[Promotion-technology] Fwd: NBP-Announce: NEWS: National Braille Press Names Brian A. MacDonald to Serve as President

[David Andrews]

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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>National Braille Press Names Brian A. MacDonald to Serve as President
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>Boston, MA ­ April 8, 2008 ­ National Braille Press, a leading Braille
>publisher and advocate of literacy for the blind, is pleased to announce
>that its Board of Trustees has named Brian A. MacDonald to serve as the
>company’s new President. Mr. MacDonald brings with him a solid track
>record of success in operations, sales, marketing and donor development
>within the non-for-profit world.
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>Mr. MacDonald holds an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Boston College
>and an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Vermont
>and was most recently Chief Operating Officer of New Hampshire Audubon
>where he helped lead a major restructuring that included strategic
>planning, change management and improved revenue generation. He also has
>significant experience in planned giving, business development and
>building corporate partnerships. Prior to Audubon, he was the Senior
>Director of Sales and Revenue for over twenty years at New England
>Aquarium where he managed business development, operations, sales,
>marketing and international tourism for its business units. He formed
>and managed strategic alliances and partnerships to advance revenue and
>promote the Aquarium’s mission.
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>His significant volunteer work has included four years as Essex County
>Director of the Massachusetts Special Olympics where he led operations,
>corporate development, training and regional/state competition involving
>33 cities and towns with more than 750 athletes, 105 coaches and 1100
>volunteers from corporate, civic and charitable organizations. He
>founded the Northeast Whale Watching Association; authored an economic
>impact study; and, testified before Congress on the reauthorization of
>the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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>“After 32 years, Bill Raeder has stepped down for a well deserved
>retirement from President of this venerable Boston based institution.
>Under Mr. Raeder, NBP recently inaugurated a major strategic initiative
>to expand our offerings and to accelerate our outreach and advocacy
>programs. We want to emphasize the ‘national’ in National Braille Press.
>Our historical success has always included a fiscally responsible budget
>and the solid leadership to carry it out. Brian MacDonald has the
>important skills and background to apply sound business practices and he
>brings advanced marketing skills and, most important, an authentic inner
>passion that soon will be felt within the blind community.” said Paul V.
>McLaughlin, Chair of the Board of Trustees.
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>Mr. MacDonald added, “To be chosen to lead National Braille Press is a
>most welcome joy and privilege for me and my family. Because my
>grandmother reads braille, I have a strong personal interest in its
>advancement. I realize there are challenges, especially in succeeding
>such a great leader as Bill Raeder. It is hoped that my leadership of
>the Strategic Plan for the future will continue to complement Bill’s
>vision of strengthening programs and building capacity while remembering
>NBP’s wonderful past.”
>
>About National Braille Press (NBP)
>
>National Braille Press is located at 88 St Stephen Street in Boston and
>for over eighty years has been promoting literacy through excellence in
>braille printing and publishing. Our founder, Francis B. Ierardi once
>said, "He who looks over his shoulder cannot see that which lies ahead."
>Ever since its first publication which was America’s first newspaper for
>the blind, NBP has never looked back and has been a leader in
>introducing and authoring many self help publications that are
>particularly geared to independent living and career development for the
>blind.
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>Our children’s braille publishing initiatives include America’s first
>Children’s Braille Book Club and our family outreach program, ReadBooks!
>Because Braille Matters. We support these and other initiatives through
>a major fundraising campaign that includes our annual gala event, Hand
>On! Books for Blind Children. In 2007, NBP made history and the national
>TV and press by publishing and delivering Harry Potter and the Deathly
>Hallows to blind children on the same day as their sighted counterparts.
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>Please visit http://www.nbp.org.
>
>Contact:
>Tanya Holton, VP
>National Braille Press
>Phone: (617) 266-6160, ext. 15
>tholton at nbp.org
>Web site: www.nbp.org
>
>Sandra Goroff
>Sandra Goroff-Mailly & Assoc.
>Phone:  (617) 375-9013
>sgma at aol.com
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