About Us
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Lon Matejczyk | |
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Lon is Publisher of the Colorado Springs Business Journal, the four base newspapers that make up the Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group, and The Transcript. Lon has been focused on serving the Business Community for more than a decade and is the former Advertising Manager of the Milwaukee Journal, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Business Publications Corporation in Des Moines Iowa. Lon has also worked for Freedom Communications and Thomson Newspapers in management roles in Florida and Wisconsin. Lon received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and attended the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Lon is a member of the Alliance of Area Business Publications. Colorado Springs Community and Business Activity
Lon also spent several years as a sea captain and holds a 100-ton Coast Guard License. Living and working in the Caribbean, Florida, Great Lakes and the Bahamas had some benefits but one can tend to get a bit of sea water between the ears living that lifestyle so he swallowed the anchor and came back to land. Lon is also an avid rugby fan having played, coached and refereed the sport for many years. He still plays in old-boy games when his bones don’t hurt too much. |
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Rob Larimer | |
| Writing has always come easy to me – except when it comes to writing about myself. So, when I was asked to punch out this little profile of myself, I procrastinated – for about six weeks. Then, one day, our usually jovial publisher, Lon, phoned me up at my desk. He began the conversation like this: “Rob, this is the publisher.” (Certainly I knew who it was, but his restatement of his managerial authority was not without purpose.) “Where’s your profile for the Web site?” he asked.And believe it or not, shortly after the phone call, I began writing this:
Hi. I’m Rob Larimer. I’m managing editor here at the Colorado Springs Business Journal. My professional past includes a list of varying stints of employment at the Colorado Springs Gazette, The Denver Rocky Mountain News and The Capitol Reporter, where I covered the Colorado General Assembly for two sessions. Contact me if you have a big story for the CSBJ. |
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Becky Hurley | |
| Becky Hurley first joined the Colorado Springs Business Journal as a contributing writer in 2001, specializing in commercial real estate and business feature stories.She left for a year from 2003 to 2004 to work for a local nonprofit and returned as a full-time staff writer focusing on real estate and employment articles.
“What I find fascinating about writing for the Colorado Springs Business Journal,” she says, “is the energy, creativity and broad range of opportunities generated by our local business community. I like providing a balanced look at all sides of issues that affect the business-to-business sector – and enjoy talking to the people who help create a dynamic, forward-thinking community.” Prior to joining the newspaper, Hurley worked 10 years for the Gates Land Co., developers of Cheyenne Mountain Ranch on the city’s south side. Her background also includes five years as a marketing director with the local cable television company, as a real estate marketing consultant and as the public relations director for a local communications agency. |
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Amy Gillentine | |
| Amy Gillentine has worked for the Colorado Springs Business Journal since October, 2005. She has degrees in journalism and political science from The University of Memphis, and is working on a master’s at the University of Colorado at Denver. Amy has won journalism awards in Texas and North Carolina. | ||
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John Hazlehurst | |
| John was born and raised in Colorado Springs, where his family has lived since the 19th century. He dropped out of college, acquired an ancient wooden sailboat and spent the next six years sailing around the world.
He then worked at a variety of jobs; charter boat captain, delivery skipper, investment banker, owner/operator of a fleet of charter sailboats — until 1981, when he came back to the Springs. Since then, he’s been a Realtor, renovated Victorians, bought/sold historic art, served a couple of terms on city council, sold advertising and been a freelance journalist. |
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Rebecca Tonn | |
| Rebecca Tonn joined Colorado Publishing Company during August 2006, writing for the Fort Carson Mountaineer and learning to properly wear Kevlar and body armor. During October 2007, she made the transition to the Colorado Springs Business Journal office, where she covers banking and finance.
Rebecca has a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, and has lived in gorgeous Colorado since 1986. When she’s not calling financial advisers or bankers for quotes, she enjoys hiking Barr Trail, mountain biking, yoga, skiing — albeit not very well — reading, and hanging out with her children, family and friends. |
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Scott Prater | |
| Scott Prater made the career move to journalism during 1998 when he began covering sports in Colorado Springs. He moved on to cover community news and worked as a copy editor and page designer.During July of 2008, he started at the Colorado Springs Business Journal, where he splits his time between the Schriever Air Force Base newspaper and the CSBJ.
Sports dominate Scott’s life outside of the office. He enjoys attending his son’s events as well as local professional, college and high school games. |
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Ken Keegan | |
| A veteran cartoonist covering the Colorado homefront. He has been drawing cartoons about life in this great state since the early nineties. Always striving to stay current, his editorial feature “Coloradoh! Views” has won Colorado Press Association awards the last four years in a row. “My cartoons are not intended to ridicule any person or political persuasion but to treat them all with equal irreverence.” | ||
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Tex Stuart | |
| Tex is the General Manager of the Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group and Director of Advertising for the Colorado Springs Business Journal. During his 30+ year career, he has earned numerous marketing awards, including first and second place international, for his efforts on behalf of trade magazines, Southern Living, book publishers, direct marketers, PBS and NPR.Tex began his advertising and marketing career with Cook’s Farm Directories and Touchdown USA while majoring in advertising at the University of Minnesota. He’s worked with major national advertisers and agencies from Boston to San Francisco. Tex serves on the Southeast Armed Forces YMCA Advisory Board and is Chairman of the KRCC Public Radio Community Advisory Board. | ||
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Tom Grinewich | |
| Tom Grinewich is an Account Executive with the Colorado Springs Business Journal. He’s been with the CSBJ since 2004. Previous sales and marketing experience include Marketing Manager for Adelphia, Retail Sales Manager, Adelphia Western Region and Air Operations Manager at KRDO-TV.Tom is a board member of the Colorado Springs Customer Service Association. | ||
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Mark Howard | |
| A seasoned advertising and sales exec, Mark spent the first 20 years of his career in Minneapolis ad agencies. His expertise in media analysis, planning, client services and new business development began at Campbell-Mithun and culminated in the founding and management of his own award-winning agency. Mark holds an undergraduate degree in business administration and attended Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota in its accelerated MBA program.
Mark is an avid golfer and, over the years, has been a certified club-fitter, launch monitor technician and demo specialist for Titleist and Cobra. In addition to golf, Mark enjoys hiking and camping in the mountains, and he exercises his creativity working with stone, porcelain and ceramic tile designs and settings. |
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| Pam Millman | ||
| Pam Millman moved to Colorado Springs about a year ago and has joined the Military Newspaper Group as an account executive. Pam has spent her entire professional life in the newspaper and magazine business. After graduating from Ohio University with a degree in journalism, she began as a daily newspaper reporter in New York City.
Most recently, Pam was associate publisher of Parents magazine. At Parents, she worked hard to help advertisers and their agencies effectively reach busy young women with young children. Today, Pam is working with large and small sized advertisers here in Southern Colorado. Her goal is to help every one of her accounts reach the military community more efficiently. She really believes the active and retired military here in Colorado Springs are the heart and soul of this town. |
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Tammy Fogall | |
| I’ve lived in beautiful Colorado Springs for the past 15 years. I have been in the newspaper industry since the early 1990’s and I love it! In the past I have worked for a recruitment advertising agency, a daily paper for 10 years and joined the Colorado Publishing Company in January of 2005. Customer Service is my specialty! I served as Publicity Director for the Colorado Springs Customer Service Association from Sept. 2001- Sept. 2003. Then in 2005 I was nominated for the Going the Extra Mile Customer Service Award. My husband, Larry & I, have 2 children and enjoy the Colorado life! | ||
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Heidi Witherington | |
| I’m a native of Colorado (Ft. Collins if you must know.) I moved back to the Springs in 2000 after a stint in New England. I started to work for the CSBJ in 2002 as the receptionist/researcher for the Book of Lists. In 2004 I was promoted to Director of Circulation/Office Manager. In September 2007 I moved into sales and am the Classified Sales Manager.I have to say this is the best team of people I’ve ever worked with! In the future, I’d like to become the first female President (if Hilary doesn’t do it first) of the US or the Queen of my own island should I win the lottery.
We have a professional department to handle the steady flow of classified advertising for the combination buy of the Business Journal and the four military base paper’s classified section, Colorado Power Classifieds. |
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Catherine Grindheim | |
| Catherine (Cate) Grindheim joined the Colorado Publishing Company in July of 2007 as a Classified Account Executive. She has a BA in Biology from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She was born in Colorado Springs and shortly after moved to Indonesia where she lived for 13 years. Upon returning to the states, she lived in upstate New York and moved back to Colorado Springs after getting married in 2000. She speaks Indonesian fluently and has studied Russian and French. She enjoys swing dancing, traveling, sailing and hiking. | ||
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Hyrum Choate | |
| Hyrum Choate joined the Colorado Publishing Company in August of 2007 as a Classified Advertising Executive. Hyrum received his B.A. in Journalism with an emphasis in advertising and public relations from the University of Northern Colorado.
In his free time, Hyrum enjoys playing sports, movies, concerts, writing and is an amateur comedian. Hyrum has performed in several clubs across Colorado. Also Hyrum makes the world’s best cheesecake! |
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Tessa Anderson | |
| Tessa Anderson joined the Colorado Springs Business Journal in 2004 as an intern, while attending school full time at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. In May 2005 she was hired as marketing assistant. Tessa earned her marketing degree in summer of 2006. | ||
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Kathy Bernheim | |
| Kathy Bernheim manages the Daily Transcript, which has been in publication since 1907 but she hasn’t worked on it nearly that long. She enjoys meticulous customer service and long hours working well into the evening. When she’s not serving attorneys and public notice advertisers, she can be found making sandwiches to feed the Colorado Publishing Army.When you call to place an ad, you’ll know it’s her when you hear that warm soft voice. She’s trying to get the publisher to let her offer discounts on public notices if you bring a bag of cat food, but it may be a while before that happens. | ||
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Sue Dougherty | |
| Sue is a native Coloradoan. She was born in Denver and raised in Colorado Springs. Her family owned a wholesale floral business. She spent many summers planting carnations, roses and mums in the greenhouses. Sue has three brothers and one sister. She has two children, Michelle and Don, and one grand daughter, whom she loves to spoil.She attended Adam State College in Alamosa and the newly named Colorado Southern University in Pueblo. Her primary studies were in education, communications and performing arts.
Sue has spent the last 30 years in the business industry. Her positions ranged from administrative assistant to director of sales and public relations. She enjoys attending special events where she can extend her strongest attributes in networking with business representatives and being a meeting planner. When she isn’t working, Sue loves to perform. She is a talented character actress, writer, teacher of the arts and acting coach. One of her current challenges is writing her first screenplay. She truly enjoys working with the staff, and meeting the challenges of her position with the Colorado Springs Business Journal. |
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Rowdy Tompkins | |
| Have an ad that needs to be built? Rowdy is the one to call, with over 12 years at the CSBJ, he might have your logo on file. He oversees 6 graphic artists as well as babysitting numerous Account Executives. When he started here he had a full head of hair… when its completely gone he claims he will retire. | ||
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Mike Reid | |
| Born and raised in Connecticut, Mike moved to Colorado in 1998 to find out what mountains REALLY look like. With almost 20 years in the graphics industry, there’s not much he hasn’t had experience with at one point or another. His desk is covered with various toys and games, but he assures us that actual work still gets done. If you’re ever in the office, stop by for a quick game of pool or a handful of M&Ms.Mike’s hobbies include gaming, reading and music and he currently serves as the music director for the Production Department. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, daughter, cat, 4 fish and various dragons, trolls, orcs and elves. | ||
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Christy Rotunno | |
| Christy is one of our graphic designers. A former Boulderite who grew up in New York, she enjoys exploring all the trails of Colorado and chasing her mischievous cat, Oliver, out of the refrigerator and bathtub in her spare time. | ||
