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Casey Grantham Misty Voitovski
Editor
Creative Director
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asey Grantham is editor of
Arizona in the Saddle Magazine.
A graduate of South Mountain
Community College, Casey holds
a degree in Business Management
and has worked in Customer Service
for the past twelve years. She is also
a licensed cosmetologist and had
dreams of opening a salon for both people and
pets before her husband Gordon convinced her to
take on this magazine with him. Though naturally
business inclined, Casey says it took some heavy
persuading on her husband’s part to bring her
on board. Venturing into unknown territory was
intimidating but Casey ultimately trusted her
ordon Grantham is a man with few fears.
husband’s intuition and now is happy to work side
An Arizona native, Gordon had no previous by side with her husband in an industry and in an
experience in the publishing world but
arena they are both passionate about. Gordon and
seeing a need and recognizing an opportunity
Casey with their six children love camping, riding
he couldn’t pass up, Gordon enthusiastically
horses, gardening, and attending as many equine
began his career as publisher of Arizona in the
and Western events as possible in their busy life.
Saddle Magazine. Working for the feed store
Casey also enjoys cooking, volunteering at her
that his grandparents’ owned since the age of
children’s school and cheering the children on in
sixteen, Gordon was already familiar with the
their many sports activities. Arizona in the Saddle
equine industry. Possessing vast knowledge
Magazine being a small family business, Casey is
about Western Culture and a love of the lifestyle,
responsible for a little bit of everything and her
Gordon knew that this publication would bring
customer service skills serve her well. She comes
exposure to what he felt passionate about. Gordon from a family of writers; her great grandfather,
lives what he terms a ‘simple lifestyle’ but does so Michael “Bop” Fessier was a famous Hollywood
happily and publishing Arizona in the Saddle is
writer and her father served as Art Director for
one way he feels he can aid in the continuation
several national magazines. Though she always
of Western Culture. He enjoys the good life,
felt envious of the gratification her father derived
spending time tending to his property where he
from his work and wished she could possess the
and his wife, Casey raise chickens, horses, and six same level of passion in a career, Casey always
children. As publisher of a growing publication,
believed that cosmetology was the path she was
Gordon feels privileged to meet new people with
meant to take (her mother was a hair dresser)
shared interests as he works the sales side of the
until her husband presented this opportunity.
business. He also truly cares about the magazine’s Once Casey jumped in, she knew immediately that
advertisers and says he really wants each and every this publication was where her heart was. She feels
business that advertises with them to succeed. He’s that through the magazine she can share her own
also grateful for all the new people and the new
passions with the community and is pleased to
places he’s able to visit and learn about while on
know so many others still value Western Culture.
this daily adventure.
She also loves meeting so many new people
through her work and being immersed in this way
in the equine industry.
Gordon Grantham
Publisher
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November 2014