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Exciting News from the Sunbelt Crew!

Sunbelt Founders Diana and Lowell Lindsay are retiring! The new owners of Sunbelt Publications are long time employees Lisa Gulick and Maria Groschup-Black, and Maria's wife Nichole.

Together, Lisa and Maria have 40 combined years with the company and will strive to continue the legacy that is Sunbelt Publications. Diana will continue in supportive roles while she works on her many writing projects.

Lisa will continue in her role of sales manager extraordinaire and assume the title of CEO. Maria takes the role of CFO while continuing her work in accounting, and managing the warehouse. Nichole, new to the business, is assuming the role of corporate secretary and holds title as The Manager of all Things Strange.

To all of our fans and customers, Sunbelt Publications will continue to produce and provide the high quality titles and stellar customer service for which we are known. We welcome your feedback, so please let us know how we can better serve our community!

Spotlight on Lisa

Lisa began her sales career at Sunbelt in 1997 and quickly became account manager for larger accounts. Eventually she became sales and office manager where she has delighted us all with her wit, and ability to know just what the client needs. It has been said the she is the one who coined the phrase "you want fries with that."

When not glued to her sales desk, or managing the latest office project, Lisa enjoys writing, reading, and all things mystical.

Spotlight on Maria

No one is exactly sure when Maria joined Sunbelt, as she just kind of showed up one day, but best estimates are early 2010. Since then she has worked in a variety of positions and is a Jill of All Trades. Maria started in sales at first and then spent time in marketing. Eventually she took over the accounting office and found a happy fit. Most recently Maria added warehouse management to her resume and enjoys splitting her activities throughout the day.

When not working, she tends her worm farm, or can be found fishing off the Ocean Beach Pier for mackerel which she then uses for catfish bait at the local reservoir.

Spotlight on Nichole

Nichole comes to Sunbelt from a very different background. She is a full-time Special Education Teacher of severely disabled students and also tutors outside of class. Her patience and calm manner are invaluable to Lisa and Maria as they frequently turn to her for research, ideas, and aesthetics when planning a project. She is the queen of handling odd forms and processes that businesses require in order to make all of the bells and whistles work.

In her spare time Nichole can be found.... Oh who are we kidding? Nichole has no spare time.

Spotlight on: The Rest of the Story...

Debi Young will continue as our Production Manager, putting together award-winning books and creating exiting new publications. In the warehouse we have assistance as needed from some very key fellas for whom we are so greatly appreciative!

And as it must be said, "Thank You! Thank You!" to our customers, authors, vendors, and friends. Sunbelt Publications is only possible because of your support, talent, input, and assistance throughout the years. We look forward to to continuing our work with you all!

In addition to change of ownership and management, Sunbelt Publications will be moving to a new location. Keep an eye open for more on that later!