Who We Are

Doug Seibold, president, has worked for 30 years in trade, educational, and nonprofit publishing and media. From 1999 to 2002, he was founding editorial director of UNext, which created online schools in partnership with universities such as Stanford, Columbia, and the University of Chicago. He founded Agate in 2003, started Agate Development in 2005, acquired Surrey Books in 2006, and created the Agate Digital and Midway Books imprints in 2012.

Meghann Caldwell, business development manager, began her career in 2014 as a K-12 account executive at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In 2017, she joined Goodheart-Willcox, where she worked with higher education institutions on manufacturing and technical educational content. She joined Agate in 2020.

Hannah Manion, publishing coordinator, graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University with distinction in English Literature. She joined Agate in 2019.

Henry Begler, digital media coordinator, joined Agate in 2021. Prior to that, he worked as label manager at Mixpak Records.