William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, an independent family-owned publisher since 1911, announced today that it has hired James Ernest as editor-in-chief. He will also join the board of directors as a vice president.

Ernest brings to Eerdmans more than two decades of experience in acquiring and editing academic books in biblical studies and related fields, most recently at Baker Publishing Group, where he was executive editor for Baker Academic and Brazos Press. He also worked previously at Hendrickson Publishers as acquisitions editor and associate editorial director and at H. W. Wilson Company. Ernest holds a doctorate from Boston College, a master’s degree from Boston University and a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

“I will see my role as stewardship of a remarkable heritage,” Ernest said. “I am humbled and delighted to be invited to lead the efforts of an excellent editorial team to consolidate and extend what many regard as one of the strongest academic theological publishing programs in the English-speaking world today."

“It’s a reassuring joy to be succeeded by so able an editor as I know James to be,” said Jon Pott, who will retire at the end of June after having served as editor-in-chief since 1983. “He has the background and the vision to help carry the Eerdmans program in the way all of us here have hoped.”

Anita Eerdmans, president and publisher for Eerdmans, concurs: “We are delighted to have found someone for this very important role who is exceptionally qualified to lead our editorial program into the next chapter of our company’s life and who has a sterling reputation in the world in which and for which we publish."

Ernest will begin work for Eerdmans in June, shortly prior to Pott’s retirement.

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