Leila W. Salisbury has been the director of the University Press of Mississippi (UPM) since 2008. Prior to her appointment, she was marketing director of the University Press of Kentucky. At UPM, she is responsible for the overall direction and management of the scholarly publishing operation, its editorial focus, fundraising, and new technology initiatives and investments. She also acquires the regional and film/popular culture studies lists and serves as primary liaison between the Press and UPM’s eight state consortium campuses. Active in the Association of American University Presses, she currently serves on its board of directors and has served on its program committee, library relations committee, professional development committee, admissions and standards committee, and University Press Week task force. She also writes a regular column for the library publication Against the Grain.