2023–2024 Board Members President Melissa York Senior Editor Redleaf Press president@publishersroundtable.org Vice President Beth Brezenoff Vice President, Publisher Capstone Publishers vice.president@publishersroundtable.org Secretary Allison Juda (Past President) Managing Editor Bearport Publishing allison@bearportpublishing.com Treasurer Paul Nylander Independent Book Designer Illustrada Design treasurer@publishersroundtable.org paul@illustrada.com Members at Large Melissa Brodin (Special Events Coordinator) Contracts, Compliance, and Data Privacy Director…

MBPR is a decades-old volunteer association dedicated to the betterment of Minnesota publishing. The following are excerpts from a talk given by our former treasurer: To the best of my information, the original concept for a publishers’ networking group came from a man named Alex Fraser. Mr. Fraser came to work for Burgess in the…