Florrie Binford Kichler
Florrie Binford Kichler is president of Patria Press, Inc., the publisher of the award-winning Young Patriots Series for children. A 17-year veteran of the publishing industry, Ms. Kichler has presented programs at more than 30 conferences and book festivals. Selected national media that have featured Ms. Kichler include C-Span 2’s Book TV, Pages, the national book review magazine and American Airlines American Way flight magazine. Florrie was recently named by Book Business Magazine as one of the Top 50 Women in Book Publishing. Florrie is president of IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, a national organization of more than 3000 publishers. In addition, she is a member of the Children’s Book Council and the Indiana Library Federation. She serves on the Indiana University Kelley School of Business Women’s MBA Board of Advisors, and the ACLU of Indiana Foundation Board. Florrie earned a BA in English and French and an MBA from Indiana University and is a graduate of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. www.ibpa-online.org
