Bookstock Team

Robin is a New York Times bestselling author of twelve non-fiction books; Unmasked, with Paul Holes, debuted as No. 3 on the New York Times bestseller list, while others have been featured in The New York Times, People magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, and other print, television, and radio channels. In her previous role as a newspaper journalist, she was awarded with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard’s Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers, and was twice a finalist and was a co-recipient of the Pulitzer Prize. Robin writes about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. She recently left her position as director of the journalism program at Rutgers University to write full time in Vermont, where she lives with her husband, Loren Fisher, a fine art photographer and gallery owner, and their Bernese Mountain Dog, Pudge.

Bea Jennings – Marketing
Bea, an Upper Valley native, has been a resident of Woodstock since 2018. She returned to the area after finishing college in 2015 and worked as a legal assistant before starting in finance at Dartmouth College.

Angela Moore – Printed Materials
Angela’s career includes creating best-selling tabletop collections for brands such as Ralph Lauren and Tiffany & Co, along with her own popular collection of Angela Moore jewelry, fashion, and home accents. A lover of retail in all its iterations, Angela’s experience spans both company-owned and publicly traded retail locations across the country. She is also the author of the beloved children’s book series “Tales of Kitty Witty”. These days you can most often find Angela at her light-filled studio/office/antiques shop in downtown Woodstock, home to her limited edition jewelry, Kitty Witty collections, antiques and vintage treasures. When she’s not spending time on her AG Moore Building & Design projects, you can find Angela teaching Pilates at the Woodstock Inn.

Priscilla Painton* – Author Program/ Board Vice-Chair
Priscilla came to publishing in 2008 after twenty-eight years as a journalist. Currently Editor-in-Chief at Simon & Schuster, she has published books by Hillary Rodham Clinton (What Happened, The Book of Gutsy Women also with Chelsea Clinton) and John Bolton (The Room Where It Happened); books that dig deep into big corporations (Kochland by Christopher Leonard), Supreme Court showdowns (Supreme Ambition by Ruth Marcus), Russian treachery (Red Notice by Bill Browder), class in America (Janesville by Amy Goldstein), and even First Ladies, including Michelle (About Michelle Obama by Liza Mundy, The Art of Her Deal (about Melania Trump) by Mary Jordan, and The Triumph of Nancy Reagan by Karen Tumulty. Priscilla has resided in Woodstock since 2020 and she is a member of the board of the Norman Williams Library.

Dan Peirce – Development
Dan spent 20+ years in corporate America leading brand teams at Gatorade, Starbucks, and TJ Maxx before pivoting to the nonprofit world where he led Corporate Partnership development with retailers and consumer goods companies. Today, he’s an independent consultant focused on helping clients strengthen both their brand strategy and social impact. He’s an avid reader with a habit of reading 2-3 books at a time and has an embarrassingly long queue of unread books. Dan lives in Woodstock full time with his wife and their pit bull rescue.

Marisa Serafini – Social Media
Marisa is a part time resident of Woodstock, and has served as Bookstock’s Communications Coordinator since August of 2021. She has focused on social media, growing the number of followers from under 300 to more than 1000 on both Instagram and Facebook.

Karen Shea – Cookstock
After a long, full-time career in Healthcare as a clinician, a hospital COO, a corporate VP for a national health insurance company and consultant to nonprofits and private equity, Karen is tapping her organizational skills to launch Bookstock’s farm to table celebration of cookbook authors- Cookstock. Most importantly, she has been a Woodstock resident for 40 years, is the mother to three children, grandmother to two and is known for throwing a great party.