Personnel at Houchen Bindery Ltd.

Houchen Bindery, LTD Personnel

Please contact any of us at email@houchenbindery.com

In the last 30 years, at least one person from HBL has been in attendance at the twice per year LBI national meeting. HBL personnel have toured over two dozen binderies, both library and edition, as well as visited paper, buckram, board, adhesive, endsheet and equipment manufacturers in the US and Canada. Once per year attendance at ALA is common, as are our over 20 per year appearances at state and special library meetings. We have also attended meetings about On-Demand Publishing, GraphExpo, Historical Preservation, Press Associations, BIA, DRUPA2000 and other related events.

	C E O - H. Don Osborne Iowa State University Prior to purchasing Houchen Bindery in 1977, Don's previous business experience was all in the dairy industry, as an owner and in management. Don has attended many ALA and LBI meetings over the years. Don has been majority owner since 1977.
	Assoc C E O - Connie J. Osborne Iowa State University Connie has been very active in library affairs since 1977. She began her involvement as a member of the board of Library Binding Institute from 1979-85. Connie was also on the organizing committee for the ALA ALCTS/LBI New Directions In Library Binding in October1994. Attended ALA/LC sponsored "Library Preservation: Fundamental Techniques" at Stanford 1985. She also attended ALA/ALCTS in Minneapolis in 1994, Boston in 1996 and Los Angeles in 1999. Has organized and presented workshops in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Nebraska Center for the Book board 1997-present. Connie has been the minority owner since 1977.

	President - H. Damon Osborne Nebraska Wesleyan University Of the family members, Damon is the one best described as growing up in the business. Before becoming President, Damon served as VP Sales for over 15 years, and started serving customers at age 16. He is also active in LBI. Since 1980.

	Vice-President Operations - John C. Salistean University of Nebraska - Lincoln John started in library binding the day after college graduation in 1977. He has been active in ALA and LBI, Board Member LBI 1993 to 1999, LBI Officer 1999-2003, LBI President 2003-05, delegate to the White House Conference on libraries, and DRUPA2000. John serves as corporate Secretary/Treasurer, and is responsible for accounting, computers & LARS/ABLE, and overall business operations.

	Vice-President Plant - Landon K. Osborne University of Nebraska - Lincoln Landon oversees plant operations, and supervision of the staff and equipment. He attended ALA/ALCTS in Portland OR 1989, and Has been active with LBI. Since 1977.

	General Sales Manager - Kevin R. Bonin Southeast Community College Kevin was both a restaurant manager and owner before joining Houchen Bindery Ltd. in 1998.

	Sales Representative - Justin C. Ogren Peru State College Justin worked in the bindery for four years before becoming a Houchen representative in 1999, so he has very good knowledge of our products.

	Sales Representative - Ed Millsap Ed grew up on a dairy and hay farm in central Nebraska. Before joining our team in August of 2004, he was employed in the agricultural field, working mostly with John Deere sales and service.

	Production Manager Forwarding & QC - Susan Hultgrien Many years previous to her bindery experience were spent in production management at a custom product manufacturer. Susie has been with the Houchen Bindery team since 1993.

	Production Manager Finishing & QC - Angie Pekarek Southeast Community College Angie worked with us through high school, and has become a very proficient computer operator and supervisor. Attended the ALA/ALCTS Los Angeles 1999. Oversees data entry, stamping and cloth pulling. She joined us full time in 1989.

	Estimator - Sara Ogren University of Nebraska - Lincoln Sara has used her education in art and architectural preservation previous to working for the bindery and while at the bindery. She attended the ALCTS/ALA meeting in Minneapolis in 1994, Boston 1996 and Los Angeles 1999. She also works closely with the staff on restoration, conservation and preservation. Since 1993.

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