Maurine Callahan Smith began her career in publishing as a higher education sales representative for John Wiley and Sons and McGraw-Hill.  A “turn-around” specialist, Maurine transformed three separate under-performing territories into substantial profit centers, tasks that earned her the coveted Wiley Outstanding Sales Performance award.  After her commended tenure with traditional higher education publishers, Maurine was an early entrant to the online higher education publishing market with ProQuest’s XanEdu Publishing.  She was XanEdu’s first sales trainer, where she coached its inaugural sales force in the marketing of its CoursePacks product to the higher education market, before, during, and after XanEdu’s official launch.  After taking time away to raise her three children, Maurine returned to publishing by joining KHLowery Consulting in 2009.  Maurine is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, where she majored in English and History.  She lives in Chicago and enjoys spending time with her family.

Amy Wright Hill began her publishing career with the Aviation Week group in Washington, D.C. She then moved to Chicago and began working for McGraw-Hill Higher Education. She worked first as a project manager, managing teams of vendors to maintain production schedules for titles in a variety of disciplines, and then as a developmental editor in the engineering and computer science group. As a developmental editor, she developed first-edition and revision plans for titles in environmental, civil, industrial, chemical, and mechanical and materials engineering. She developed a reputation for strong author relations, providing positive motivation and using pressure when necessary to keep authors on schedule. Amy joined KHLowery Consulting in 2010. She is a graduate of Duke University, where she majored in English. Amy lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Kim Rackliffe is based out of Indianapolis and has over 25 years of sales experience. She began her career at Brown & Benchmark: Social Science & Humanities an expansion division of Times Mirror Higher Education. She successfully built and expanded a brand new faculty customer base. As a result, she received numerous achievement awards in sales, marketing and editorial. While at McGraw Hill she moved into the STEM division. As a Science, Engineering and Math Senior Account Representative, she consistently exceeded her territory sales goals year after year by effectively partnering with faculty, department chairs, deans and provosts in designing, implementing and measuring efficacy of digital solutions. As a McGraw Hill District Manager, she launched key initiatives and strategies in sales, talent acquisition and development, sales learning and sales effectiveness for a team of eleven. After her first year, she was awarded District Manager of the Year and was invited to serve on the District Manager Leadership Council Board. She is a member of Northview Christian Church and recently completed her first mission trip to India where she worked with girls rescued from human trafficking. She continues to advocate for education and human rights. Kim joined KHLowery in 2014.

Helen Orellana is a first-generation college graduate. After earning an International Relations degree from Emmanuel College, she dedicated her professional career to improving the health and life opportunities of Hispanic Americans living in her home state of Rhode Island. During her time at Progreso Latino, she launched a Spanish-language smoking cessation program and helped to pass legislation making all workplaces in the state smoke-free. She also served as youth development director with the mission of opening pathways to higher education. Later, she became Communications Manager and Chief Editor of educational materials for the Rhode Island Department of Health. In this role, she conducted needs assessments and formative research for development of strategies around eliminating health disparities through media campaigns. A love of international travel and language brought her to live and work as a certified early-elementary teacher in the Dominican Republic. For over a decade, Helen has brought these experiences along with a passion for high-quality instruction to her role as project manager for KHLowery. She is fluent in Spanish and continues to serve her community as a medical interpreter.