Teresa Perry, Senior Vice President, Publisher Member Audit and Report Processing Services

Teresa acts as senior vice president, publisher member audit and report processing services, for the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), the world’s first and largest circulation-auditing organization and North America’s preferred circulation auditor.

Perry oversees two critical publisher-facing divisions at ABC: Publisher Relations and Technical Review and Report Processing (TRRP).

Perry led the development of the Publisher Relations division since its inception in 2001, with a goal of helping educate, advise and train publisher members on ABC rules and policies. The group has been successful in implementing an array of popular training workshops and seminars called the Professional Circulator Series regionally and online. Perry and her staff are also often invited to speak at various industry conferences and meetings.

Perry also heads up the ABC's TRRP group, which reviews, processes and adjusts member statements such as Publisher's Statements, FAS-FAX, Audit Reports, IVS and more. Under Perry's leadership, TRRP has added time-saving conveniences for publisher members, such as online surveys, worksheets and the online filing tool, which is used by over 70 percent of publisher members to file their Publisher's Statements and FAS-FAX.

Perry joined ABC as a field auditor in 1989 and was promoted to director, Field Auditing, Periodicals in 1998. In 2000, Perry was promoted to vice president, Field Auditing, Periodicals and in 2004, was promoted to her current position. Currently, Perry also serves as the ABC staff liaison to the Magazine Directors Advisory Committee (MDAC),the Magazine Publisher's Liaison Committee, and the Magazine Agent and Fulfillment Committee.

A native of Indiana, Perry has a business degree from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College.