediate Release

26 June 2012
London, UK

ALPSP announces the appointment of Suzanne Kavanagh to the newly created position of Director of Marketing and Membership Services

The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP; www.alpsp.org) – the international association for scholarly and professional publishers - is pleased to announce the appointment of Suzanne Kavanagh to the newly created position of Director of Marketing and Membership Services.

Suzanne has worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years, holding senior sales and marketing positions in at Routledge/T&F and Continuum Publishing Group.  Her most recent position as Partnership Manager for Publishing at Creative Skillset has given her a unique insight into publisher training needs and cross-industry solutions.  Suzanne will be responsible for strengthening the ALPSP brand, improving our member benefits and support, and will seek to grow our membership.  Suzanne will join the senior management team of ALPSP and will report to the Chief Executive, Audrey McCulloch.

Speaking of the appointment, ALPSP Chief Executive Audrey McCulloch said: “We are delighted that Suzanne has chosen to join ALPSP at this exciting time for the Association.  She will play a key role in ensuring that our membership continues to grow and that ALPSP members get excellent value for money from their membership fees.  Suzanne will also be contributing to our professional development offering and continuing to raise the profile and membership of ALPSP internationally.  She will bring lots of energy and enthusiasm and has broad experience of scholarly publishing.

Suzanne added: “I am delighted to be joining ALPSP and am looking forward to working with Audrey, the team and the membership. I'm also excited about building on ALPSP's excellent work so the industry can face future challenges with the support of a strong and dynamic trade association.”

Suzanne Kavanagh has a Diploma in Direct Marketing from the IDM.  She will join ALPSP on 16 July 2012.

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About the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is the international organization for non-profit publishers. It has a broad and diverse membership of over 300 organizations in 37 countries who collectively publish over half of the world’s total active journals as well as books, databases and other products. 

ALPSP's mission is to connect, train and inform the scholarly and professional publishing community and to be an advocate on behalf of the non-profit publishing sector.  ALPSP represents the scholarly publishing industry at both national and international level, carries out research and other projects, establishes good practice guidelines, monitors national and international issues and plays an active part in shaping the future of academic and professional communication.  At this time of unprecedented change in the publishing environment, we serve, represent and strengthen the community of non-profit publishers, and those who work with them.

Media Contacts
Audrey McCulloch  
Chief Executive  
audrey.mcculloch@alpsp.org  
+44 (0)1442 828928  

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