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Jeffrey M. Johnson is a senior vice president of Hearst and the president and group head of Hearst Newspapers.

Hearst Newspapers is the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories. With more than 3,000 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies reaching more than 42 million unique visitors across the U.S., including related mobile websites and digital products. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand.

Johnson previously served as the publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. He came to the Chronicle in 2013 after a 25-year career in publishing, including serving as president, publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times, and six years of work in private equity at the Yucaipa Companies. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and undergraduate accounting degree from the University of Illinois.

Mark Campbell is chief marketing officer for Hearst Newspapers. He joined the company in August 2020 and leads subscription and consumer revenue growth for all Hearst newspaper titles. 

A career-long newspaper and digital media marketer, Campbell previously served as chief marketing officer at Tribune Publishing where he increased digital subscriptions eight-fold in four years. 

Prior, he served as vice president of international digital subscriptions at The New York Times where he significantly expanded The Times' worldwide subscriber footprint, winning a Global Media Award from the International News Media Association. Before that, Campbell spent 18 years at Dow Jones & Company in increasingly responsible subscription marketing and audience development roles for The Wall Street Journal, WSJ.com and Barron's.

Campbell is a graduate of Princeton University where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics. He received his master’s degree in business administration for marketing and the Graduate Academic Award from La Salle University.
 

Daniel Hallac is chief product officer for Hearst Newspapers. In his role, Hallac oversees the product, design and engineering functions for Hearst Newspapers across all of its digital offerings. 

Previously, Hallac was the senior vice president of consumer products at Vox Media, where he led efforts to build and grow new and emerging business lines with a particular focus on direct consumer revenue streams such as e-commerce, subscriptions and more.

Prior to the 2019 merger of New York Media and Vox Media, he was chief product officer at New York Media and oversaw the business and product strategy, operations and execution across the company’s network of brands. 

Hallac also served as global head of product for Bloomberg Media’s digital team. In this position, he led the product team in the relaunch and growth of Bloomberg's digital media properties. 

Hallac earned his bachelor’s degree in both economics and politics at Brandeis University.
 

Bridget Williams is chief commercial officer and senior vice president of digital publishing at Hearst Newspapers. In her role, Williams focuses on growing new revenue streams across Hearst Newspapers' digital portfolio, new business opportunities and digital transformation. She is also a HearstLab scout, a group of women leaders across the organization who share their network and expertise to support women-led startups at HearstLab. 

Before joining Hearst, Williams served as the chief operating officer of Food52, a venture-backed content and commerce brand. She has also held leadership positions at a number of digital media ventures including Business Insider as senior vice president, business and audience development and The New York Times as digital advertising director.

Williams received a bachelor’s degree from Marquette University in business administration, international business. 
 

Christina Howell is senior vice president, finance for Hearst Newspapers.

Previously, Howell served as vice president, finance for the San Francisco Chronicle from 2016 to 2019. In this role she accelerated the digital transformation of advertising and consumer revenue, with a focus on improving monetization with transparent dashboards and actionable analysis.

From 2013 to 2016, Howell was the director of financial planning and analysis for StubHub, supporting the company’s transition from a North American marketplace to a global ticketing platform. She began her career in the United States at Levi Strauss in 2000, most recently serving as vice president finance, business transformation from 2009 to 2013.

Howell earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Bristol, an MBA from San Francisco State University and a CPFA (U.K.) from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Hearst Newspapers is the operating group responsible for Hearst’s newspapers, local digital marketing services businesses and directories. With more than 3,000 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies reaching more than 42 million unique visitors across the U.S., including related mobile websites and digital products. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand.

Michael C. LaBonia is senior vice president of advertising for Hearst Newspapers and chief revenue officer and executive vice president of advertising for the Houston Chronicle. He oversees advertising performance in all Hearst Newspapers markets and works to optimize and drive successful sales programs. 

Hearst Newspapers, with more than 3,000 employees across the nation, publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies in cities including Houston, San Francisco, San Antonio and Albany, New York. 

LaBonia previously served as senior vice president of advertising at the San Francisco Chronicle, senior vice president of sales and strategic development in Minneapolis at the Star Tribune and vice president of the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He began his career in television at Tribune Media Company, where he managed the ABC/The WB duopoly in New Orleans.

LaBonia holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Loyola University. 

Renee Peterson is senior vice president of human resources for Hearst Newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle. In her role, Peterson designs and implements relevant, business-driven human resources practices for Hearst Newspapers. With more than 3,000 employees across the nation, Hearst Newspapers publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies. It also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand.

Before joining Hearst in 2013, Peterson was director of human resources for Hargrove, Inc., a general contractor for trade shows, events and custom exhibits, from 2011 to 2013, and director of the HR business partners group at Electronics for Imaging from 2010 to 2011. From 1996 to 2009, Peterson held various HR leadership positions at McAfee, Inc./Secure Computing Corporation.

John C. McKeon is Hearst Newspapers executive vice president, Texas Newspapers president and publisher and president of the Houston Chronicle. In Texas, McKeon is responsible for seven daily newspapers—the Houston Chronicle, the San Antonio Express-News, the Beaumont Enterprise, the Laredo Morning Times, the Midland Reporter-Telegram, the Conroe Courier and the Plainview Daily Herald—as well as 31 weekly newspapers and 24 associated digital businesses, including Chron.com, HoustonChronicle.com, mySA.com and ExpressNews.com. Hearst Newspapers, with more than 3,000 employees across the nation, publishes 24 dailies and 52 weeklies in cities, including Houston, San Francisco, San Antonio and Albany.

After more than three years of leading the San Antonio Express-News, McKeon assumed direct responsibility for all operations at the Houston Chronicle as president and publisher in 2015. During his time in the role, audience levels on Chron.com and mySA.com have been at record highs. Following the 2016 acquisition of Houston Community Newspapers, a group of 22 local titles, McKeon oversaw the integration of operations and editorial strategy into the existing Hearst Newspaper properties.

Before joining Hearst in 2012, McKeon was president and general manager of the Dallas Morning News. His 30-year career has included various executive roles with Times Mirror, Tribune and Knight Ridder companies.