The Observer Group Inc.
“If we are to build a better world, we must remember that the guiding principle is this — a policy of freedom for the individual is the only true progressive policy.”
Friedrich Hayek
“Road to Serfdom,” 1944

Locally Owned
Publishers of The Longboat Observer, The East County Observer,
The Sarasota Observer, Season magazine and
Gulf Coast Business Review

Chairman / David Beliles
Editor and CEO / Matt Walsh
Vice President / Lisa Walsh
CFO / Laura Keisacker

The Longboat Observer  
5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive
Longboat Key, FL 34228
Phone: 941/383-5509
longboatnews@yourobserver.com
longboatletters@yourobserver.com

Editor and CEO / Matt Walsh,
mwalsh@yourobserver.com
Publisher / Executive Editor / Lisa Walsh,
lwalsh@yourobserver.com
Chief Digital Officer / Emily Walsh,
ewalsh@yourobserver.com

Deputy Executive Editor / Jessica Luck,
jluck@yourobserver.com
Managing Editor / Kurt Schultheis
kschultheis@yourobserver.com
City Editor / Robin Hartill,
rhartill@yourobserver.com
Community Editor / Katie Hendrick
Khendrick@yourobserver.com
Diversions Managing Editor / Stephanie Hannum,
Stephanie@yourobserver.com
Arts & Entertainment Editor / Mallory Gnaegy
mgnaegy@yourobserver.com
Assistant Managing Editor / Design / Nancy Schwartz,
nschwartz@yourobserver.com
Black Tie/Staff Photographer / Rachel O'Hara
rohara@yourobserver.com

The East County Observer  
1970 Main Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941/366-3468
Fax: 941/362-4808
eastcountynews@yourobserver.com
eastcountyletters@yourobserver.com

Publisher / Matt Walsh,
mwalsh@yourobserver.com
Publisher / Executive Editor / Lisa Walsh,
lwalsh@yourobserver.com
Deputy Executive Editor / Jessica Luck,
jluck@yourobserver.com
Managing Editor / Pam Eubanks,
peubanks@yourobserver.com
Associate Editor / Jen Blanco,
jblanco@yourobserver.com
Staff Writer / Josh Siegel
Jsiegel@yourobserver.com

The Sarasota Observer   

1970 Main Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941/366-3468
Fax: 941/362-4808
sarasotanews@yourobserver.com
sarasotaletters@yourobserver.com

Editor / Publisher / Matt Walsh,
mwalsh@yourobserver.com
Executive Editor / Lisa Walsh,
lwalsh@yourobserver.com
Associate Publisher-Multimedia / Emily Walsh,
ewalsh@yourobserver.com
Deputy Executive Editor / Jessica Luck,
jluck@yourobserver.com
Managing Editor / Randi Donahue
rdonahue@yourobserver.com
Assistant Managing Editor / Design / Nancy Schwartz,
nschwartz@yourobserver.com
City Editor / Roger Drouin,
rdrouin@yourobserver.com
Diversions Managing Editor / Stephanie Hannum,
Stephanie@yourobserver.com
Arts & Entertainment Editor / Mallory Gnaegy,
mgnaegy@yourobserver.com
Community Editor / Nick Friedman,
nfriedman@yourobserver.com
Black Tie/Staff Photographer / Rachel O'Hara,
rohara@yourobserver.com
News Editor / Alex Mahadevan,
alexm@yourobserver.com 

Pelican Press
1970 Main Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941/366-3468
Fax: 941/362-4808

Editor / Publisher / Matt Walsh,
mwalsh@yourobserver.com
Executive Editor / Lisa Walsh,
lwalsh@yourobserver.com
Associate Publisher-Multimedia / Emily Walsh,
ewalsh@yourobserver.com
Deputy Executive Editor / Jessica Luck,
jluck@yourobserver.com
Managing Editor / Randi Donahue
rdonahue@yourobserver.com
Assistant Managing Editor / Design / Nancy Schwartz,
nschwartz@yourobserver.com
News Editor / Alex Mahadevan,
alexm@yourobserver.com
Diversions Managing Editor / Stephanie Hannum,
Stephanie@yourobserver.com
Arts & Entertainment Editor / Mallory Gnaegy,
mgnaegy@yourobserver.com
Community Editor /Nick Friedman,
nfriedman@yourobserver.com
Black Tie/Staff Photographer / Rachel O'Hara,
rohara@yourobserver.com

Digital Sales Manager / Kathleen O'Hara,
Kathleen O'Hara / kohara@yourobserver.com


Multimedia Sales Consultants /
Laura Ritter, lritter@yourobserver.com
Lori Ruth, lruth@yourobserver.com
Suzanne Munroe / smunroe@yourobserver.com
Kenji Trujillo / ktrujillo@yourobserver.com
Victoria Baga / vbaga@yourobserver.com
Bob Lewis / blewis@yourobserver.com
Penny DiGregorio / pdigregorio@yourobserver.com
Rosemary Felton / rfelton@yourobserver.com
Darcy Jahn / djahn@yourobserver.com
Rose Mango / rmango@yourobserver.com
Kelly Shirmer / kshirmer@yourobserver.com

Marketing Coordinator /
Leslie Gnaegy / lgnaegy@yourobserver.com

Multimedia Fullfillment Specialist /
Danae DeShazer / ddeshazer@yourobserver.com

Account Managers /
Rachel Livingston / rlivingston@yourobserver.com
Susan Leedom / sleedom@yourobserver.com

Classified Advertising Sales Executives /
Maureen Hird / mhird@yourobserver.com
Courtney Callahan / ccallahan@yourobserver.com

Interactive art director / Designer / J Caleb Stanton,
cstanton@yourobserver.com

Advertising-Production Operations Manager / Kathy Payne,
kpayne@yourobserver.com / advertising@yourobserver.com
Advertising-Production Coordinator / Brooke Schultheis,
bschultheis@yourobserver.com
Advertising Graphic Artists / 
Monica DiMattei, mdimattei@yourobserver.com
Shawna Polana, spolana@mass.rr.com
Marjorie Holloway, mholloway@yourobserver.com
Luis Trujillo, ltrujillo@yourobserver.com

Administration
CFO / Laura Keisacker,
lkeisacker@yourobserver.com
Accounting Manager / Lori Downey,
ldowney@yourobserver.com
Accounting Assistant / Kathy Klein,
kklein@yourobserver.com

Subscriptions & Circulation
Subscribtion/Circulation/Admin. Assistant – Longboat, Sarasota, East County / Donna Condon,
dcondon@yourobserver.com


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