November 2009 — Alive welcomes Sarah Ring as our new Contracts Administrator. She arrives via the financial services sector, having worked at Smith Barney and United Bank of Switzerland as an asset management consultant. A journalism graduate from Biola, she replaces Cindy Wilson, who now directs the contracts department of Zondervan. “We’re thrilled to have Sarah in this critical position, interfacing with our agents, authors and publishers. She is tenacious and will be a great advocate for authors,” says Alive president Rick Christian. –RC