Meet our news and production team
Led by Publisher Gregory Vanderberg, our seventy-person team in Traverse City includes dedicated local reporters, advertising representatives, and experienced press operators.
70 people
Leadership 5
Gregory Vanderberg
Publisher
Gregory has led the Peninsula Journal since buying it from its founders in the late 1990s. He oversees the paper's editorial direction and the commercial print side together.
Denise Kowalczyk
Operations Director
Denise runs the production floor and scheduling that ties the weekly edition to the job-print calendar. She started on the press crew and moved up over two decades.
Carol Lindqvist
Sales Director
Carol leads the advertising team across print and online, setting rates and coaching the reps. She has sold for the Journal since the early 1990s and knows most local retailers personally.
Thomas Brennan
Editor
Thomas directs the newsroom, assigning coverage of government, schools, and sports and shaping each week's front page. He has edited the Journal for over fifteen years.
Caroline Vanderwall
Controller
Caroline oversees the Journal's finances, payroll, and billing for both the paper and the print shop. She joined after years running the books for a regional distributor.
Sales 16
Rebecca Hollenbeck
Account Manager
Daniel Petoskey
Senior Account Manager
Ashley Nowak
Account Manager
Kevin Amundson
Account Manager
Patricia Sellers
Account Manager
Tyler Osterhout
Account Manager
Danielle Kowalczyk
Account Manager
Marcus Boland
Account Manager
Renee Thibodeau
Senior Account Manager
Jacob Petoskey
Account Manager
Ashley Nguyen
Account Manager
Gary Lundquist
Account Manager
Brittany Mercier
Account Manager
Steven Ragsdale
Account Manager
Olivia Charbonneau
Account Manager
Derek Valentine
Account Manager
Operations 26
Marcus Ellinger
Pressroom Supervisor
Luis Mercado
Press Operator
Nathan Brinks
Press Operator
Patricia Holloway
Prepress Technician
Carl Dombrowski
Bindery Operator
Jasmine Okafor
Distribution Coordinator
Robert Kaminski
Mailroom Operator
Emily Sauter
Maintenance Technician
Dale Hoffman
Press Operator
Marcus Ellery
Press Operator
Ryan Kowalczyk
Press Operator
Tanya Brecht
Bindery Operator
Gerald Nystrom
Bindery Operator
Brittany Salas
Mailroom Operator
Kevin Doran
Mailroom Operator
Luis Vargas
Prepress Technician
Angela Petrowski
Prepress Technician
Scott Bergman
Maintenance Technician
Dennis Oleson
Maintenance Technician
Cheryl Marden
Distribution Coordinator
Travis Lindqvist
Press Operator
Joann Rieck
Mailroom Operator
Derek Ashby
Press Operator
Patricia Noll
Bindery Operator
Jordan Fiedler
Prepress Technician
Randy Koski
Press Operator
Customer Support 17
Megan Thorvaldsen
Customer Service Representative
Brian Castellano
Customer Service Representative
Donna Krupa
Customer Service Representative
Caleb Mortensen
Customer Service Representative
Marlene Dubois
Classifieds Coordinator
Howard Teske
Circulation Clerk
Greg Lindholm
Customer Service Representative
Yvonne Beaudry
Customer Service Representative
Dustin Haugen
Customer Service Representative
Loretta Pankowski
Customer Service Representative
Tyrell Washington
Customer Service Representative
Sandra Vogel
Customer Service Representative
Alan Petoskey
Customer Service Representative
Kimberly Ostrander
Customer Service Representative
Bernard Schroeder
Customer Service Representative
Jasmine Carrothers
Customer Service Representative
Cody Vanderwall
Customer Service Representative
Finance 6
Nancy Vanderploeg
Bookkeeper
Terrence Okafor
Bookkeeper
Gail Sorensen
Billing Clerk
Roger Bialek
Billing Clerk
Priya Natarajan
Accounting Clerk
Deborah Ketterling
Billing Clerk