Pacific Coast Business Times is the weekly business journal of record serving Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties.
Now in its 26th year of publication, the Business Times has won numerous awards, including a national Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for breaking news, “Best in Business” awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, and several Los Angeles Press Club awards. Our web site has twice been recognized in Editor & Publisher magazine’s “Ten that do it Right” competition.
The Business Times has the largest team devoted full-time to business and financial news on the Central Coast. Our multimedia platform includes weekly print editions delivered each Friday, email newsletters and alerts, events and a combined print-digital subscription that provides full access our website.
Included with each subscription are 24 special reports, including Dealmakers of the Year, Professional Careers & Higher Education, Giving Guide, our Year-end Tax & Financial Planning Guide and a number of Who’s Who sections that profile the major players in key industries. Subscriptions also include a copy of our Book of Lists, the region’s most comprehensive business-to-business directory.
Pacific Coast Business Times produces numerous awards events each year, including Spirit of Small Business, Top 50 Women in Business, Central Coast Best Places to Work, Business Hall of Fame, Latino Business Awards, Fastest Growing Companies, 40 Under 40 and Central Coast Innovation Awards. These events offer unique sponsorship and networking opportunities as well as a chance to get to know the region’s top companies. More information is available on our events page, here.
The Business Times is delivered to subscribers’ offices and homes each Friday. Copies of the newspaper are also available at local newsstand locations.
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Our Contact Info
We are always happy to hear from our readers. You may reach us at the following contact information:
- Advertising and sponsorship information: Director of Marketing Jennifer Carusa: [email protected]
- Subscription help or to buy a particular issue: Debra Giles: [email protected] or [email protected]
- Press releases or reader comments: The Business Times newsroom: [email protected]
- Letters to the editor and opinion pieces: Executive Editor Jorge Mercado at [email protected]
- Top 25 list updates: [email protected]
- Submit a Newsmaker: Email [email protected]
- Nominate a person/company for a special section: Click here for a list of sections and for nomination forms.
- Order a reprint of your favorite article: Click here or email Debra Giles [email protected]
Our offices:
351 Paseo Nuevo, Floor 2
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 560-6950
Newsroom Staff
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, the San Luis Obispo County Economic Vitality Corp., the Central Coast MIT Enterprise Forum and CSU Channel Islands.
Jorge Mercado
Executive Editor
Jorge Mercado covers technology, startups and finance for the Pacific Coast Business Times. Prior to joining the team in October 2020, he worked for the Santa Barbara News-Press covering sports and writing features on local businesses and the community. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2019, and worked at his college paper, The Daily Nexus, for four years, serving as editor in chief in his senior year.
Mike Harris
Staff Writer
Mike Harris has decades of experience covering community and business news. He joined the Business Times staff in 2023 after a distinguished career at the Ventura County Star. He covers courts and writes the Business Times monthly law column. He also writes on agribusiness, health, economic development and other topics. A longtime Thousand Oaks resident, he provides much of the coverage for events in Ventura County.
Interns and Freelance writers
–Steele Research is a Los Angeles-based company that produces our Top 25 lists and handles other research assignments. Reach them at [email protected]
–Sydney “Mars” Cook is a recent CSU Northridge graduate who serves as an editorial intern. She researches our special reports and handles copy editing at the Business Times. Reach her at [email protected]
–Steve Ellison is our San Luis Obispo County correspondent, covering events between the Santa Maria Valley and Paso Robles.
–Paula Avern and L. Wayne Hicks are former Denver Business Journal staffers who handle special report and other assignments.
Advertising Staff
Jennifer Carusa
Director of Marketing
Jennifer Carusa is the Director of Marketing for Pacific Coast Business Times. She manages the advertising schedule, plans the Business Times’ special events and assists with website updates. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with an emphasis in Marketing from UW Green Bay.
Veronica Kusmuk
Advertising Account Executive
Veronica Kusmuk is responsible for working with advertising clients in the following industries: banking, finance, technology, business services (CPA and law firms), hospitality, utilities, and all forms of media deals.
- [email protected]
- (805) 845-2708
Sean McCullough
Advertising Account Executive
Sean McCullough is responsible for working with clients in the following industries: real estate and construction, insurance and health care, technology, education, government & nonprofits and business products and services.
- [email protected]
- (805) 845-2733
Courtney Abercrombie
Art Director/Designer
Courtney is responsible for the creation of all in-house ads, working with the advertising sales reps to design, create and produce advertiser designs and all other related artwork. She also designs all special sections from covers to layouts as well as putting together all weekly print issues. She manages the advertising and pre-press of the newspaper. She graduated from CSU Fullerton, is a big supporter of dog rescue, and lives in Ventura.
- [email protected]
- (805) 845-2745
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Pacific Coast Business Times is the weekly business newspaper serving Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.
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