Mary Jo (“MJ”) Courchesne is the owner and principal consultant of Gryphon Publishing Consulting. A publishing veteran with over 25 years of experience in trade, academic, and direct-response publishing, specializing in licensing, subsidiary rights, and permissions. MJ is a polished presenter at conferences and meetings, as well as educating future publishing professionals in the George Washington University’s Masters in Publishing program for the last 16 years. She currently serves on the Board of Experts for the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors, serves on the Advocacy Committee for the Independent Book Publishers Association, is a member of the CASE Act Implementation Working Group with the Copyright Alliance, is a member of the Rights Committee with the Book Industry Study Group, and is also a member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators.