Marshall Glickman

Publisher

Like most people in the publishing world, Marshall is a book junkie–an avid reader, a bookstore and library hound, a published writer, editor, and publisher. “I even married a book person: my wife was an editor at HarperCollins for many years and now works as a freelance editor, usually for HarperCollins and Random House and Random House divisions such as Knopf and Crown. I believe that passion for books has contributed to the success of Echo Point Books.”

            Unlike many bookish sorts, Marshall is also a focused businessperson. After graduating from Northwestern University Phi Beta Kappa in 1983, he had a very successful three-year stint as a stockbroker (the savings and investments from that short period allowed him to subsidize more idealistic pursuits – see his New York Times Magazine column about that experience). Since then Marshall has been both a writer and small business owner. In 1990 he started the environmental quarterly Green Living and was the editor/publisher until selling it in November 2005 (Green Living is an ad-based publications so he was ultimately responsible for ad sales–at first directly and then by supervising a sales rep). In 1994, as editor/publisher of Appropriate Solutions Press, he reprinted and updated a book on environmental landscaping (Energy-Efficient and Environmental Landscaping), which was reprinted four times, chosen as a Garden-Book-of-the-Month selection, and sold almost 5,000 copies.  After selling Green Living in 2005, Marshall devoted himself full-time to Echo Point Books & Media. Starting the business literally from his basement with one part-time employee, the business has grown 50% per year.  It now employs eleven, and has gross revenues of $1 million a year.

            Marshall has also written two books, The Mindful Money Guide: Creating Harmony Between Your Values and Your Finances (published by Random House/Ballantine Wellspring in 1998) and Beyond the Breath: Extraordinary Mindfulness Through Whole-Body Vipassana Meditation (Tuttle Publishing - 2002) and had freelance articles published in many publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Examiner, The Washington Post, Mother Earth News, Natural Home, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Buddhadharma (a spinoff of Shambhala Sun), and E Magazine.

Jake Mayer

Synchronist

Jake is a graduate of Carleton College and holds a MS in Oriental Medicine from Southwest Acupuncture College.  Along the way he has taught college and adult education courses, owned a private label manufacturing company specializing in tea and herbal formulations, maintained a private acupuncture practice, and has developed and marketed a wide assortment of online ventures.  As an avid seeker of information both useful and arcane, Jake enjoys a growing knowledge base of software tidbits, homesteading, vintage motorcycle maintenance, and assorted culinary explorations.

Trevor Williams

Art Director

Trevor has a BFA in Drawing and Painting from Arcadia University in Philadelphia and an MFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design.  He has also studied at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and was Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine.  His work has been published in scattered magazines and newspapers and can be viewed at www.trevorwilliamsillustration.com.  Trevor moved to Vermont after graduate school because it was the one state that most closely resembled Scotland in the continental U.S.  In his free time, Trevor enjoys climbing and hiking with his dog Sprocket.

Emily Daigle