About the Owners

Stephen and Catherine Saia are the founders/owners of Sunset Slush - Classic Italian Ice®. They moved to Brunswick County, NC, in September 2002. Stephen is from Boston, MA, and Catherine is from Oakton, VA, a suburb of Washington, DC. They are active members in the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce and Stephen is a member of the South Brunswick Island Rotary Club; Catherine is a former member. Stephen was a partner in the former Kool-a-brew Company; now ICON Marketing. Catherine has her Real Estate License and worked as the Director of Marketing and a Broker at Woodsong in Shallotte for four years. She is a former Board member of Communities in Schools (CIS) and the Brunswick Arts Council.

Both had careers in Telecommunications, prior to moving to Ocean Isle Beach. Stephen owned a Northern Telecom distributorship; following a sales career at Northern Telecom. Catherine was in Sales and Marketing for ROLM, a California based company that was bought out by IBM and then Siemens.

Both are proud of Sunset Slush® and the growth they have seen in the past few years. It has been exciting to bring a new product to this area and make it work. They both believe that their success is due to the quality of the Italian Ice and their willingness to work hard.