Byron Williamson | President & CEO
After more than 20 years in the publishing industry, Byron Williamson has founded Worthy Media. Byron began his career as a church educator. He transitioned into the publishing arena as the creator of the highly successful International Children’s Bible and New Century Version projects – selling over 10 million copies. In 1989 he became president of Word Publishing, a division of Cap Cities/ABC (now Disney). Under his leadership the company grew from $19 million to $48 million in annual revenue becoming the largest Christian book imprint. In 1992, Word was acquired by Thomas Nelson, and Byron became president of the Nelson/Word Publishing Group. By 1999 he pushed combined growth from $128 million to $168 million making Nelson the 8th largest consumer book published. During that time period he also launched the Tommy Nelson & J. Countryman imprints. He resigned from Nelson and founded Integrity Publishers in 2001, growing it to $20 million by 2007. Integrity was sold to Thomas Nelson to fund parent company’s privatization transaction. Byron has contributed to many of the industry’s most successful publishing and curriculum products.

Jeana Ledbetter | Director of Development
Jeana Ledbetter is one of the industry’s most seasoned veterans. She has 25 years of experience at the highly influential literary firm, Yates & Yates. Throughout her career she has served as an editorial advisor and most recently as an agent to many highly respected communicators including Beth Moore, Dr. David Jeremiah, Henry Cloud and John Townsend, all of whom have highly successful curriculum products and trade books.

David Howell | Vice President, Finance & Operations
David Howell is known throughout the industry as an astute finance and distribution strategist. He served as Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations at Integrity Publishers. Prior to Integrity, David was the Sr. Vice President of Finance and Operations for Word Entertainment. At Thomas Nelson, he became the Vice President of Finance with a focus on strategic planning, operations, and acquisitions. Early in his career he climbed through the ranks of Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four accounting firms with an emphasis in serving entrepreneurial businesses.

Rob Birkhead | Vice President, Creative
Rob Birkhead is an experienced Marketing and Branding Executive with 20 years in the publishing and music industries. He has served as a Sr. Vice President of Marketing at Thomas Nelson, directing campaigns for New York Times best-selling authors such as Max Lucado, John Eldredge and John C. Maxwell. As Sr. VP at Integrity Publishers he worked with Beth Moore, Frank Peretti, David Jeremiah, Michael W. Smith, Henry Cloud, John Townsend and others developing marketing strategy, live events, direct response campaigns, church simulcasts and national TV ads. He was also the Vice President of Marketing for Word Publishing & Word Records (CapCities/ABC) from 1989 to 1996. Early in his career he served as a Creative Director for McCann Erickson Ad Agency and has worked on national campaigns for accounts such as Coca-Cola, JCPenney and American Greetings.