James Francis - Vice President of Sales
james.francis@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 225

James is a graduate of the University of South Florida and has an extensive background in the food industry as a Store Manager and District Manager, with Kash N' Karry (which is now Sweet Bay).

In 2004, James joined Retail Detail Merchandising as a Retail Supervisor and was later promoted to Director of Retail Operations in 2005.

James is currently the Vice President of Sales for Sealane Marketing.

Jonathan Lam - Data & Schematic Manager
jonathan.lam@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 227

Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Calgary with a Bachelors of Commerce, Finance degree.

Jonathan joined Sealane Marketing in 2002 as a Data Analyst. His current responsibilities include managing the STM Category Management Software, data analysis and construction of all ProSpace and Intactix color planograms.

Arica Whitehouse - Account Manager
arica.whitehouse@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 267

Arica graduated from University of Central Florida in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Communication.

Arica was Finance Manager at Lexus of Orlando for 3 years before joining Sealane in June 2009 as Administrator for Albertsons, Kerr Drug, Kmart, Supervalu, Target, Winn Dixie and Wal-Mart.

Arica's responsibilities include preparing all Account Forms, tracking all purchase orders and HBC set administration and participating in all presentations.

Catherine Walters - Account Manager
catherine.walters@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 230

Catherine is a graduate of Rollins College with a Bachelors of Arts degree.

Catherine joined Sealane Marketing in 2006 as an Account Administrator.

Catherine's current responsibilities include CVS, Food Lion, and Hannaford. She is responsible to prepare all Account Forms, track all purchase orders, construct Sales Reports and Seasonal Set Tracking.

Catherine was promoted to Account Manager in 2010 and is currently responsible for all CVS, Food Lion, and Hannaford issues.

Leah Lilly - Account Administrator
leah.lilly@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 222

Leah graduated from University of Central Florida in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration - Marketing.

Leah was a Sales Associate at Staples for 4 years before joining Sealane in August 2009. In April 2010, Leah became Administrator for Publix HBC.

Leah's responsibilities include preparing all Account Forms, tracking all purchase orders and HBC set administration and participating in all presentations for Publix.

Sandy Manning - General Merchandise Administration
sandy.manning@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 223

Sandy started her career in 1985 as the Office Manager of Sabal Marketing.

Sandy joined Sealane Marketing in 2001 as a General Merchandise Administrator.

Sandy's current responsibilities include all administrative duties for Publix GM products. She is responsible to prepare all Account Forms, track all purchase orders, construct Sales Reports and Seasonal Set Tracking. In addition, Sandy participates in most account presentations.

Melissa Pierce - Office Manager
melissa.pierce@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 223

Melissa graduated from the University of Colorado in 1993 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.

Melissa has over 16 years of business administration experience, holding managerial positions in Operations, Billing, and Human Resources. Melissa joined Sealane as Office Manager in January 2009 and is responsible for all Accounting, Associate Benefit Programs, Finance, Legal, and Insurance issues.

Chip Lane - President
chip.lane@sealanemkg.com
407-862-7363 ext 229

Chip graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting.

Chip later worked for Nova Sales, which was one of the largest Food Brokers in the United States. During his tenure at Nova, Chip managed both the Headquarter and Retail responsibilities for all GM and HBC products at Albertson's, Kash n’ Karry, Publix and Winn Dixie. Chip managed the sales of McCormick Spices, Duracell, L'Oreal, No-Nonsense, Shulton and Vidal Sassoon.

Chip founded Sabal Marketing in 1985, which provided headquarter and retail representation to major accounts in Florida. Sabal represented various companies such as Schering-Plough, Playtex Products, Foster Grant Sunglasses, Fonda Paper Group and Hawaiian Tropic.

Sabal Marketing later became Sealane Marketing, which is one of the largest brokers of Suncare Products in the US, generating over $20 Million in Suncare sales per year.