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Basic Books Group Teams Page

EDITORIAL

Lara Heimert
President and Publisher
Brian Distleberg
VP, Associate Publisher
Thomas Kelleher
VP, Editorial Director, Basic Books
Meagan Levinson 
Editor in Chief, PublicAffairs
Brandon Proia
Executive Editor
Eric A. Schmidt
Executive Editor
Tom Spence
Executive Editor, Basic Liberty
Emily Taber
Executive Editor, Basic Venture
Ruben Reyes
Associate Editor
Kristen Kim 
Assistant Editor & Backlist Coordinator
Alex Cullina
Assistant Editor
Tiffany Berruti
Editorial Assistant
Gillian Sutliff
Editorial Assistant
Naomi Tomlin
Editorial Assistant

PUBLICITY

Angie Messina
Publicity Director
Katherine Beitner
Associate Director, Publicity
Brooke Parsons
Assistant Director, Publicity
Jenny Lee
Assistant Director, Publicity
Meghan Roberts
Senior Publicist
Katherine Robertson
Associate Publicist
Sofia Erreguerena
Publicity Assistant

MARKETING

Jessica Breen
Executive Director of Marketing
Alcimary Pena
Marketing Manager
Liz Morris
Academic Marketing Manager
William Hearn
Marketing Associate
Brianne Oliva
Marketing Assistant

ART

Chin-Yee Lai
Creative Director
Ann Kirchner
Associate Art Director
Emmily O’Connor 
Designer
Vera Villanueva
Junior Designer