Jonathan Newcomb

Jonathan Newcomb was appointed to the Board of United Business Media in 2001. "He is a board member of Journal Communications (NYSE) and the BNA Corporation, and is currently a senior advisor at the New York based investment firm Coady Diemar. He was chairman and CEO of Simon & Schuster, one of the world’s largest book publishers and providers of educational and training materials, from 1994 until 2002, having been president and chief operating officer from 1991. From 2002 to 2004 he was a principal with Leeds Equity Partners, a New York based private equity firm, and between 2006 and 2007 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Cambium Learning, an educational services provider. Previous employment included McGraw Hill (where he was responsible for Standard & Poor’s and Data Resources) and Dun & Bradstreet. He is chairman of UBM’s Audit Committee."