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Ebony LaDelle, an alum of the program, is a former Marketing Director at Penguin Random House. Simon & Schuster published her YA romance, Love Radio, in June 2022

Amy Astley is editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest. Astley began her career at House & Garden and followed this position at Vogue where she began as a Beauty Associate and later became Beauty Director. During her 13 years at Vogue she edited the fashion section called INDEX and helped launch numerous projects, including Teen Vogue under the guide of Anna Wintour.

Amy Gross, Former editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine for eight years, as well as five years as the features editor at Vogue, editorial director of Elle, and editor-in-chief of Mirabella.

Bonnie Fuller, Currently working as the President and Editor-in-Chief of HollywoodLife.com. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Ms. Fuller successfully established herself by moving to New York City to become the Editor-in-chief of YM Magazine, where she grew circulation from 700,000 to 1.7 million. During her career, she has been the launch editor of American Marie Claire magazine, Editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, and Editor-in-chief of Glamour magazine. In 2002, Ms. Fuller joined US Weekly as Editor-in-chief, and in 2003 served as Executive Vice President and Chief Editorial Director of American Media Inc., where she was responsible for overseeing AMI’s weekly and monthly magazines including Star, Shape, Natural Health, Country Weekly, and Men’s Fitness.

Joseph Hanson, Chairman of Professional Media Group LLC and founder of FOLIO magazine. His company, Hanson Publications, Inc., developed the FOLIO: Show, a successful trade show and conference for the magazine industry. He also launched the FOLIO: 400, which was a comprehensive review of the largest magazines in America. Mr. Hanson also created the Publishing Hall of Fame, which each year honored magazine publishing executives for making significant, career-long contributions to magazine and book publishing.

Neil De Young, Executive Director of Digital Media for Hachette Book Group. His responsibilities at Hachette include digital business development and strategy, eBook development, and website product management. Mr. De Young reviews and assesses new business opportunities for Hachette, including contract negotiations and profit and loss assessment. Prior to his position at Hachette, Mr. De Young held various positions at Scholastic, Inc.

Michael Cairns, Chief Operating Officer for the Online Division of Publishing Technology. Mr. Cairns is responsible for the company’s IngentaConnect and pub2web content platforms which support over 250 book and journal publishers located around the world. He is currently a member of the BISG board of directors and a prior member of the Association of American Publishers board of directors.

Deirdre Bair, Critically acclaimed author of five biographies, including Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography (1991)and Anais Nin: A Biography (1996), both chosen by the New York Times as “Best Books of the Year.” Bair received the National Book Award for Samuel Beckett: A Biography (1990). Her last two books were Calling it Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over (2007) and the critically acclaimed Saul Steinberg: A Biography (2012), about the celebrated illustrator and cartoonist. Bair is a literary journalist and former professor of Comparative Literature, who writes and speaks frequently about travel, feminist issues, and cultural life.

Robert Evanson, Director of Forbes since 2005, and from 2003 to 2008 was an advisor to Apax Partners, Inc. and The Parthenon Group. From 1992 to 2003, Mr. Evanson worked at The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., leading up to President of McGraw-Hill Education. Before that, Mr. Evanson held various posts at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. including Chief Financial Officer and CEO of Sea World Theme Parks and was a partner at Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Evanson received a B.B.A. from St. John's University and an M.B.A. from New York Institute of Technology.

Susan Katz, President of Harper Collins Children’s Books, gave the 2010 annual Eliot DeYoung Schein lecture on April 14, 2010 to an audience of publishing graduate students and publishing faculty at the Midtown Executive Club. Ms. Katz described the state of children’s book publishing today and the strong influence technology has on the business.

Ms. Katz began her career at Harper Row in 1987 as the Publisher of the College Division. In 1993 she became the Group Vice President of Education, managing the School and College Division of the Company. In 1996 she became President of the Children’s Book Division which is her current position.