Comic retailer organization ComicsPro has appointed Amanda Emmert as the Executive Director of the organization, a new position.  Emmert formerly served on the board of directors and as Secretary/Treasurer.  Emmert is resigning her seat on the board; she will continue to perform the duties of Secretary/Treasurer (overseeing the organization’s corporate operations and finances) in her new role. 

 

Emmert’s new duties will include working with the board on membership outreach and fundraising, as well as being the official spokesperson of the organization. 

 

Emmert was instrumental in the founding of the organization, and also served as full-time Communications Coordinator since 2008. 

 

ComicsPro is reducing the size of its board of directors to seven members in conjunction with the move.  Current board members include:

  • Joe Field (Flying Colors Comics, Concord, CA), President
  • Gary Dills (Laughing Ogre, Fairfax, VA and Columbus, OH), Vice President
  • Carr D’Angelo (Earth 2 Comics, Sherman Oaks & Northridge, CA), Recording Secretary
  • Brian Hibbs (Comix Experience, San Francisco, CA)
  • Calum Johnston (Strange Adventures, Halifax, Nova Scotia)
  • Eric Kirsammer (Chicago Comics, Chicago, IL)
  • Rick Lowell (Casablanca Comics, Portland, ME)