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Peter M. Esposito named CEO of CFM Religion Publishing Group LLC

CINCINNATI, Ohio (March 1, 2012) — CFM Religion Publishing Group, the parent company of RCL Benziger and Standard Publishing, has announced that Peter M. Esposito has been named Chief Executive Officer. Esposito has been president of RCL Benziger since 2010 and continues in that role.

Since joining RCL Benziger, which is the leading provider of pre-K through adult curriculum resources for the Catholic community, Esposito has directed the development of the Be My Disciples series, the new basal curriculum being launched for parishes this year and for bilingual and school curricula in 2013. He has also been responsible for refocusing sales and marketing efforts for both RCL Benziger and Standard.

Esposito has more than 27 years of K-12 educational publishing and technology experience and served in a number of senior level executive roles. He was Managing Director at LEGO Systems; Vice-President of K-12 sales and operations at The Learning Company; he headed up marketing and sales for the Technology Division at Houghton Mifflin Interactive; and at Weekly Reader Corporation Media, he served as Chief Marketing Officer and Group President, managing a portfolio of five business units with more than 200 employees.

His strong marketing leadership, combined with extensive experience in leveraging content digitally, translated into impressive top line growth from legacy brands during Esposito’s time at WRC Media.

Esposito and his wife, Kathleen, have three children and are members of Saint Mary’s Parish in Simsbury, CT, where they taught religious education classes for many years as volunteer catechists.

CFM has also announced that Mark Rosenbaum has been promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for the company. In his new role, he will be responsible for the Accounting, Credit & Collections, Purchasing, Customer Service, Rights & Permissions and I/T departments as well as the Distribution Center. Rosenbaum joined the company in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer.

Rosenbaum previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Sourcelink Ohio LLC, and Controller of Paxar Corporation and Hill Top Research, Inc.; Director of Corporate Accounting for Gibson Greetings, and Corporate Accounting Manager for Dayton Walther Corp. Rosenbaum also worked for KPMG Peat Marwick, Coopers & Lybrand and Ernst & Whinney in auditing. He received his CPA license from the state of Florida.

Rosenbaum and his wife, Jan, have one son and reside in Liberty Township, Ohio.

Be My Disciples launch events kicking off in January 2012!

San Francisco, Maine, Dallas, St. Louis, Boston, Pittsburgh - RCL Benziger will be crossing the country in the coming months, offering catechists and DREs tools and inspiration for promoting discipleship in young people.

bmd logo Beginning in this month, RCL Benziger will help religious educators in "Planting the Seeds of Discipleship," with programs in dioceses throughout the country that will also introduce the new Be My Disciples curriculum to educators. Noted liturgists Tom Kendzia and Mark Friedman, gifted storyteller and vocal performer ValLimar Jansen, and Vatican II expert, Dominican Sister Maureen Sullivan, will be part of these programs, which will offer fellowship, education and inspiration.