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Terumi Echols, a former publisher of Christianity Today, has been named presi­dent and publisher of InterVarsity Press. Most recently, Echols served as the publishing house’s director of finance and fulfilment operations.

As head of IVP, Echols will oversee the launch of five initiatives: the IVP Kids imprint; Every Voice Now, a project to amplify voices of color within publishing; a new podcast; a digital learning platform for seminaries; and the IVP Signature Collection, special editions of some of the most popular books in IVP’s 75-year history.