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Neil Schlager
Founder and President
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Neil is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (B.A., history and Ibero-American studies) and the University of Denver Publishing Institute. After a long career with the Gale Group, during which he served as managing editor of the Multicultural Team and senior editor of New Product Development, he founded Schlager Group in 1997.
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Marcia Merryman-Means
Managing Editor
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Marcia graduated from the University of California (Santa Cruz), earning a B.A. in aesthetic studies, with minors in history and anthropology/archaeology. She went on to obtain an M.A. in art history from Columbia University. Later, she studied early childhood education at the Waldorf Institute (now Sunbridge College) in Chestnut Ridge, New York. As a freelancer, she has worked variously as copy editor, developmental editor, project manager, writer, and researcher for such clients as Raven Press, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Gale Group (Scribner/Macmillan), John Wiley and Sons, the Anthroposophic Press, McGraw-Hill, Shambhala Publications, Inner Traditions, the American College of Physicians, and the Museum of Holography. She also has worked on staff for Time Warner (at Sports Illustrated and Fortune magazines). She joined Schlager Group in 2003.
Benjamin Painter
Managing Editor
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Ben graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.A. in English, creative writing specialization, and minor in political science. While at SMU, he facilitated the largest expansion of the university’s creative writing community in decades. He served as vice president of the International English Honor Society (Sigma Tau Delta), vice president of the SMU Writers’ Group, and festival coordinator for SMU’s premier literary festival. He has also completed coursework in literature and international politics at University College, Oxford University. Ben joined Schlager Group in 2009.
Sarah Robertson
Associate Editor / Permissions Coordinator
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Sarah graduated in 2009 from Southern Methodist University with a B.A. in English and History and a minor in Spanish. While an undergraduate, she was a member of the University Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Tau Delta. She then went on to obtain a M.A. in History, with a focus on the American Southwest, from SMU in 2011. She joined Schlager Group in 2011.
Lynn Naughton
Office Manager
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Lynn has over 35 years of office administration and database management/support experience. She has lived in many states, which has led to jobs at the University of Idaho, Los Alamos National Laboratory, two seminaries, and WorshipInstitute.com. She joined Schlager Group in 2009.
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