Roy M. Carlisle is the Acquisitions Director for the Independent Institute. In that capacity, he works with the Institute’s Research Director, Center Directors, Fellows and Scholars to identify academic authors for potential book publishing projects. He is also the liaison with the Institute’s print and ebook distributor, Independent Publishers Group in Chicago.

Mr. Carlisle has been Senior Editor at HarperOne, West Coast Senior Editor at The Crossroad Publishing Company, Co-Owner and Editorial Director at Circulus Publishing Group, and General Manager of the Fuller Seminary Bookstore. He has also been a Founding Board Member and former Chairman of the Board at New College Berkeley and Founder and former Executive Director of the Academy of Christian Editors.

He currently serves as a member of the national Board of Directors for the Independent Book Publishing Association.

Mr. Carlisle received his B.A. in philosophy from Whitman College and M.A. in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, studied counseling psychology at Santa Clara University, and taught publishing courses at the University of California at Berkeley and at the IBPA University. He is also a candidate for the Certificate of Achievement in Library Technology at Diablo Valley College.