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Barbara Marcus was most recently President, Scholastic Children�s Book Publishing and Distribution, and Executive Vice President, Scholastic Inc., the global children�s publishing and media company and the world�s largest publisher and distributor of children�s books.
As President, she was responsible for all children�s consumer book publishing and distribution in the United States, through school-based book clubs, school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs, school-based book fairs and the retail channel. After acquiring J.K. Rowling�s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer�s Stone for publication in the United States in 1998, Ms. Marcus also led the publishing effort for six out of the seven Harry Potter titles. Under her leadership, the Children�s Book Publishing Division was the largest division of Scholastic and reached $1.2 billion in revenue. Ms. Marcus retired from the company in July 2005.
Currently Ms. Marcus is pursuing a variety of activities. She is on the Board of B*tween Productions, a tween multi-media company in Boston; Knowledge Adventures, a children�s software and technology company in Southern California; and a s special advisor of Forever Entertainment, an entertainment company. Ms Marcus is on Accenture�s Media and Entertainment Council and has recently consulted for several major publishing and media companies.
Active in a variety of charitable and industry-related organizations, Ms. Marcus is currently co-chair of the UJA-Federation Publishing Committee and a member of the UJA�s Women�s Executive Committee. She has just joined the board of Graham-Windham, New York City�s oldest foster care charity. Ms. Marcus also is a member of the Women�s Forum. She previously served on the Wal-Mart Literacy Committee, the board of the NYU Publishing Division and the First Book Board of Directors.
Ms. Marcus attended Tufts University, where she was a B.A. Cum Laude in American History. | 