Barbara Marcus to Leave Scholastic in July

Posted on April 17, 2005

Scholastic announced Barbara Marcus, President of Children's Book Publishing and Distribution and Executive Vice President of Scholastic Inc., has decided to leave the company following the July 16, 2005 release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in the bestselling Harry Potter series. During Ms. Marcus's 22 years at Scholastic, she supervised the publication and release of all five previous Harry Potter books as well as other bestselling titles. She will be succeeded by Lisa Holton, Senior Vice President, Publisher, Global Disney Children's Books. After nearly ten years at Bantam Books and Berkeley Books, Barbara Marcus joined Scholastic in 1983 as Vice President of Marketing and became President of the Children's Book Group in 1991, serving as executive in charge of U.S. children's books from that time to the present. Lisa Holton brings to Scholastic more than 20 years experience in publishing. Since 2001 she has served as SVP, Publisher, Global Disney Children's Books with responsibility for Disney's global children's book business, providing strategic direction as well as supervision of editorial, sales, budgeting, forecasting, operations, and marketing.