IBPA’s Advocacy Committee is a standing committee tasked with identifying, prioritizing, and developing strategies to address issues of concern to independent publishers. The objectives of the Advocacy Committee are to:

• identify and prioritize issues of concern to independent publishers,
• establish campaigns and take actions to address these concerns, and
• ensure that IBPA members are informed of these concerns, and the steps taken to address them.

Advocacy Committee members include:

• Stephanie Andrea Allen, Founder & Publisher, BLF Press
• Maggie Langrick, CEO & Publisher, LifeTree Media Ltd.
• Janica Smith, Publishing Navigator, Publishing Smith
• Alexa Bigwarfe, Publisher, Kat Biggie Press
• Karla Olson, Director, Patagonia Books
• Elizabeth Turnbull, Senior Editor & Partner, Light Messages
• Lee Klancher, CEO & Founder, Octane Press
• Teri Rider, Principal, Top Reads Publishing
• Brooke Warner, Publisher, She Writes Press (Committee Chair)