Sally J. Barhydt
909 Walnut Street – Apt 1506, Kansas City, MO64106
816.527.0950
Professional Profile:
- Background in medical and nursing publishing and church business administration
- Identified outstanding educators and negotiated publishing agreements; evaluated and guided development of textbook proposals from precontract to published book, consulting with design, production, and sales & marketing staffs
- Made presentations at professional conferences and conducted writing workshops for nurse educators
- Managed editorial departments with responsibility for publishing plans, sales estimates, and department revenue goals
- As church administrator, maintained financial accounting systems, assisted with budget planning and stewardship programs, coordinated church programs and activities with numerous boards and committees of volunteers to assure compliance with budgets, schedules, and mission of the church
Professional Experience:
Springer Publishing Company, New York, NY April 2005—July 2007
Executive Editor
Responsible for nursing publishing, the largest of several programs in terms
of revenue for the company. Signed and developed graduate-level texts, references,
and annuals, increasing sales approximately 60% with greater focus on clinical
texts for nurse practitioners and needs of the clinical doctorate programs.
Attended professional meetings to contact authors, meet with editorial boards, and promote nursing texts and journals.
Retired July 2007.
Freelance Editor July 2004—March 2005
Projects with:New York University Press; New YorkUniversity (grant project
related to emergency planning & management for terrorism, bioterrorism,
and mass trauma); NYU Department of Nursing (now School of Nursing);
McGraw-Hill Companies, Professional Division.
Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Inc., New York, NY Oct. 2002—June 2004
Senior Development Editor, Encyclopedias
Coordinated encyclopedia entries from editors and multiple contributors and
edited for the style of each volume. Located contributors and contracted with
them to assure coverage of all content and maintain publishing schedules. Subjects
included Encyclopedia of Protestantism (4 vols.), Encyclopedia of 20th Century
Technology (2 vols.), Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music (1 vol.), Encyclopedia
of 19th Century Art (2 vols.).
McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY June 1999—July 2001
Executive Editor, Medical Publishing Division
Re-hired by McGraw-Hill in the acquisition of Appleton & Lange’s medical and allied
health publishing programs. Merged A&L and M-H allied health lists and managed
publications to stringent budgets and financial requirements; made sales presentations to marketing staff and U.S. and international sales representatives.
Subject areas included radiography, respiratory therapy,optometry, nursing, pediatrics,
and geriatrics.
Appleton & Lange, Inc., Stamford, CT Dec. 1992—June 1999
Editor-in-Chief, Nursing
Key initiatives included more than tripling the number of nursing titles published andincreasing list revenue over 35%; negotiated purchase of NCLEX review books (fornurse licensing exam) and developed certification exam preparation titles for nurse practitioners.
(The company was sold to Pearson Education and McGraw-Hill in late 1998 and 1999.)
National League for Nursing, Inc., New York, NY Nov. 1989—Dec. 1992
Assistant Vice President & Managing Editor, NLN Press
Managed publishing program and acquired books including graduate nursing texts, research publications, and accreditation guides and resources. Increased visibility of NLN Press by negotiating the first international rightssales (Japanese and Swedish languages) and establishing a distribution arrangement forNLN Press sales in the UK and Europe to advance NLN strategy for a global presencein nursing education.
McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY
Senior Editor, College Division (nursing) and Health Professions Division (medical) 1985 to 1989
Acquired and developed nursing texts and references until the list was acquired by
Mosby (St. Louis, MO) in 1988. Previously worked as editing supervisor, basic book
(development) editor, and senior editor for nursing & continuing education from
1964 to 1979.
Nursing Experience:
Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital, New York, NY
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
Other Management Experience:
First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, New York, NY Nov. 2001—July 2002
InterimChurch Administrator
PlymouthChurch of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn Heights, NY July 1979—Dec. 1984
Executive Director
Education: B.S. Nursing, University of Kansas