Meet the Authors

Diane Lindsey Reeves (send email)

Diane Lindsey Reeves, president of Bright Futures Press, is an author and publisher whose early work focused on helping students of all ages figure out what they want to be when they grow up. Diane is the author (or co-author) of a wide variety of career exploration resources including:

• the award-winning Career Ideas for Kids series (published by Facts on File)
• the faith-based So What Am I Gonna Do with My Life series (published by Zondervan)
• Career Toolkit for High School Students (published by Prentice Hall).

Diane’s career started in a kindergarten classroom in Hawaii (where she also taught remedial skills to soldiers) and has included a variety of public relations and community development positions in child advocacy organizations.
Wife, mother, and doting grandmother, Reeves lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is a member of the creative think tank Designbox, a founding member of the Spark Con creative conference, and associated with the American Book Producer’s Association.

Melissa Kerlin and Susan Schneider

Kerlin and Schneider developed the CareerWise products after working for almost for almost 20 years apiece as executives for agencies that provided recruitment and retention programs for employers across the country. They helped create employment brands for companies ranging from Kaiser Permanente, Microsoft and Nokia to Jack in the Box, The Walt Disney Company and AOL.

They frequently heard from hiring managers that new graduates are not prepared with basic work-world skills such as how to articulately discuss their career goals or why they should be hired. Nor are they comfortable with basic employment practices such as job interviewing and discussing a compensation package.

Kerlin and Schneider decided to apply their experiences to the development of materials that are based on what employers wish kids knew and thought about before they enter the workforce. It is a perspective that is very different from that found in most career exploration/employment preparation materials.

For more information about their resources go to www.GetCareerWise.com

For more information, contact Melissa@tailwagstudio.com or Susan@tailwagstudio.com.