Appointment of Alexander DeBarr as Chief Executive Officer, Naylor Publications
Clarity Partners and ZelnickMedia announced the appointment of Alexander DeBarr as Chief Executive Officer, Naylor publications. Naylor Publications is North America’s leading provider of business to business media services to professional associations in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. DeBarr is a world-class B2B publishing executive with over twenty years of experience. He offers Naylor Publishing a balance of strategic and tactical leadership with relevant knowledge in print and electronic publishing, website development, market development, and trade show and event management. This is an exciting time in the history of Naylor and the company is thrilled to have someone of Alex’s caliber coming in to lead the organization. In 1984, Alex joined Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ) Publications in an editorial role. He progressed into sales and assumed his first national sales management position in 1987. At this time, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (HBJ) Publications morphed into Advanstar Communications. While at Advanstar, he progressed from Publisher of the Aftermarket Business Magazine Group, Publisher/Group Publisher of Hotel and Hotel Management Magazine Group and then to Group Publisher/Group Vice President to Executive Vice President. As Executive Vice President, Alex had been directly involved in Advanstar’s evolution from a company focused on acquisitions and aggressive cost containment, to a company with a well-developed strategy for how to operate the business.
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