Our instructors are the real deal

PubCom's instructors are seasoned pros who continue to work in the industry in addition to conducting classes.

They teach from real world experience … every class is filled with practical how-tos, tips, tricks, and on-the-job examples. You will learn from the masters!

Bevi Chagnon

PubCom's founding honcho heads up the training team.

Bevi Chagnon is half designer, half geek, and 100 percent teacher. She's a prolific writer on design, web, desktop publishing, 508 accessibility, technology, and digital media. Look for her work in your class (your custom workbooks), as well as online in various forums, tech lists, industry websites, and her blog, The Electronic Page.

Her 35+ years in the industry has seen her as a typesetter, magazine art director, graphic designer, marketing copywriter, direct mail guru, publications director, computer programmer, and website developer.

She's a very familiar face to government publishers; she has taught for GPO's Institute (IFPEP) since the early 1990s, and has worked directly with countless government agencies and their publications for over 3 decades. Bevi is considered one of the country's top consultants on government publishing.

She has also taught at George Washington University's publication specialist certificate program, Howard Community College, and Montgomery College in the Washington DC-metropolitan area.

Topics she teaches: graphic design, web design, Section 508 accessibility, printing technologies, cross-media / digital media technologies, XML, management, desktop publishing, Acrobat, photography, digital image correction, marketing and product development.

Spare time endeavors: photography, gardening, home renovations, and not cooking (her burnt-cheese sandwiches are legendary!).

Sheri German

Google Sheri and you'll have a gazillion hits. She's a driving force behind www.CommunityMX.com, a leading online educational website for website developers and digital media mavens.

Without a doubt, she's one of the country's leading experts for CSS web-standards-compliant website design. She's the author of "The Dreamweaver 8 Visual Encyclopedia" with Kim Cavanaugh, as well as a 14-part CSS training program for Community MX and a contributing author for several other books.

Topics she teaches: everything and anything for the web, CSS, 508 accessibility for websites, web graphics.

Spare time endeavors: it's ballet, darling. Her website is www.swanilda.com … as in the Nutcracker.

Les Greenberg

Les is a familiar face to government publishers.

With 3 decades of federal service, Les is an expert on federal government publishing regulations, as well as of Government Printing Office (GPO) policy and procedures.

He has over 40 years combined experience in printing and publishing, including 10 years in commercial print procurement, sales, and sales management, and 31 years of federal service (16 years at the GPO). Les retired from the federal government in 2006 and now focuses on consulting with and training government publishers. He writes and is often asked to share his knowledge at numerous speaking engagements. Les has been an Adobe Corporation freelancer (product presenter) and has chaired the local Washington DC chapter of the Acrobat Users Group.

Topics he teaches: printing technologies, government procurement, GPO processes, customer service, Acrobat.

Spare time endeavors: CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), and gardening (ask him about the heron who thought the koi pond was a sushi bar!)

PubCom's instructors

•> Bevi Chagnon

•> Sheri German

•> Les Greenberg

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