Naugle joined Leader's Edge as book review contributor in 2022. When he's not running the Pass Books/Cat Island Coffeehouse in Pass Christian and Gulfport, Miss., he works as president of consumer solutions for Cadence Insurance, previously serving as its chief operating officer. Naugle received his undergraduate degree in insurance and risk management from Penn State University, earned a master of liberal studies degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., and a master of arts degree from Tulane University in New Orleans.