Meet The Team
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”

Amy Bethea, Director, Liaison & Partnerships ~ Amy Bethea is a seasoned publishing professional with decades of educational and publishing experience to her credit.  Ms. Bethea has worked for major book publishers and stock photo houses over the past 20 years.  She worked as Photo Editor in the General Library at Photo Researchers Inc. and as Senior Photo Editor at Comstock for several years.  Ms. Bethea has worked extensively with Scholastic Inc., on several key projects, such as the Animals in Order, America The Beautiful and Enchantment of the World book series.  Other notable accomplishments include designing and photo researching an automobile exhibit for Samsung Transportation Museum in Japan, numerous business, science, language and psychology books for Houghton Mifflin.  She brings not only a wealth of knowledge and experience to this company, but the knack for managing teams with effective oversight.

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Myrna Breskin, Manager, Allied Health Division ~ Myrna Breskin has over 30 years of writing and publishing experience. Her experience includes editing management, developmental editing, and acquisitions editing.  She was an acquisition editor and subsequently a senior acquisitions editor for the Career Education Division of McGraw-Hill. Her main area of concentration has been on allied health and reference materials.  She was the chief etymology editor of the first edition of the American Heritage Dictionary.  She has been a contributor to numerous dictionary projects both in print and online. Myrna has authored or co-authored books and ancillary products (including online material) in medical terminology, medical reference, nursing, and other allied health subjects. 

Janet Randall, Manager, K-12 Division, an Education Consultant and Florida Certified Teacher with more than 25 years experience in teaching kindergarten through college, as well as, designing and writing curriculum for those levels has also served as a school principal, currently as district manager and Educational Consultant for ACES Tutoring.  She helps direct this “Florida Designated Excellent Provider” as they address the rigorous demands of No Child Left Behind and state standards, having now served over 2800 students. Randall has worked as a staff and freelance writer as well as a contributing editor of paper and online science curriculum for, among others, Rue Publications and Learning by Grace Inc. In addition she has designed Basic Language Arts (K-3 including ESL) Assessments and Basic K-3 Math Assessments in accord with No Child Left Behind and state standards allowing tracking of individual goal and benchmark mastery.

 

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Lorry Schoenly, Manager, Nursing Division ~ Lorry Schoenly, a doctorally prepared registered nurse with over 25 years of experience, leads the nursing team. Dr. Schoenly has written and edited a variety of nursing publications including more than two dozen articles, book chapters and nursing continuing education products. She specializes in clinically oriented content for electronic, internet, and traditional print mediums.  Dr. Schoenly is adjunct faculty for two academic nursing programs and lends her unique expertise to the TRM Team by organizing, originating and developing outstanding products for our publishing partners. 

Editorial Team: K-12 and Higher Education (writers & editors)

  • Kristi Lew, Author, Science, Health
  • Melissa Kinsey, Author, Medical, Science, Health
  • Jules and Effin Older, Authors, Children's Books
  • Alex Talavera, Spanish, Author, Travel, Geography, Latin America
  • Randy B. Hecht, Spanish, Author, Business, Travel
  • Melissa Crytzer Fry, Business, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Science
  • Tara Thompson, Copy editor, Translator
  • Jonathan Smith, Mathematics, Science
  • Willy C. Cardoso, Portugese, English
  • Mary Ann Pearson, Multiple subject writing & editing, ELL, Adult Literary, Special Education, Intervention
  • Sandy Jolley, Writer, copy editor, indexer, proofreader
  • Kaylon Goodwill, Developmental editor, copyeditor
  • Leroy Lee, Proofreader
  • Cynthia Clampitt, Dev. Editor, history, geography, literature, ESL, business, science, economics, human interests
  • Rachel Hockett, Dev. Editor: literature, ESL, social sciences, medicine, health, mathematics, and science
  • Joel Roggenkamp, Business, Computer Information Systems
  • Sandra D. Coburn, Math, Business, French
  • Lisa Benjamin, Language Arts, ELL, Social Studies, Science, Reading/Literacy

Trade Book, Magazine & Web Team (writers & editors)

  • Elina Furman, Bilingual Author, Human Interests, Young Adult, Travel
  • Leah Furman, Bilingual, Author, Young Adult, travel,
  • Iyna Caruso, Author, Art, Travel, Lifestyle, Business, Home, Bridal
  • Leslie Pepper, Author, Health, Celebrity, Human Interests
  • Michelle Margetts, Environment & Nature, Business and Entertainment

Art Team

  • Chanin Knight, Graphic Design Artist
  • Karen Hoots, Art Director, Graphic Design Artist, Illustrator
  • Sue Murray, Pagelayout Artist, Cartographer
  • Patricia Simmons, Photo Editor
  • Charlene Pinckney, Photo Editor
  • Caroline Commins, Photo Editor, Photographer
  • Anastasia Pleasant, Photo Editor
  • Stephanie Zangeneh Azam, Graphic Design Artist
  • Michael Sinanan, Graphic Design Artist

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