Our Leaders

Mark Katches is the vice president and editor of the Tampa Bay Times. He assumed the role as the top editor of Florida’s largest newsroom in August 2018. He previously served for four years as editor and vice president of content at The Oregonian/OregonLive in Portland, where his newsroom grew its ... Read more

Mark Katches is the vice president and editor of the Tampa Bay Times. He assumed the role as the top editor of Florida’s largest newsroom in August 2018. He previously served for four years as editor and vice president of content at The Oregonian/OregonLive in Portland, where his newsroom grew its digital audience by more than 70 percent while winning numerous national journalism awards for investigative reporting, breaking news coverage and narrative writing.

Before moving to Portland, Mark was editorial director of the Center for Investigative Reporting, where he helped launch a start-up investigative website focusing on accountability reporting in the state of California. He helped grow the center’s newsroom from a team of about a dozen watchdog journalists into what was at the time the largest investigative reporting newsroom in the country with about 50 journalists. Mark also built investigative reporting teams at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the OrangeCounty Register, and he directly edited Pulitzer winning projects in local reporting in 2008 and 2010. He served as a consulting editor on a third Pulitzer winner, in the public service category, in 2015. Stories he directed have been named finalists for the Pulitzer five times.

A California native who earned his journalism degree at San Jose State University, Mark has taught journalism as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and Stanford University. He completed the year-long Punch Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University in 2013. Mark served on the board of directors at Investigative Reporters and Editors, where he oversaw the organization’s mentorship program for six years. He is a member of the Kaiser Health News advisory board.

Maria Carrillo oversees a team of enterprise writers and works with journalists across the newsroom on ambitious stories. She was previously enterprise editor at the Houston Chronicle. Before that, she was managing editor at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., for nine years and helped the Pilot c... Read more

Maria Carrillo oversees a team of enterprise writers and works with journalists across the newsroom on ambitious stories. She was previously enterprise editor at the Houston Chronicle. Before that, she was managing editor at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., for nine years and helped the Pilot cultivate a national reputation for narrative journalism. She also has worked at The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Va., the RichmondTimes-Dispatch and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Carrillo has been a visiting faculty member for the Poynter Institute, the Nieman Foundation, the American Press Institute and others, and has been a Pulitzer Prize juror six times. She was born in Washington, D.C., two years after her parents left Cuba in exile. She lives in St. Petersburg with her husband, and they have two grown children.

Carolyn Fox is senior deputy editor for the Tampa Bay Times.

She oversees breaking news, criminal justice, business, health, environment, culture, sports and visual (photo and video) coverage. Fox is tasked with overall newsroom digital strategy and manages the team tasked with running tampabay.com and related digital products, such as social media.
Fox started her journalism career at USA Today as an editorial assistant for the editorial page. She began working for the National Geographic Society in 2007. Over almost eight years, Fox rose from digital producer to director of content initiatives, managing the National Geographic Travel digital team and working with editors and publishers across the company on editorial projects.

From 2014 to 2015, Fox worked as director of entertainment for Advance Local, overseeing content strategy and market communication for entertainment and living channels at 11 news sites in the United States. From there, she moved to New Orleans to become the managing editor of NOLA.com | The Times Picayune, where she managed the news, entertainment, social media, video and photography teams.

In August 2019, Fox joined the Tampa Bay Times leadership team.

A native of San Diego, with a Canadian passport, Fox graduated from Emerson College in Boston and has a graduate degree in journalism from American University in Washington, D.C. She lives in Saint Petersburg with her husband and two rescue dogs. Read more

Carolyn Fox is senior deputy editor for the Tampa Bay Times.

She oversees breaking news, criminal justice, business, health, environment, culture, sports and visual (photo and video) coverage. Fox is tasked with overall newsroom digital strategy and manages the team tasked with running tampabay.com and related digital products, such as social media.
Fox started her journalism career at USA Today as an editorial assistant for the editorial page. She began working for the National Geographic Society in 2007. Over almost eight years, Fox rose from digital producer to director of content initiatives, managing the National Geographic Travel digital team and working with editors and publishers across the company on editorial projects.

From 2014 to 2015, Fox worked as director of entertainment for Advance Local, overseeing content strategy and market communication for entertainment and living channels at 11 news sites in the United States. From there, she moved to New Orleans to become the managing editor of NOLA.com | The Times Picayune, where she managed the news, entertainment, social media, video and photography teams.

In August 2019, Fox joined the Tampa Bay Times leadership team.

A native of San Diego, with a Canadian passport, Fox graduated from Emerson College in Boston and has a graduate degree in journalism from American University in Washington, D.C. She lives in Saint Petersburg with her husband and two rescue dogs.

Amy Hollyfield is the senior deputy editor of news for the Tampa Bay Times.

She oversees national political coverage, including the Times' bureau in Washington. In addition, Amy is responsible for metro and business coverage through the Tampa Bay area.

Hollyfield started her career at the Times ... Read more

Amy Hollyfield is the senior deputy editor of news for the Tampa Bay Times.

She oversees national political coverage, including the Times' bureau in Washington. In addition, Amy is responsible for metro and business coverage through the Tampa Bay area.

Hollyfield started her career at the Times as an intern in the sports department and also worked as a news designer. In 2007, shortly after the launch of PolitiFact, she became a writer/editor for the project, which was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.

Amy was named deputy managing editor in June 2014. She was responsible for politics and features, including Perspective and Floridian magazine.

A native of Michigan, she graduated from Northwestern University. Hollyfield has also worked for Florida Today and the Miami Herald.

Paul Alexander is Deputy Editor, Planning & Design, for the Tampa Bay Times. In his position, Paul oversees the copy editing and design of the print paper and e-Newspaper and works with web designers on various projects. Paul came to the Times in 1998 and has held several editing and design roles ... Read more

Paul Alexander is Deputy Editor, Planning & Design, for the Tampa Bay Times. In his position, Paul oversees the copy editing and design of the print paper and e-Newspaper and works with web designers on various projects. Paul came to the Times in 1998 and has held several editing and design roles including features designer, news designer, Sunday Editor and Creative Director.

A native of St. Louis, Paul is a graduate of Mercer University in Macon, Ga., where he also began his journalism career at the Macon Telegraph.

Boyzell Hosey is Deputy Editor of Photography for the Tampa Bay Times. During his 18-year career at the Times, Boyzell has been in the role of senior photo journalist and picture editor. He is responsible for overseeing a staff of 22 award-winning visual journalists who produce editorial content ... Read more

Boyzell Hosey is Deputy Editor of Photography for the Tampa Bay Times. During his 18-year career at the Times, Boyzell has been in the role of senior photo journalist and picture editor. He is responsible for overseeing a staff of 22 award-winning visual journalists who produce editorial content for the Times’ various publishing platforms.

For the past decade, he has coordinated visual coverage for major news events including, Super Bowl XLIII, the 2012 Republican National Convention and the 2017 College Football Playoffs.

Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Boyzell is a graduate of Ohio University and the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He also has been a staff photographer for The State newspaper in Columbia, S.C. as well as the Lima News in Lima, Ohio. Boyzell began his career in the mid 1980s as a commercial photographer and as Director of Photography for the Manchester Craftmen’s Guild, an arts apprentice training program for inner-city youth in Pittsburgh.

Boyzell also serves on the University of Florida’s Journalism Advisory Council and is a board member of the St. Petersburg College Photographic Technology Advisory Committee. He is a past chair of the National Association of Black Journalists' Visual Task Force and has recently been appointed to serve a two-year term as a national judge for the Scripps Howard Visual Journalism competition.

Boyzell’s community involvement includes serving as a mentor for Men in the Making, a mentorship program for minority adolescent boys. He also is active in his church, where he leads a program that teaches multimedia skills to youth. Boyzell sits on the board of the Jim & Heather Gills YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg Community Advisory Committee. He has been married 25 years to his wife Andrida, who is an arts magnet middle school drama teacher in St.Petersburg. They have two adult children and three grandchildren.

Traci L. Johnson oversees all sports coverage, including the area’s professional teams: the Buccaneers, the Lightning, the Rays and the Rowdies.

She joined the Times 20 years ago as a summer intern. Throughout her tenure at the Times, Traci has held a variety of posts in the newsroom. Most recently,... Read more

Traci L. Johnson oversees all sports coverage, including the area’s professional teams: the Buccaneers, the Lightning, the Rays and the Rowdies.

She joined the Times 20 years ago as a summer intern. Throughout her tenure at the Times, Traci has held a variety of posts in the newsroom. Most recently, she was the editor in charge of directing coverage of high school and college sports and Sunday enterprise. She also was the assigning editor for all major non-beat sporting events such as the Grand Prix, Valspar and the Gasparilla Distance Classic.

A native of Alabama, Traci is the first woman to hold the position of sports editor at the Times.

Kathleen McGrory is the deputy editor, investigations at the Tampa Bay Times.

Her yearlong investigation into how the Pasco County Sheriff's Office used computer modeling to identify and track people beleived to be future criminals was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. Two years earlier, McGrory's work as an investigative reporter at the newspaper unearthed an alarming rate of patient fatalities at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and led to the resignation of six top hospital officials. It was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting and won the George Polk Award for Local Reporting and an IRE award.

McGrory joined the Times in 2015. Before that, she spent seven years as a metro reporter for the Miami Herald and two years as a government reporter in the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau. She graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Her husband Michael is also an editor at the Times. They live in St. Petersburg with their son and rescue beagle. Read more

Kathleen McGrory is the deputy editor, investigations at the Tampa Bay Times.

Her yearlong investigation into how the Pasco County Sheriff's Office used computer modeling to identify and track people beleived to be future criminals was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. Two years earlier, McGrory's work as an investigative reporter at the newspaper unearthed an alarming rate of patient fatalities at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and led to the resignation of six top hospital officials. It was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting and won the George Polk Award for Local Reporting and an IRE award.

McGrory joined the Times in 2015. Before that, she spent seven years as a metro reporter for the Miami Herald and two years as a government reporter in the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee Bureau. She graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Her husband Michael is also an editor at the Times. They live in St. Petersburg with their son and rescue beagle.

Conan Gallaty is president of Times Publishing Company. He oversees all business operations of the company, including advertising, circulation and operations.

Prior to his current role, Conan was the Company's chief digital officer, responsible for digital strategy and business development as well as all technical operations for the Times. Before coming to the Times, he was President of Digital for WEHCO Media, an Arkansas-based company with newspapers, digital agencies and cable systems across six states. Before joining WEHCO, Conan was the Director of Online Strategy and Operations for Herald-Tribune Media Group in Sarasota, then a division of the New York Times Regional Media Group as well as Online Director for The Augusta Chronicle, a Morris Communications newspaper located in Augusta, Georgia.

In more than 20 years working in digital media, Conan has received numerous awards for his work in news coverage, design, advertising innovation and development of new digital businesses.

Conan began his career as a journalist, starting in the newsroom of the News-Tribune in his hometown of Rome, Georgia. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in Journalism and Business. Read more

Conan Gallaty is president of Times Publishing Company. He oversees all business operations of the company, including advertising, circulation and operations.

Prior to his current role, Conan was the Company's chief digital officer, responsible for digital strategy and business development as well as all technical operations for the Times. Before coming to the Times, he was President of Digital for WEHCO Media, an Arkansas-based company with newspapers, digital agencies and cable systems across six states. Before joining WEHCO, Conan was the Director of Online Strategy and Operations for Herald-Tribune Media Group in Sarasota, then a division of the New York Times Regional Media Group as well as Online Director for The Augusta Chronicle, a Morris Communications newspaper located in Augusta, Georgia.

In more than 20 years working in digital media, Conan has received numerous awards for his work in news coverage, design, advertising innovation and development of new digital businesses.

Conan began his career as a journalist, starting in the newsroom of the News-Tribune in his hometown of Rome, Georgia. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia with degrees in Journalism and Business.

Joe DeLuca joined the Times in 2001. He is Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Times Publishing Company. He has overall responsibility for coordination and execution of the business strategy across the organization.
In addition to those responsibilities, Joe’s current leadership portfolio also includes Consumer Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations and Distribution.

Joe has broad newspaper experience beginning his career as a sportswriter and general assignment reporter for Imprint Newspapers, where he later held the positions of Copy Editor, Circulation Manager and Operations Manager.
He spent five years as General Manager of Imprint Printing for Capital Cities/ABC in North Haven, Conn., responsible for production and distribution of 70 weekly newspapers and 50 monthly publications as well as catalogs and periodicals. Joe then spent several years as Production Director of the Hartford Courant, where he also managed the newspaper’s commercial printing division.

Joe is currently a member of the regional board of directors for the Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay. He has been a classroom instructor for Junior Achievement’s public high school Success Skills and Financial Literacy programs.
He also is a member of the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s board of directors and the board of directors for the Tampa Bay Times Fund. In addition, he is a member of the Florida Press Association board of directors, where he is a past board chair.

Joe attended the University of Hartford and is a 2005 graduate of the Media Management Program at Northwestern University. Read more

Joe DeLuca joined the Times in 2001. He is Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Times Publishing Company. He has overall responsibility for coordination and execution of the business strategy across the organization.
In addition to those responsibilities, Joe’s current leadership portfolio also includes Consumer Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Operations and Distribution.

Joe has broad newspaper experience beginning his career as a sportswriter and general assignment reporter for Imprint Newspapers, where he later held the positions of Copy Editor, Circulation Manager and Operations Manager.
He spent five years as General Manager of Imprint Printing for Capital Cities/ABC in North Haven, Conn., responsible for production and distribution of 70 weekly newspapers and 50 monthly publications as well as catalogs and periodicals. Joe then spent several years as Production Director of the Hartford Courant, where he also managed the newspaper’s commercial printing division.

Joe is currently a member of the regional board of directors for the Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay. He has been a classroom instructor for Junior Achievement’s public high school Success Skills and Financial Literacy programs.
He also is a member of the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s board of directors and the board of directors for the Tampa Bay Times Fund. In addition, he is a member of the Florida Press Association board of directors, where he is a past board chair.

Joe attended the University of Hartford and is a 2005 graduate of the Media Management Program at Northwestern University.

Bruce Faulmann is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Tampa Bay Times and a member of the Times board of directors. He served as Publisher of Florida Trend, a Times affiliate publication, from November 2008 to October 2009.

Before joining the Times Publishing Company, Bruce spent 24 years in the daily newspaper business.

Bruce is a member of many nonprofit boards, including: Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, Hillsborough Education Foundation and the Florida Press Association’s Intersect Media Solutions board of directors, where he serves as chairman.

Bruce is a graduate of the University of Florida, earning a B.S. degree in Advertising. Read more

Bruce Faulmann is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Tampa Bay Times and a member of the Times board of directors. He served as Publisher of Florida Trend, a Times affiliate publication, from November 2008 to October 2009.

Before joining the Times Publishing Company, Bruce spent 24 years in the daily newspaper business.

Bruce is a member of many nonprofit boards, including: Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, Hillsborough Education Foundation and the Florida Press Association’s Intersect Media Solutions board of directors, where he serves as chairman.

Bruce is a graduate of the University of Florida, earning a B.S. degree in Advertising.

Cheryl Collin is the controller and treasurer of the Tampa Bay Times. She oversees the company’s financials and Finance Department.

A native of St. Petersburg, Collin began her career at the Times in 1974 in the Accounting Department.

Throughout her more than four decades at the Times, Collin has held a variety of positions at the company working in payroll, benefits, billing, accounts payable, special projects and budgets. Read more

Cheryl Collin is the controller and treasurer of the Tampa Bay Times. She oversees the company’s financials and Finance Department.

A native of St. Petersburg, Collin began her career at the Times in 1974 in the Accounting Department.

Throughout her more than four decades at the Times, Collin has held a variety of positions at the company working in payroll, benefits, billing, accounts payable, special projects and budgets.

Ben began his career at the Times in 1975 as a part-timer in the mailroom and went on to hold several production and distribution supervisory and management positions. In May 2005, he was promoted to Operations Director, responsible for all production, distribution and facilities management. ... Read more

Ben began his career at the Times in 1975 as a part-timer in the mailroom and went on to hold several production and distribution supervisory and management positions. In May 2005, he was promoted to Operations Director, responsible for all production, distribution and facilities management. Early in this role, he worked with Operations and other managers to help transition to a digital workflow, moving from paste-up to a paginated system that allowed the move to computer-to-plate equipment and controls to preset the presses.

Earlier in his career, Ben helped bring a formalized team approach to managing several production departments that focused on organizational improvement in quality, productivity and staff morale. Ben has served as coach and facilitator for several of the company’s diversity and leadership programs. He has led a number of major projects that include: system replacements, a companywide end-to-end study that tightened deadlines and improved on-time performance, and a dock expansion that automated part of the distribution process. Other initiatives include bringing a process improvement methodology to Operations and working with key stakeholders to create a broader-based safety philosophy. Most recently, he helped with the transition to a two-day-a-week print schedule that entailed outsourcing production and trucking functions. His current focus is on product quality from our vendor and working with the distribution team concentrating on service to our customers.

Ben volunteers on several boards that work to improve outcomes for those facing chronic or advanced illness. His board membership includes: Empath-Stratum, vice chair of the board of trustees; Empath Health, chairman of the board; Suncoast Hospice, board member; Suncoast Pace, board member.

Ben is a graduate of Eckerd College with a bachelor's degree in Management. He is married with two children and a grandson.

Michael Hyer is the IT Director for the Tampa Bay Times. He assumed this role in 2020 after working at the Times for four years.

Hyer began his career at the Times as an intern in the IT department and eventually became the Development Manager. In his tenure at the Times, he has helped the company through multiple website migrations as well as major changes in core technology.

A Florida native, he attended the University of Central Florida and received a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology
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Michael Hyer is the IT Director for the Tampa Bay Times. He assumed this role in 2020 after working at the Times for four years.

Hyer began his career at the Times as an intern in the IT department and eventually became the Development Manager. In his tenure at the Times, he has helped the company through multiple website migrations as well as major changes in core technology.

A Florida native, he attended the University of Central Florida and received a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology

Sherri Day is the Communications Director of the Tampa Bay Times. She is responsible for all internal, external, executive and strategic and crisis communications for the Company. She also is a member of the Board of Directors for Times Publishing Company, where she is corporate secretary.

Sherri joined the Tampa Bay Times in 2004. Based in Tampa, she covered South and Central Tampa for City Times. She later became the paper's metropolitan religion reporter and was named Brandon bureau chief in 2009. She became an assistant metro editor in Tampa in 2011 and was responsible for overseeing coverage of law enforcement, courts and breaking news. Sherri joined the editorial board in 2013. Prior to joining the Times, Sherri spent four years reporting at the New York Times, where she started as a summer intern.

In 1998, Sherri graduated magna cum laude from Clark Atlanta University with a degree in mass media arts/journalism. She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

Sherri is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a public service sorority; the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists and the Bible-Based Fellowship Church in Carrollwood.

She is married to Marcus Phillips. They live in Tampa and have three children. Read more

Sherri Day is the Communications Director of the Tampa Bay Times. She is responsible for all internal, external, executive and strategic and crisis communications for the Company. She also is a member of the Board of Directors for Times Publishing Company, where she is corporate secretary.

Sherri joined the Tampa Bay Times in 2004. Based in Tampa, she covered South and Central Tampa for City Times. She later became the paper's metropolitan religion reporter and was named Brandon bureau chief in 2009. She became an assistant metro editor in Tampa in 2011 and was responsible for overseeing coverage of law enforcement, courts and breaking news. Sherri joined the editorial board in 2013. Prior to joining the Times, Sherri spent four years reporting at the New York Times, where she started as a summer intern.

In 1998, Sherri graduated magna cum laude from Clark Atlanta University with a degree in mass media arts/journalism. She earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism.

Sherri is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a public service sorority; the Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists and the Bible-Based Fellowship Church in Carrollwood.

She is married to Marcus Phillips. They live in Tampa and have three children.

Kerry O'Reilly was named Marketing Director for the Tampa Bay Times and tampabay.com in December 2010. He leads the marketing creative, research and special publications teams.

He joined the Times in 2000 as the marketing communication manager and later was promoted to deputy marketing director. ... Read more

Kerry O'Reilly was named Marketing Director for the Tampa Bay Times and tampabay.com in December 2010. He leads the marketing creative, research and special publications teams.

He joined the Times in 2000 as the marketing communication manager and later was promoted to deputy marketing director. During his newspaper career, he has been involved in more than 30 award-winning campaigns and led many marketing efforts at the Times, such as “How do you take your Times,” “In the know, in the Times,” “One Bay, One Buy” and “Preferred 2 - to - 1” campaigns.

In 2005, O’Reilly was tapped to help lead the growth of tbt* -- a free daily publication of the Tampa Bay Times tailored to 25- to 39-year-olds – and served as both general manager and brand manager.

Prior to joining the Times, O’Reilly was the marketing manager at The Tennessean. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and received an M.B.A. in 2004 from the University of Phoenix.

O’Reilly has served as President of the Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts, Kids Voting Tampa Bay the Newspaper Association of America’s Marketing Federation and the Ronald McDonald House of Tampa Bay. He serves on the Board of Governors for the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trustees for the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay.