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The Pacific Coast Business Times is the weekly business journal for Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. We’re a locally owned company with offices in downtown Santa Barbara. We’ve been publishing since March 17, 2000 and we’ve enjoyed every minute of it!
The Business Times is delivered to subscribers’ offices and homes each Friday. Copies of the newspaper is also available at local newsstand locations.
We are always happy to hear from our readers. You may reach us at the following contact information: Senior Editor Stephen Nellis is the senior editor in the newsroom and covers technology and science, law, politics and media for the Business Times. He writes monthly columns on technology and legal business issues. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has received several national reporting awards, including a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Managing Editor Marlize van Romburgh covers finance and banking and writes a weekly column covering trends and news in the region’s commercial real estate world. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in economics from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where she was the editor in chief of the student newspaper. She has received reporting awards including an award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the Los Angeles Press Club. Dana Olsen covers the business behind health care, tourism and the agricultural industry in the Tri-Counties. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara, where she was an editor at the student newspaper, and holds a law degree from Loyola Law School Los Angeles. Before moving back to Santa Barbara, she completed an editorial internship at The American Lawyer magazine in New York. Special Reports Editor As Special Reports Editor, Dara Barney heads up the Business Times’ research and special section efforts. She graduated from University of Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in Spanish. Previously, she held a reporting internship at the Idaho Statesman and was an editor at her college newspaper, where she won two Idaho Press Club awards. Publisher Linda le Brock is the Publisher of the Pacific Coast Business. Le Brock happily rejoins the team at the Business Times; she was the Development Director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oxnard and Port Hueneme for four years and before that she was the Senior Account Executive at the Pacific Coast Business Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon in Business Administration with a minor in marketing. Director of Marketing Jennifer Hemmy is responsible for marketing the paper to potential new clients as well as handling all of the paper’s sponsorship deals. She also coordinates all the Business Times’ special events. Hemmy graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay and has been with the paper since 2005. Jared is responsible for the maintenance and growth of the following industries: Advertising Account Executive Veronica Kusmuk is responsible for various advertising territories including banking, finance, technology, business services (CPAs & law), hospitality, utilities, and all forms of mediadeals. Ad Production Coordinator/Designer Elizabeth Willhite is responsible for the creation of all in-house ads, as well as working with the advertising sales reps to design, create and produce advertiser ad designs and other related artwork. She also designs all special section covers and posters, and she manages the advertising and pre-press of the newspaper. Elizabeth graduated from Brooks Institute of Photography and is a Santa Barbara native. She currently lives in Carpinteria with her husband Michael.
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Henry Dubroff
Founder and Editor
Henry Dubroff is the chairman, editor and majority owner of the Pacific Coast Business Times. He has served as the editor of The Denver Business Journal and the business editor of The Denver Post. He is a past president of the Society of American Business Editors & Writers and serves in leadership positions with United Way, Ventura County Economic Development Association, the UCSB Economic Forecast Project and California State University Channel Islands.
Stephen Nellis
Marlize van Romburgh
Dana Olsen
Health Care and Hospitality Editor
Dara Barney
Linda le Brock
Jennifer Hemmy
Jared Godinez
Real Estate & Construction, Insurance & Healthcare, Technology, Education, Government & Nonprofits, and Business Products and Services. Jared was born and raised in Ventura and resides in Santa Barbara with his wife Tess. He received a bachelor’s degree in Global Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2006, where he also played Intercollegiate Volleyball.
Veronica Kusmuk
Elizabeth Willhite
