About McClatchyMcClatchyMNI_15019c42-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2cCraig I. FormanPresident and Chief Executive Officer -- Craig I. Forman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of McClatchy. Forman is a private investor and entrepreneur, a former media, technology and telecommunications executive and former Wall Street Journal bureau chief and foreign correspondent. He has held executive roles with Earthlink, Yahoo!, Time Warner, Infoseek, and Dow Jones. Since 2009, Forman has served as a director on a variety of public and private company boards. He is the executive chairman of the board of Appia, Inc., a Durham, N.C., based mobile-applications marketer and distributor. Forman also serves on the boards of Coincident TV, LLC, a video technology company; MotiveCast, Inc., a social media and mobile gaming producer; Success Media, LLC, an online video training company; and Yellow Media, Inc., a Canadian publisher of print and digital business directories. Previously he served as executive chairman of WHERE, Inc., a leading mobile-advertising technology network acquired by eBay Inc. in 2011. Forman began his career as foreign correspondent and editor for The Wall Street Journal. He worked as a deputy bureau chief in The Wall Street Journal's London bureau and later served as bureau chief in the newspaper's Tokyo bureau.Elaine LintecumVice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer -- Elaine Lintecum has been Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer at McClatchy since May 2012 and is responsible for all of McClatchy’s financial operations. Prior to her appointment as CFO, Lintecum spent 24 years in McClatchy's corporate Finance Department holding a variety of key positions, including financial analyst, investor relations manager, assistant treasurer and treasurer. She was McClatchy’s financial reporting specialist for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings and has played an instrumental role in every major financial development at McClatchy for more than two decades. Lintecum first joined McClatchy in 1988 after working as a Certified Public Accountant in the audit department of Deloitte Haskins & Sells, a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche. Lintecum serves on the board and audit committee of the River City Bank and has several board positions on companies in which McClatchy has investments.Scott ManuelVice President, Customer & Product -- Scott Manuel is Vice President, Digital Product and Technology. He leads the company’s efforts to create consumer-focused digital products that leverage the power of data to deliver rich experiences and invests in high-potential initiatives to accelerate digital growth and revenue. He is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, a technology hub for the company. Scott joined McClatchy in 2017. He is a multi-disciplined executive with a wealth of management, technology and product development experience in media, financial services, healthcare and energy companies. He works at the intersection of technology, product, finance and strategy. Prior to joining McClatchy, Scott was Vice President of Applied Innovation at Thomson Reuters. Scott is a graduate of North Carolina State University with a degree in Computer Engineering and received an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.Billie S. McConkeyVice President, Legal/People & Corporate Secretary* -- Billie McConkey became Vice President, Human Resources in 2015. Her role was expanded to include Corporate Secretary duties in January 2016 and legal duties in July 2017. Previously, McConkey was a practicing labor and employment attorney. McConkey has provided legal counsel to three different news companies over her career, beginning in 1998 when she joined Phoenix-based Central Newspapers, Inc., then publisher of The Arizona Republic, The Indianapolis Star and other daily newspapers, in an executive role as vice president, labor and employment counsel. She moved to Knight Ridder in 2000 as special labor counsel and continued in that capacity for McClatchy when McClatchy acquired Knight Ridder in 2006. McConkey began her legal career in 1995, working in private practice and specializing in employment issues. *California Registered In-House CounselAndrew PergamVice President, News Operations and New Ventures -- Andrew Pergam is Vice President, News Operations and New Ventures. He leads teams that coordinate news coverage across platforms, publish digital and print publications and reimagine journalism efforts across the company. He also leads McClatchy's award-winning video operation, the company's global partnerships with technology companies and management of its venture investments. Andy joined the company in 2014 as Head of Video to develop a comprehensive video initiative focused on editorial, product and revenue opportunities. The team has expanded to include the Creative Lab (McClatchy's in-house branded content studio), McClatchy Studios (which produces docuseries on streaming providers) and the McClatchy New Ventures Lab. Andy is also co-founder of Spark Camp, an event series that gathers leaders in media, technology and other industries for a series of important and intimate conversations throughout the year. Prior to joining McClatchy, he was a Senior Editor and the Director of Video at The Washington Post, leading long-term strategy and overseeing day-to-day operations. He was an on-air reporter for many years and created online programming for a division of NBC Universal, before running the digital operations of an NBC-owned property. Andy earned a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and graduated from Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Washington, D.C.Mark ZiemanVice President, Operations -- Mark Zieman has been Vice President, Operations since May 2011 and oversees all of McClatchy's local media markets and their digital and print operations. He also has oversight of several key corporate divisions, including Advertising, Digital Revenue Development and Production. Prior to his corporate appointment, Zieman served as president and publisher of The Kansas City Star, where he was also editor, managing editor, projects editor and an investigative reporter during his 25 years at the newspaper. As a journalist, he wrote, edited or directed projects that won dozens of national awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. He started his journalism career in the Houston bureau of The Wall Street Journal in 1984. Zieman is a trustee of the William Allen White Foundation at the University of Kansas, his alma mater. He also has an MBA from Rockhurst University.McClatchy Board of DirectorsCraig I. FormanDirector and President and Chief Executive OfficerElizabeth BallantineDirector -- Elizabeth Ballantine has been a director of McClatchy since March 1998. Prior to joining the Board of Directors, Ballantine was a director of Cowles Media Company, a position she had held since 1993. Since 1999, Ballantine has been president of EBA Associates, a consulting firm. From 1993 to 1999, she was an attorney in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin and Oshinsky LLP. From 1990 until 1993, she worked as a private consultant advising clients on international business investments. Ms. Ballantine is a life trustee of Grinnell College in Iowa and was chair of the Governing Board of the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C. Since December 2004, Ballantine has been a director of the mutual funds of the Principal Financial Group of Des Moines, Iowa. She also serves on the board of directors of the Durango Herald, Inc., of Durango, Colorado.Leroy Barnes Jr.Director -- Leroy Barnes Jr. has been a director of McClatchy since September 2000. Barnes is the retired vice president and treasurer for PG&E Corporation, a position he held from 2001 to 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Barnes was vice president and treasurer of Gap, Inc. Prior to that, Barnes held various executive positions with Pacific Telesis Group/SBC Communications. Earlier in his career, Barnes was a consultant at Touche Ross & Co., a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche. Barnes received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University and his MBA from Stanford Business School. Barnes is also a member of the boards of directors of Frontier Communications, Inc., Principal Funds, Inc. and Principal Variable Contracts, Inc.Molly Maloney EvangelistiDirector -- Molly Maloney Evangelisti has been a director of McClatchy since July 1995. She worked in various capacities for The Sacramento Bee from October 1978 to December 1996, including the oversight of special projects.Anjali JoshiDirector -- Anjali Joshi is an accomplished technology executive who has held significant leadership positions in high-growth companies. She is a currently a Vice President of Product Management at Google where she leads groups focused on the software, network and computing infrastructure, translation products and internationalization/localization of Google products. Most recently, she has been integral in managing Google’s Fiber to Communities effort, which will ultimately bring ultra high-speed broadband access to as many as 500,000 people across the United States. Prior to joining Google, Anjali was Executive Vice-President of Engineering at Covad Communications, the first DSL Competitive Carrier in the US and helped the company grow from a start-up to a public company. Anjali spent several years at Bell Labs working in the areas of voice and high-speed data communications. Anjali received her BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur, a Masters in Computer Engineering from SUNY and a Masters in Engineering Management from Stanford University. She was recently selected as one of the top 50 alumni who have graduated from IIT Kanpur in the last 50 years. She is on the board of the IIT Kanpur Foundation and has served as a board member of TiE, Silicon Valley.Brown McClatchy MaloneyDirector -- Brown McClatchy Maloney has been a director of McClatchy since September 2004. Maloney is the owner of Radio Pacific, owner of KONP radio, an ABC affiliate in western Washington state. From 1988 through November 2011, he was the owner of Olympic View Publishing, publisher of the Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum. From 1974 to 1987, prior to his ownership of Olympic View Publishing and Radio Pacific, Maloney held various circulation and advertising positions at the Anchorage Daily News, The Sacramento Bee and The Fresno Bee. He served as the president of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association from 1996 to 1997 and is the former president of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation.Kevin S. McClatchyDirector and Non-executive Chairman of the Board -- Kevin S. McClatchy has been a director of McClatchy since September 1998 and non-executive chairman of the board since May 2012. From 1996 to 2007, he was the managing general partner and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team. From 1994 to 1995, he was president of the Northern California Sports Development Group and The Modesto A's, a minor league baseball team. He held various positions with McClatchy from 1990 to 1994, including serving as sales director for The Newspaper Network, Inc., advertising director at the Amador Ledger Dispatch and sales representative for The Sacramento Bee.William McClatchyDirector -- William McClatchy has been a director of McClatchy since September 2004. McClatchy is an entrepreneur, journalist and co-founder of Index Investing, LLC. He currently serves as editor of Index Investing's ETFzone.com, a website supplying content concerning exchange-traded index funds. In 1999, McClatchy co-founded indexfunds.com, a website for index investing content. From 1987 through 1991, McClatchy served in a variety of editorial positions for computer magazines, including staff writer at PC Week and MacWEEK, and microcomputing editor at InformationWeek. From 1993 to 1996, McClatchy worked as a reporter for The Fresno Bee.Theodore R. MitchellDirector -- Theodore R. Mitchell is on his second term as a McClatchy director, having served from September 2001 until May 2014 and currently since May 2017. He was the Under Secretary of the United States Department of Education from May 2014 until January 2017, responsible for all post-secondary and adult education policy programs as well as the $1.3 trillion Federal Student Aid Portfolio. Prior to his federal service, Dr. Mitchell served for ten years as CEO of the NewSchools Venture Fund, a national investor in education technology from September 2005 to May 2014. Dr. Mitchell served as President of the California State Board of Education, President of Occidental College, and has held a variety of leadership roles at UCLA, including Vice Chancellor. He was deputy to the President and to the Provost at Stanford University and began his career as a professor at Dartmouth College where he also served as Chair of the Department of Education.Clyde W. OstlerDirector -- Clyde W. Ostler has been a director of McClatchy since May 2013. In March 2011, he retired from Wells Fargo & Company as a group executive vice president, vice chairman of Wells Fargo Bank California and president of Wells Fargo Family Wealth. During his 40-year tenure with Wells Fargo, Ostler served in a number of capacities, including vice chairman in the Office of the President, chief financial officer, chief auditor, head of retail branch banking, head of information technology, head of institutional and personal investments and head of Internet service. Ostler was a member of Wells Fargo's management committee for more than 25 years. He has served on a number of for-profit and not-for-profit boards. He is currently a member of the board of directors of EXLService Holdings, Inc. and is a member of the advisory council of FTV Capital, a private global investment company. From May 2002 to November 2006, Ostler served on the board of directors of Mercury Interactive Corporation and from November 1999 to November 2004, was a member of the board of directors of BARRA, Inc. Ostler is currently chairman of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Directors' Advisory Council.Maria ThomasDirector -- Maria Thomas has been a director of McClatchy since August 2016. She was an early product leader at Amazon.com and has been building innovative digital business models and lasting consumer brands ever since. Thomas spent seven years leading NPR Digital, and was a driving force behind NPR's successful transformation from a radio-only company to a best-in-class multimedia enterprise. Thomas was the first non-founder CEO at Etsy from 2008 to 2010, leading the young company through a period of extraordinary growth and into profitability. Under her leadership, Etsy became a trusted global brand and e-commerce platform serving hundreds of thousands of sellers. Subsequently, Thomas served as chief marketing and consumer officer for SmartThings, a pioneer in the consumer Internet of Things arena, where she helped the company navigate its journey from launch on Kickstarter to a $200 million sale to Samsung. Thomas currently serves on the board of the privately held digital textile printing and e-commerce company Spoonflower. She served three years on the board of online grocery company Relay Foods before its merger with Door-to-Door Organics. Thomas is also an angel investor in several startups.Stronger, more successful communities and businesses_15019e86-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2cTo deliver high-quality journalism_15019fc6-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2cIndependenceFiercely independent. Relentlessly innovative. We've always blazed our own trail, finding new ways to extend our reach and deepen our ties to the communities we call home.InnovationCommunityStoriesDeliver meaningful and impactful stories._1501a0de-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c1See what happens behind the headlines. Whether it’s digital, print, still photography, or video, our journalists work tirelessly to deliver meaningful and impactful stories.TruthGet to the heart of the stories that matter most._1501a214-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c1.1The truth never sleeps, so neither do we -- The talented and passionate teams within our local media companies and Washington D.C. bureau work night and day to get to the heart of the stories that matter most.Communities & BusinessesMake the communities and businesses we serve stronger and more successful._1501a3ae-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c2CommunitiesBusinessesWe're engaging with our communities. Everything we do is driven by a desire to make the communities and businesses we serve stronger and more successful.CitizenshipBe an essential part of our communities._1501a4d0-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c2.1At the heart of every community we serve We do more than cover stories that matter -- the talented staff in our local media companies work hard to be an essential part of their communities.ProjectsWork with local communities to find creative ways to make them stronger and more vibrant._1501a61a-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c2.2"I live here. I love it." Our Together program works with local communities to find creative ways to make them stronger and more vibrant. It’s a truly collaborative effort: people from the community tell us what projects they'd like the program to take on, and local businesses fund the efforts. A Together campaign might take the form of art installations crafted by local artists; "I live here. I love it." chalkboards that encourage people to share why they love the city they call home; or a video contest where students show their school pride.Charitable EffortsGive back to help communities grow and thrive._1501a732-93aa-11e9-a2fd-85f4a57b1d2c2.3Giving back is part of who we are -- McClatchy has a long history of helping communities grow and thrive, a legacy which continues to this day. Our local teams are involved in hundreds of charitable efforts and events every year, working with community groups, schools, businesses, and other institutions to make our neighborhoods stronger, our culture richer, and every community we serve a better place to be.2019-06-20https://www.mcclatchy.com/aboutOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net