Susan began her educational journey as an elementary school teacher and middle school social studies teacher in Cleveland, Ohio. Susan went on to become a consultant and curriculum developer for an educational research company. With her strong passion for education and vision to reach many local educators with up to date resources, she founded Baum & Beaulieu Associates, Inc. with her former business partner, Nancy Beaulieu. Working in educational sales since 1979, she and Nancy saw the need for teacher professional resources to be offered to the schools on Long Island and in NYC. In 1990, an opportunity to become distributors of Heinemann was the beginning of the distribution process. Baum & Beaulieu Associate, Inc. quickly became known as Your Source for Professional Books, providing resources for over sixty companies in New York State and most recently in New Jersey.

In 2000, Susan initiated Standards of Literacy, a series of workshops featuring local and national speakers on relevant educational topics.

Susan’s professional goals are to help teachers enhance their teaching experience and effectiveness as professionals in such a way that fosters a love of learning by students while raising student achievement.

Susan enjoys spending her free time entertaining, reading and traveling with her husband, Eric. Susan's greatest pleasure is spending time with her three daughters, their husbands and six active grandchildren.

Jamie Baum-Garippo
Jamie graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in elementary education and psychology. Upon graduating she received her masters from Dowling College in special education. She began her teaching career in the Patchogue Medford School District as a first grade teacher. In 2003, interested in teaching in an urban school, she moved to Manhattan where she joined the staff at PS 59M. Jamie became a resource room teacher and later taught in a kindergarten collaborative team teaching classroom. Jamie joined the Baum & Beaulieu team in 2005. She has learned from the best mentor, her mom. Jamie resides on Long Island with her husband and two children.

Shira Baum-MacGregor
Shira graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY with a culinary arts degree and Bachelor's degree in business. She worked at the NBA and Time Warner headquarters in NYC for two years in catering and event planning. She joined the "Baum" sales team in 2008. Shira is currently living on Long Island with her husband and daughter.

Carol Dibble
Carol worked as a travel agent for seven years before joining Baum & Beaulieu Associates, Inc. in 2004. Her responsibilities include accounts payable, purchasing, data analyst, customer service representative and workshop specialist. Carol is married with two beautiful daughters ages 14 and ll years old and lives on Long Island. She's a soccer mom and an avid Yankees fan. In her free time she loves photography and cooking. Carol's future plans include traveling and exploring vacation spots that she has always wanted to visit.

Manny Ferrer
Manny was born in the Phillipines and worked as a Process Engineer in a semi-conducter manufacturing company for 15 years. He moved to NY and began to work for Baum & Beaulieu Associates, Inc as a warehouse manager. Due to his meticulous organization, he has created systems that make it is easy to locate any of the thousands of titles in the warehouse within seconds. Manny resides with his wife and three beautiful children. If Manny is not singing in the warehouse he enjoys singing in two church choirs. During Manny's time off you will also find him surfing the web and keeping up to date with the latest technology and trends. Manny enjoys traveling and makes frequent trips to visit his family in the Philippines.

Kim Autio
Kim brought her previous knowledge of working as a warehouse manager for six years to Baum & Beaulieu Associates, Inc. in 2005. Her background knowledge in operating a warehouse has helped run Baum & Beaulieu's 6,000 square foot space both effectively and efficiently. Her responsibilities include inventory control, setting up systems, invoicing, administration and customer service. Kim is happily married with two beautiful girls. In her free time she likes to spend time with her family, pursue creative hobbies and read James Patterson books.

Susan Reynell
Susan, of Reynell Educational Resources, has teaching experience encompassing Grades 1-4. Susan holds a Master's in education from Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. For almost 20 years, she has been an independent representative for a variety of educational publishers. Susan takes pride in identifying and promoting the best resources available for educators and districts across the upper half of New York State. She is pleased to have the opportunity to display professional books from many publishers at upstate New York conferences.

Lynda Zins Dixon
Lynda taught special education for seven years, after which she began selling residential and commercial real estate. Realizing that she missed the connection with education, she combined her love of education and her experience in sales to begin her career in educational sales. After twenty years working with a variety of companies dealing with instructional materials, she formed her own company, Lynda Zins Dixon Books. The companies Lynda works with, all focus on Literacy and Lynda has added Baum & Beaulieu Associates, Inc. to her book bag expanding her range of offerings to customers to the world of professional books to New Jersey educators.

Ann Warner
Ann Warner formerly taught special education before starting a career in educational sales. Her educational sales experience includes working for Modern Press and Pearson Learning. Ann currently works as an independent sales representative for Baum & Beaulieu in South Jersey. She lives outside of Princeton, New Jersey with her husband Adam and two wonderful teenage daughters.