Dean D. Durbin
Chief Financial Officer
Dean D. Durbin is the Chief Financial Officer for Cengage Learning and a member of the
Cengage Learning Executive Committee. He oversees all financial functions for the company,
along with warehousing and distribution, global production and manufacturing, technology
services, real estate and facilities.
Mr. Durbin has more than 30 years of experience and a strong
track record in finance and executive roles. Before joining Cengage Learning, he
served as the Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer of American Media, Inc.,
a publisher and distributor of newspapers and magazines. In the 10 years before joining American Media,
Mr. Durbin served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and in his last two years as
President and Chief Executive Officer of Vertis Communications, Inc., a marketing services company.
Earlier in his career Mr. Durbin served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Thomson Professional Publishing, a division of The Thomson Corporation (now Thomson Reuters). Mr. Durbin first began his career at the McGraw-Hill Companies where, in his 20 years of service, he advanced through a variety of senior financial management positions in the company's publishing and information services divisions.
Mr. Durbin graduated from St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania with a BS in Accounting.
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