Staff Directory

Executive Team

• Betty Jagnow
  
  Publisher
  Email | Ext. 1203
• Mark Brown
  
  General Manager
  Email | Ext. 1204
• Ted Suffolk
  
  Assistant General Manager
  Email | Ext. 1263
• Robert Wiseman
  
  Human Resources Director
  Email | Ext. 1331
• David Enoch
  
  Circulation Director
  Email | Ext. 1228
• Barbara Staples
  
  Director of Advertising
  Email | Ext. 1215
• Jim Davies
  
  Printing & Packaging Manager
  Email | Ext. 1319
• Todd Franko
  
  Editor
  Email | Ext. 1253
• Martin Finsley
  
  Director of Information Technology
  Email | Ext. 1383

Advertising

• Barbara Staples
  
  Director of Advertising
  Email | Ext. 1215
• Lisa Arter
  
  Retail Advertising Manager
  Email | Ext. 1214
• Reed Strom
  
  Retail Advertising Supervisor
  Email | Ext. 1372
• Marka Sonoga
  
  Major Accounts Manager
  Email | Ext. 1211
• Jack Sovik
  
  National Advertising Manager
  Email | Ext. 1571
• Charles Wallace
  
  Advertising Multimedia Design Manager
  Email | Ext. 1579
• Rich Sedoris
  
  Creative Services Coordinator
  Email | Ext. 1515
• Dale Gresko
  
  Classified Advertising Manager
  Email | Ext. 1508
• Pam Bissell
  
  Classified Telephone Sales Manager
  Email | Ext. 1321
• Nena Perkins
  
  Community Events Manager
  Email | Ext. 1222

Retail Sales

• Doug Homer
  
  Email | Ext. 1206
• Jane Hassay
  
  Email | Ext. 1224
• Pete Messina
  
  Email | Ext. 1219
• Jim Bartell
  
  Email | Ext. 1205
• Marianne Zetts
  
  Email | Ext. 1231
• Michelle Clark
  
  Email | Ext. 1249

Classified Sales

• John Waldorf
  
  Email | Ext. 1328
• Cheryl Strahler
  
  Email | Ext. 1327
• Dan Messersmith
  
  Email | Ext. 1326

Online Sales

• Reed Strom
  
  Email | Ext. 1255

Tributes/Obituaries

• Tributes
  
  Email | Call 330-743-7816

Interactive Media

If you have a question regarding the site please let us know at
support@vindy.com or via our help form.

• Martin Finsley
  
  Director of Information Technology
  Email | Ext. 1383
• Dan Wegendt
  
  Senior Multimedia Designer
  Email
• Amanda Henderson
  
  Multimedia Web Production Specialist
  Email | Ext. 1343
• David Laird
  
  Web Designer
  Email | Ext. 1257

Newsroom

If you can't find the newsroom contact you need, please email
news@vindy.com or call Ext. 1226.

• Todd Franko
  
  Editor
  Stories | Weblog | Email | Ext. 1253
• Mark Sweetwood
  
  Managing Editor
  Email | Ext. 1384
• Tom Wills
  
  Regional Editor
  Email | Ext. 1226
• Cindi Rickard
  
  Regional Editor
  Email | Ext. 1301
• Carl Basic
  
  Regional Editor
  Email | Ext. 1306
• Ernie Brown
  
  Regional Editor & Columnist
  Columns | Email | Ext. 1304
• Ed Puskas
  
  Sports Editor, Columnist
  Columns | Email | Ext. 1292
• Bertram de Souza
  
  Editorial Writer, Columnist, Weblogger
  Columns | Weblog | Email | Ext. 1280
• Rick Logan
  
  News Editor
  Email | Ext. 1311
• Robert McFerren
  
  Graphic Arts Director
  Email | Ext. 1380
• Barb Shaffer
  
  Society/Features Editor
  Email or Email | Ext. 1282
• Shirley Brown
  
  Home, Garden, & Travel Editor, Assistant Copy/Design Chief
  Email or Email | Ext. 1225
• Matt Arnold
  
  Assistant Design/Copy Chief, Outdoors
  Email | Ext. 1314
• Robert K. Yosay
  
  Chief Photographer
  Media | Email | Ext. 1310

Reporters

• William K. Alcorn
  
  Health, Social Services, Military, Campbell, Lowellville and Struthers
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1303
• Jeanne Starmack
  
  Pennsylvania Bureau
  Stories | Email | (724) 346-4867
• Denise Dick
  
  Education Reporter
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1247
• John Goodwin
  
  Girard, Liberty and Hubbard
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1279
• Linda Linonis
  
  Religion
  Stories | Email or Email | Ext. 1245
• Pete H. Milliken
  
  Mahoning County/Courts
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1284
• Jamison Cocklin
  
  Business Reporter
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1381
• Ed Runyan
  
  Trumbull County Bureau
  Stories | Email | (330) 392-0176
• David Skolnick
  
  Youngstown Reporter, Politics Reporter and Columnist
  Stories | Columns | Email | Ext. 1264

Newsroom Clerks

• Katie Engle
  
  Court, Birth, Agenda, Event Listings
  Email | Ext. 1489
• Sarah Foor
  
  Court, Birth, Agenda, Event Listings
  Email | Ext. 1254

Artists/Photographers

• William D. Lewis
  
  Photographer
  Media | Email | Ext. 1310
• Robert McFerren
  
  Graphic Arts Director
  Email | Ext. 1380
• Robert K. Yosay
  
  Chief Photographer
  Media | Email | Ext. 1310
• Madelyn Hastings
  
  Photographer
  Email | Ext. 1310

Features

• Barb Shaffer
  
  Society/Features Editor
  Email or Email | Ext. 1282
• Matt Arnold
  
  Outdoors Page Editor Email | Ext. 1314
• Guy D'Astolfo
  
  Entertainment Reporter
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1506
• Shirley Brown
  
  Home & Garden, Travel, Hobbies Editor Email or Email | Ext. 1225

Columnists

• Ernie Brown
  
  Minority Affairs
  Column | Email | Ext. 1304
• Bertram de Souza
  
  Politics, Community
  Column | Email | Ext. 1280
• Joe Scalzo
  
  Sports
  Column| Blog | Email | Ext. 1596
• David Skolnick
  
  Youngstown, Politics
  Column | Email | Ext. 1264
• Rob Todor
  
  Sports Editor
  Email | Ext. 1292
• Tom Williams
  
  Sports
  Email | Ext. 1593

Opinion, Editorials

• Bertram de Souza
  
  Email | Ext. 1280

Letters

• Letters to the Editor
  
  Email

Society

• Barb Shaffer
  
  Society/Features Editor
  Email or Email | Ext. 1282
• Linda Hartzell
  
  Society Reporter
  Email | Ext. 1283
• Pat Vuletich
  
  Society Reporter
  Email | Ext. 1281

Sports

• Ed Puskas
  
  Editor, Columnist
  Stories | Email or Email | Ext. 1292
• Joe Scalzo
  
  Reporter, Columnist
  Column| Blog | Email | Ext. 1596
• Bill Sullivan
  
  Reporter
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1291
• Tom Williams
  
  Reporter, Columnist
  Stories | Email | Ext. 1593

Neighbors

• Natalie Scott
  
  Reporter
  Email | Ext. 1510
• Adrienne Crisman
  
  Neighbors Clerk
  Ext. 1510

Circulation

• Customer Service
  
  Email | (330) 746-6561
• David Enoch
  
  Director of Circulation
  Email | Ext. 1228
• Mitch Leigh
  
  Division Manager
  Email| Ext. 1790
• Bill Shultz
  
  Customer Service Manager
  Email | Ext. 1543
• Nena Perkins
  
  Community Events Manager / NIE Coordinator
  Email | Ext. 1222

Information Systems

• Martin Finsley
  
  Director of Information Technology
  Email | Ext. 1383
• James Csernik
  
  Information Systems Specialist
  Email | Ext. 1339
• Bob Petersen
  
  Information Systems Specialist
  Email | Ext. 1339

Maintenance

• Joseph Markulin
  
  Facilities Engineer Ext. 1307
• Joseph Bartolone
  
  Electrician Ext. 1307
• Luke Takash
  
  Electrician Ext. 1307