Directors & Staff

The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA) is a trade organization dedicated to supporting, nurturing and promoting independent retail bookselling in California. Organized as a mutual benefit non-profit corporation, the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association is led by a 15-person Board of Directors that includes four officers and two associate representitives from the publishing community. Officers serve two-year terms, while Board members are elected for one to three years, with elections held each spring. The NCIBA employs an Executive Director and an Associate Director and maintains offices in San Francisco, California.

NCIBA Board of Directors

Nick Setka, President
Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
415-927-0960

Judy Wheeler, Vice President
Towne Center Books
Pleasanton, CA
925-846-8826

Ken White, Secretary
San Francisco State University Bookstore
San Francisco, CA
415-338-1475

John Russel, Treasurer
Mountain Bookshop
Sonora, CA
209-532-6117

Mike Barnard
Rakestraw Books
Danville, CA
925-837-7337

Alan Beatts
Borderlands Books
San Francisco, CA
415-8248203

Robert Belmont
Penguin Putnam Adult Paperback
Corte Madera, CA
415-924-1476

Calvin Crosby
Books, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
415-221-3666 ext.23

Traci Fishburn
Bookworks
Aptos, CA
408-688-4554

Kate Levinson
Point Reyes Books
Point Reyes Station, CA
415-663-1542

Ingrid Nystrom
Stacey’s Books
San Francisco, CA
415-421-4687

Luisa Smith
Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
415-927-0960

Lise Soloman
Karel/Dutton Group
Albany, CA
510-528-0579

Paul Takushi
UC Davis Bookstore
Davis, CA
530-752-6846

Tracy Wynne
Cover to Cover Booksellers
San Francisco, CA
415-282-8080

Hut Landon, Executive Director
Joyce Ripp, Administrator
NCIBA
The Presidio
1007 General Kennedy Avenue
PO Box 29169
415-561-7686
415-561-7685 fax


Meetings & Committees

The Board of Directors of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association meet approximately ten times per year. Organization projects and activities are carried out by the NCIBA Executive and Associate Directors with the aid of the Board of Directors and the organization’s standing committees. Current committees include:

Booksellers or individuals in the trade interested in volunteering for one of the above committees should contact the NCIBA office.

For more information about the NCIBA, please contact us.