Roger Conner, Associate Vice President
1-877-703-2287
rconner@frpbooks.com

Roger is the publishing consultant for the states of California, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana, Arizona, and New Mexico. Roger joined Southwestern/Great American in 1980. He handled all marketing research and statistics as business research manager, was named director of marketing, and then started a video yearbook division. After moving to FRP in 1994, he set a new company sales record in 1995 and was named salesperson of the year. He has been named to the Pathfinders Club, Pacesetters Club and both Silver and Gold levels of the President’s Club.

He’s also active in community affairs as a volunteer or leader in the Arthritis Foundation, Mental Health Association, and Brentwood YMCA. He has been chairman of the Clinic Bowl State Football Championship, Market Street Festival, and Chili Cookoff, a member of Leadership Nashville, and president of the Nashville Area Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Bob Johnson, Senior Publishing Consultant
1-877-833-2782
bjohnson@frpbooks.com

Bob is the publishing consultant for the states Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the Washington, DC, area. Bob’s background includes domestic and international experience in manufacturing, sales, and management. During his tenure with Cutter’s Exchange, he lived in Los Angeles and Chicago and traveled to Mexico, Canada, and Europe. He joined Southwestern / Great American in 1986, moving to FRP in 1988.

He is active in American Cancer Society programs, school activities, and other local volunteer programs. He is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, where he was selected to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Bob served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army from 1973 to 1976, completing Airborne and Ranger Training and serving as a rifle and mortar platoon leader.
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Sheila Thomas, Publishing Consultant
1-866-220-1061
sthomas@frpbooks.com

Sheila is the publishing consultant for new market development. She began her career in custom publishing more than 18 years ago, working closely with organizations and self-publishers on the development, manufacturing, and marketing details for their custom cookbooks. Sheila has been intricately involved in more than a dozen award-winning cookbooks. Her passion for the community cookbook was the driving force behind Recipes Worth Sharing (Favorite Recipes Press; 2008.) Through it, Sheila has had the great pleasure of reintroducing many home cooks to their dog-eared, gravy-stained cookbooks of yesteryear, sharing the rich history of the community cookbook form with a broader audience, and, of course, offering a collection of amazing, hand-picked recipes from 85 community cookbooks across the country. Her driving mission is for the community cookbook to thrive in this time of celebrity chefs and take-out restaurants.

Sheila has been an on-air guest on QVC a dozen times with Recipes Worth Sharing, representing a Customer Top Rated product and presenting the classic cookbook series, Favorite Recipes of Home Economic Teachers, for QVC as well. She has been seen on Talk of the Town, Nashville (NBC) and Live at 9, Memphis (CBS). She gives cooking demonstrations and leads discussions on her favorite topic—community cookbooks—in communities across the country.

Sheila also currently serves as the FRP Publishing Consultant for Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
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