Zondervan is directed by a leadership team led by Moe Girkins. Bringing years of experience and knowledge from diverse backgrounds to the company, this team collaborates to make mission-based decisions.
Maureen Girkins, President & Chief Executive Officer
Maureen Girkins is president and chief executive officer for Zondervan and heads the leadership team. Moe is responsible for managing all of Zondervan's business operations, and works with Zondervan's parent company HarperCollins Publishers on strategic planning and cooperative operations initiatives.
Coming to Zondervan in 2008, Moe has spent 25 years in high tech, where she held a number of senior executive positions including Senior Vice President, Wireless: Office of the Chairman at Dell and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Strategic Marketing at Motorola. She has also held numerous positions at AT&T and Bell Laboratories, and led their multibillion dollar international Electronic Switching Systems and Intelligent Network Businesses. Girkins spent a year as a loaned executive to the Mayor's Office of Chicago. She has worked as an advisor to Investor Growth Capital and served on multiple corporate boards including Media Arts Group, Vallent, Kemet Electronics, and Broadcom.
Moe has completed the first half of her Masters of Divinity program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She is also a published author; Mother Leads Best details the positive impact of motherhood on senior executive women. She serves as Chairman of the Board of Loving Neighbors, a volunteer organization spawned to aid in the recovery of Katrina victims. Additionally, she volunteers on several boards including: Northwestern University and The Infant Welfare Society of Chicago.
Scott Bolinder, Executive Vice President & Publisher
Scott Bolinder is executive vice president and publisher for Zondervan. He is responsible for all acquisitions, author care, and product development for the book and Bible divisions as well as the children’s publishing unit, Zonderkidz.
Prior to joining Zondervan in 1989, Scott spent nine years at leading Christian magazine publisher Christianity Today, Inc.
Gary Wicker, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Gary Wicker is executive vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for all company fiscal operations including Finance, Inventory/Cost, Credit, and Facilities. He also serves as finance liaison with parent company HarperCollins Publishers.
Prior to joining Zondervan, Gary spent ten years with The Thomson Corporation, most recently as senior vice president of finance and group controller with Thomson Learning.
Verne Kenney, Executive Vice President of Sales
Verne Kenney leads the entire Zondervan sales organization as the executive vice president of sales. He is responsible for the development of growth strategies for all distribution channels to improve revenues, market share, and profitability on a global basis. In addition, he oversees a portion of supply chain management.
Verne joined Zondervan in 1991 as special sales western regional manager. He was then promoted to various management positions throughout the sales group.
Sue Boylan, Senior Vice President of Business Technology Services
Sue Boylan is senior vice president of business technology services and is responsible for managing all aspects of the company's information technology including systems, special IT projects, digital assets/meta data areas, and serving as the technology liaison with Zondervan's parent company, HarperCollinsPublishers.
Sue has held various positions within the company before taking over the leadership of technology for both Zondervan and then-owned Family Christian Stores.
Al Kerkstra, Executive Vice President, Support Operations and Human Resources
Al Kerkstra is executive vice president of support operations and human resources for Zondervan. He is responsible for managing the company's inventory, distribution, production, customer service, and human resources departments.
Al is a 30-year veteran of Zondervan. First hired as a freight-order packer, he has worked his way to the top of the distribution and operations departments.
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