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The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) has added several new staff and board members and elected new officers for the board.
Annie Philbrick, owner of Bank Square Books, Mystic, Conn., Title IX, New London, Conn., and the Savoy Bookshop & Café, Westerly, R.I., has been elected president of the board. She was previously vice-president and has been on the board since 2013.
Matthew Gildea, COO of Arcadia Publishing and former president, is now immediate past president.
Julia Cowlishaw, CEO of Vroman's of Pasadena, Calif., and Book Soup of West Hollywood, Calif., has been elected vice-president. She was formerly secretary.
Ken White, founder of Query Books in San Francisco, Calif., has been elected secretary. He has been a director since 2014 and is chair of Binc's program committee.
One of two new board members, Jonathan Putnam, author of historical fiction, including the Lincoln & Speed mystery series, and a lawyer of counsel to Kirkland & Ellis, has been elected treasurer. He is a founding member of Binc's Author Leadership Circle and has served on Binc's finance and governance committee.
The other new board member is Erin Coffey, senior v-p, communication and events, for Macmillan Publishers US, and a member of Macmillan's trade management committee.
Binc also has two new staff members:
Jennifer Rojas has joined the organization as development coordinator. She began her career in the book industry as a part-time bookseller before becoming sales manager at Borders. She has been editor for various collegiate literary magazines and done everything from copyediting to cover design.
Judey Kalchik has joined Binc as communication and project manager. Her book career started as a part-time bookseller in Waldenbooks in 1987 and included serving on the Borders Group Foundation board of directors.