Joanne Butler, Editorial Director [Return to the list]

Joanne’s ability to assemble, train and motivate high-performance editorial teams has contributed to the successful launch of a broad range of products across multiple disciplines in the educational publishing field. An adaptable, creative and strategic publisher with over 20 years experience, Joanne is especially skilled at building successful networks of professional business partners and aligning resources to cost-effectively execute the most complex projects. Joanne’s experience includes managing multimillion-dollar engagements for high profile clients including McGraw-Hill, Cengage, Houghton-Mifflin, Kaplan, and Pearson. Prior to joining O’Donnell, Joanne held positions as  Associate Publisher for Kaplan Professional, Executive Editor for Worth Publishers, and Sponsoring Editor for Irwin/McGraw-Hill.

Shannon Gattens, Media Director [Return to the list]

Over the past 13 years, in positions ranging from media producer and project manager to director of media and assessment, Shannon has gained experience in eLearning, content management, usability, instructional design, and production working closely with internal staff, outside developers, and clients. Shannon has worked with a long list of academic publishers and providers including Dolphin Interactive, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford University Press, Prentice Hall, and Cengage Learning. She also has taken extensive course work in usability and instructional technology.

Barbara Corbin, Project Coordiantor [Return to the list]

Barbara has 16 years of experience as an account manager in the fashion industry.  Before starting with O’Donnell & Associates she was a College Career Advisor preparing graduates for the “real world”. This combination of experiences and transferable skills assists her as she supports the project managers and Market Development team. Barbara graduated from Iona College with a B.B.A. in Marketing. She is a native New Yorker and now resides in Connecticut with her husband and young son.

Eileen Cronin, Project Coordinator [Return to the list]

Eileen joined O'Donnell and Associates in 2008.  Prior to spending a few years at home to raise her children she was a relocation accounting analyst with Coldwell Banker Relocation.  She previously held a position with Nestle USA’s Stouffer Division.  Her experiences in the accounting field have enabled her to successfully maintain the honoraria processes at O’Donnell.  She holds a BA in Accounting from Assumption College.

Margaret Lannamann, Editorial Director, Advanced Placement [Return to the list]
Margaret works on editorial projects for O'Donnell & Associates, creating new products and revising and refining existing ones. She is also the project manager for a number of college text books. Before joining O'Donnell, she was an editor for a gift book publisher, where she worked with writers and designers from the earliest planning stages of a book all the way through to production

Lisa Kimball, Account Director [Return to the list]

Lisa has 27 years experience in higher education publishing, including sales, sales management, marketing and editorial positions at Harper & Row, Merrill, Macmillan, Allyn & Bacon, Heinle, and Houghton Mifflin.  In her most recent position she was the Director of Sales and Marketing at Cheng & Tsui, the market-leading publisher of Asian language books. Her primary responsibilities at O’Donnell lie in sales, although she does project management as well. In her free time Lisa enjoys antiquing, cooking, reading, and travelling to exotic places.