Yarn Market News is committed to supporting the independent yarn retailer by being a forum for pertinent issues facing our industry. In an effort to better fulfill that objective, we’ve instituted an editorial advisory board made up of a cross-section of industry players, from owners and executives of yarn companies large and small to distributors and publishers to yarn shop owners themselves. We're confident this will help in our mission to educate readers about behind-the-scenes issues and challenges affecting different sectors of the industry and to ensure balanced and objective editorial content. We are pleased to announce that the following people have agreed to serve as charter members:

Julia Bement, a long-time yarn-industry sales rep

Jim Bryson, owner of Bryson Distributing

Rick Caron, director of business development for Coats & Clark

Beth Casey, owner of Lorna’s Laces

Stacy Charles, president of Tahki•Stacy Charles

Mary Colucci, executive director of Craft Yarn Council of America

Cynthia Crescenzo, owner of Knitting Central in Westport, CT

Alan Getz, president of JCA

Trisha Malcolm, editorial director of SoHo Publishing

Mary McGurn, owner of Colorful Stitches in Lenox, Massachusetts

Patty Parrish, executive director of TNNA

Betsy Perry, sales director of Classic Elite Yarns

Jason Krellenstein, ESQ, New York-based attorney specializing licensing and publishing law