Karine Pansa is the President of the International Publishers Association as well as Publishing Director of Girassol Brasil Edições, a 22 year old Children’s Book Publisher in Brazil.

Karine has been in the publishing industry for almost 29 years, holding a number of roles within the industry in Brazil, including two terms as President of the Brazilian Book Chamber and seats on the boards of the National Book and Reading Plan and the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind.