Yellowbook's Executive Team

Joe Walsh is the President and CEO of Yellowbook. Under Joe's leadership, Yellowbook has grown from a small independent publisher in Long Island, New York to the leading independent publisher in the country, with approximately 1,000 directories in 48 states plus the District of Columbia.

Joe entered the yellow pages business in 1982 when he co-founded IYP Publishing, a company he later sold to DataNational. He served as Vice President of Sales for DataNational until joining Yellow Book in 1987. In 1992, Joe was named the company's CEO.

Credited with Yellowbook's unprecedented growth, Joe has led the company through a series of acquisitions and new market launches, as well as unprecedented print and online growth.

One of the most respected leaders in the industry, Joe has received numerous awards and has been interviewed by some of the country's top print and broadcast outlets. In 2008, the Association of Directory Publishers (ADP) presented Joe with The Wil Lewis Award, the association's highest distinction for outstanding lifetime contributions to the directory publishing industry. Joe was also awarded Ernst and Young's "Master Entrepreneur of the Year" award in New York, has been featured in Forbes Magazine's "Entrepreneurs - Up and Comers," as well as the front page of the Wall Street Journal in April of 2004, in an article titled, "Yellow Book USA Grabs Business from Baby Bells with Cheap Ads." He has also appeared on news programs such as CNBC and CNNfn.

Joe serves on the Board of the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) and is the former Chairman of the Association of Directory Publishers (ADP). He is also a Board of Trustee Member for the Bullis School in Maryland.