Director of Sales

Phone: 616-459-4591
Contact Franklin by e-mail

Franklin Goldberg has over a decade of experience selling theological books, and as a former pastor he has used Eerdmans titles personally for over fifteen years. One of Franklin's favorite activities is shooting archery with his four children.

Subsidiary Rights Manager

Phone: 616-459-4591 ext. 551
Fax: 616-742-6111
Contact Tom by e-mail.

Tom DeVries has worked at Eerdmans since 2001, first in the warehouse and eventually in his current position. Having grown up on the mission field in the Philippines and Guam, he is passionate about everything international, and the years he spent working alongside his parents at Faith Bookstore in Guam gave him an early interest in the international book business. To keep up with the latest news, Tom has a habit of trying to read between five and ten international newspapers every day.

Field Sales Manager

Phone: 678-520-7238
Contact Jerry by e-mail.

Jerry Arends is a 20-year veteran of the Eerdmans sales department. Prior to his time at Eerdmans, he attended seminary, taught in a pastor’s training institute in Nigeria for five years, and managed the Calvin Seminary Bookstore. He enjoys getting outdoors whenever he can — hiking and biking in the mountains of north Georgia and North Carolina near his Atlanta home — and (what else?) reading, especially history books that explore the clash of world cultures and clever mysteries featuring thoroughly jaded detectives.

• National ABA and CBA chains
• Bookfairs
• Select independent bookstores

Field Sales Manager

Phone: 616-459-4591 x514
Contact Jesse by e-mail.

A native of Saskatchewan, Jesse Myers brings to Eerdmans a wide variety of sales experience, as well as a B.A. in literature, an M.Div. from Providence Theological Seminary (Manitoba, Canada), and “most of a Ph.D.” (soon to be “all of a Ph.D.”) in moral theology from the Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy at the National University of Ireland. In his spare time, Jesse enjoys fishing, gardening with his wife, and reading to his three-year-old son.

• Domestic distributors
• International accounts
• Select trade, religious trade, college, and seminary stores

Field Sales Manager

phone: 616-459-4591 x515
Contact Bob by e-mail.

Bob Gaudet has been with Eerdmans since 2012. After growing up in Austria he completed a Master of Divinity and was pastor of a church in the US for several years. In addition to his ministry background he has almost a decade of experience in sales. His favorite thing to do in his spare time is hanging out with his wife and two children. He is also an avid New England sports fan.

• Libraries and library jobbers
• Colleges, universities, and professors
• Select independent general trade stores

Inside Sales Representative

phone: 616-459-4591 x510
fax: 616-776-7628
Contact Jessica by e-mail.

Jessica VanBuren is a recent graduate of Grand Valley State University, where she earned a B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations and gained experience in marketing and market research. Jessica grew up around small children, thanks to the in-home daycare her mother ran throughout her formative years, and she brings a wealth of understanding and intuition to her work with titles from Eerdmans's children's imprint, EBYR. A lover of many things crafty (she likes scrapbooking, drawing, making cloth and paper flowers, pottery, jewelry making, and even creating handmade paper), Jessica also enjoys traveling, meeting new people, and learning about different cultures. She shares her home with a Hemingway cat and two cockatiels.

• Select independent trade bookstores
• Museum, hospital, and other gift shops