John Hays and Kevin Dougherty are now VPs at Inner Traditions, Bear & Co. In a message to the staff, Ehud Sperling wrote, "Please join me in congratulating our two new Vice Presidents - John Hays and Kevin Dougherty. I can say for all of us that both individuals bring a high degree of expertise and professionalism to their job and at the same time are a tremendous support to all of us. We rely on John and Kevin in the certain knowledge that they are there for us and our publishing endeavor. It gives me a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction to recognize them in this way and I look forward, as I know all of us do, to our ongoing, productive and felicitous relations with our two new VPs."
John Hays, a publishing veteran of more than 20 years, joined the Inner Traditions team as Director of Sales and Marketing in 2009.
Kevin Dougherty joined Inner Traditions' IT team in 2007 bringing with him 13 solid years of computer network administration and project management experience.