BIGNY "Groundbreaking Women: The Second Wave": More About Janet McCarthy Grimm

Here's a brief professional biography of Janet McCarthy Grimm, one of the three panelists who will join the Book Industry Guild of New York's (BIGNY) April 12, 2016 panel discussion "Groundbreaking Women: The Second Wave."

Ms. Grimm, a Lindenmeyr Book Publishing Papers vice president, began her career in the production department of Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company in Boston. She also worked at Courier Corporation in Lowell, MA, as a buyer for the Directories and Forms Division. Janet joined Lindenmeyr in its New York office as a sales representative in 1984. She became Marketing Manager in 1987 and was promoted to her current position as Vice President in 1989. Ms. Grimm is a past president of the Bookbinders' Guild of New York, and has served the graphic arts industry through the Book Manufacturers' Institute, Women in Production, and The Paper Club of New York. She now serves on the Boards of Directors of the Book Industry Guild of New York (BIGNY), Poets and Writers, and the Book Industry Study Group. She is also a member of the Book Industry Environmental Council and will talk about paper to anyone who will listen!