Partnering with domestic and international organizations across multiple consumer sectors to drive financial performance and strategic growth. Delivering rigorous financial management, strategic planning, and operational excellence to advance revenue generation, organizational development, stakeholder engagement, and DEI initiatives.

• Led strategic planning initiatives to increase audience and market share for seven community publications, including The Press Democrat, North Bay Business Journal and Sonoma Magazine.

• Implemented new revenue streams and improved operating efficiencies across the operation, resulting in improved, sustainable profitability.

• Launched The Press Democrat Journalism Trust, a 501(c)3 organization, to provide financial support and practical experience to student journalists. Leveraged resources to result in enhanced visibility resulting in a 30% growth in organizational funding.

• Successfully led company through acquisition in May, 2025.

As President of the Western Division, my role was centered on providing vision and guidance for establishing new goals, developing pathways to success, and integrating both the operational frameworks and technological platforms necessary to achieve company objectives in highly challenging environments. My relentless drive to foster a culture of continuous improvement and penchant for aligning multidisciplinary teams has allowed me to impact efficiency, increase companywide productivity, and produce measurable gains in profitability.

I believe that protecting and strengthening the culture of an organization is critical to long-term success and by investing in individuals, supporting professional growth, and empowering staff through positive motivation, I have been able to create autonomous leaders acutely focused on achieving common goals.

Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to work with so many incredibly talented professionals and have had the opportunity to empower individuals through targeted mentoring, coaching, and motivation. This team-centric approach is an integral part of my leadership strategy and underpins my success in defining an aggressive company trajectory built to outperform our competition. I have been instrumental in leading innovation, overseeing key M&A projects, and refining business models to provide clients with industry leading products and services.

As Chief Operating Officer, my role was focused on managing complex operations spanning multiple states and leading cross functional teams to continuously improve metrics performance. During this time, I led a strategic initiative that comprehensively transformed our content management model and allowed us to not only standardize excellence across all content development methodologies but also substantially reduce our operating costs.

By applying Kaizen-style principles to long-standing processes, rethinking how we serve our customers across the entire life cycle, and delivering exemplary quality across our product portfolio, I was able to drive extensive gains in efficiency while positioning the organization for long-term success in continuously evolving markets.