The One Company initiative, which was implemented on April 1 of this year, eliminated all imprints and reorganized publishing functions around consumer categories. With year-to-date publishing revenues trending well ahead of last year and current industry trends, Thomas Nelson has experienced solid success with its One Company strategy. In addition, the company has seen improved communication and collaboration within its organization. Within the industry, the One Company initiative has also helped elevate the visibility and brand recognition of key authors.

“We believe that we have gained significant momentum since the April transition,” said Tami Heim, Executive Vice President and Chief Publishing Officer of Thomas Nelson. “Now we want to build on this momentum to further capitalize on our growth opportunities.”

As a result, Thomas Nelson will create a more comprehensive focus on non-fiction trade publishing and development of key brands. Effective October 1, the company will combine the two non-fiction trade publishing groups that were led by David Dunham and David Moberg into a single group, The Non-Fiction Trade Book Group. This will enable Thomas Nelson to employ one strategy for all it non-fiction categories, and concentrate additional resources on strong and emerging categories.

David Moberg will lead the newly unified Non-Fiction Trade Book Group as Senior Vice President and Group Publisher. Over his 32-year distinguished publishing career, Moberg has worked with some of today’s greatest communicators including Max Lucado, Billy Graham, and Charles Swindoll. Under Moberg’s leadership, Larry Carpenter will direct all marketing initiatives as the Vice President of Marketing, Non-Fiction Trade Book Group. Carpenter recently joined Thomas Nelson after over two decades working in Christian book distribution.

In order to strengthen the level of service to key authors, Thomas Nelson will add three new positions to its Corporate Brands Group including a Vice President, Brand Management. The focus of these new positions will be to offer unparalleled service and brand management to this distinguished list of authors. And, to further reinforce the Thomas Nelson brand team, David Schroeder will move into the newly created position of Director of Marketing, Lucado. Schroeder has exemplified creativity and leadership as the Marketing Director for Business, and Culture, where he served as a guiding force in Denise Jackson’s book debuting at #1 on the New York Times best seller list.

As a marketing veteran, he has promoted films including “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Passion of the Christ” and “Finding Nemo” for Walt Disney Pictures, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures. With this transition, Damon Goude, currently Director of Marketing, General Interest and Lifestyle will acquire additional responsibility for the Business and Culture categories.

“We are excited about the opportunity to take One Company to the next level,” stated Michael S. Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson. “These changes reinforce our on-going commitments to improving the level of service to our authors, strengthening identified growth channels, and exploring additional ways to achieve sustainable growth.”

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Michael S. Hyatt, President and CEO of Thomas Nelson, stated, “David Dunham is an excellent publisher and a dear friend. We will miss him being on the Thomas Nelson team.” Hyatt continued, “We appreciate the hard work he has devoted during his tenure at Thomas Nelson. We wish him continued success in his new endeavors and look forward to collaborating with him in the future.”

Dunham is leaving to form his own company, working with authors and artists to expand their brand, image, and commercial value. His work with various talented individuals will include multiple media platforms including film and television, broadband initiatives, product licensing and endorsements. In addition, he will also continue his work in the publishing industry with consulting, packaging, and literary representation.

“This is a bittersweet time for me,” Dunham said of his recent resignation. “My five years at Thomas Nelson have been the most rewarding of my 32-year business career and I leave behind many close friends. My accomplishments and colleagues at Nelson are ones I will never forget. Additionally, I have been so fortunate and privileged to work with many great authors and agents. I look forward to exploring new media opportunities in the publishing world. I have the utmost respect and admiration for Mike Hyatt who has been a business colleague and a dear family friend for 30 years. I am confident that under his able and innovative leadership Nelson will continue to be a major force in the publishing industry.”

David Dunham graduated with a B.S. in Business from Baylor University in 1975. Upon graduation, he got his start in publishing at Word, Inc., at the time the largest Christian communications company in the nation. Dunham went on to work in publishing with several companies and has helped produce more than 25 New York Times bestsellers, including two #1 bestsellers.

Contact: Lindsey Nobles
Director of Corporate Communications
tel: (615) 902-1109
fax: (615) 902-1110
web: www.thomasnelson.com
e-mail: lnobles@thomasnelson.com