Angela Bole New Executive Director of IBPA

from Shelf Awareness

Effective July 17, Angela Bole is becoming executive director of the Independent Book Publishers Association, replacing Florrie Binford Kichler, who will retire in June. Terry Nathan continues as chief operating officer of IBPA.

Bole is deputy executive director of the Book Industry Study Group, a position she has held since 2009. Earlier she was associate director and marketing and communications manager at BISG. She has English literature and gender studies degrees from Indiana University Bloomington and a master's in book publishing from New York University. She is a member of the Women's Media Group and is treasurer of the International Digital Publishing Forum.

Bole commented: "IBPA has been uniquely positioned as the heart and soul of independent publishing for 30 years. Being extremely passionate about books and storytelling in all possible genres and formats, I knew right away IBPA was the perfect fit. It's a community center, a support network, an education hub, and proof that it's possible to do together what it's impossible to do alone."

Kichler has been an IBPA board member or officer for more than a decade, serving as chair and president for parts of that time. She is founder and president of Patria Press, Carmel, Ind.