Board of Directors

Mr. Reed has been Chairman of the Board since May 3, 2019, and he has served as our Chief Executive Officer and President, and a member of our Board, since November 26, 2013. Previously, he had been Chief Executive Officer of GateHouse Media, Inc. (our “Predecessor”) since January 2006 and served in this position when our Predecessor filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on September 27, 2013. He was a member of the board of directors of our Predecessor since October 2006. He was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (“CNHI”), a leading publisher of local news and information, and had served in that capacity since 1999. Mr. Reed served as CNHI’s Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, he worked for Park Communications, Inc., a multimedia company, located in Ithaca, New York. Mr. Reed formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Newspaper Association of America, including one year as Chairman. He formerly served on the Board of Directors for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, from 2009 to 2014. Mr. Reed also formerly served as a director of the Associated Press and Chairman of the Audit Committee for the Associated Press. Mr. Reed was also a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences and was a member of the Grady College Journalism School’s Board of Advisors. Mr. Reed has a deep understanding of our operations, strategy and people, as well as our industry, serving in senior executive capacities in the newspaper and publishing industries for more than 20 years. Mr. Reed also has extensive corporate board experience.

Mr. Sheehan has been a member of our Board since our inception, and was a member of the board of directors of GateHouse Media, Inc., since 2006. From August 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Sheehan served as Chief Executive Officer and President and as a director of Scientific Games, located in Las Vegas. From February 2015 through August 2016, Mr. Sheehan taught full time as the John J. Phelan, Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business at Adelphi University. From 2007 to January 2015, Mr. Sheehan served in various positions at Norwegian Cruise Line, including as the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and President. Previously, Mr. Sheehan provided consulting services to Cerberus Capital Management LP (2006-2007) and provided consulting services to Clayton Dubilier & Rice (2005-2006). Prior thereto, Mr. Sheehan was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Corporation’s Vehicle Services Division (included responsibility for Avis Rent A Car, Budget Rent A Car, Budget Truck, PHH Fleet Management and Wright Express) from January 2003 until May 2005. From March 2001 until May 2003, Mr. Sheehan served as Chief Financial Officer of Cendant Corporation. From August 1999 to February 2001, Mr. Sheehan was President – Corporate and Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer of Avis Group Holdings, Inc. and a director of that company from June 1999 until February 2001. From August 2005 to January 2008, Mr. Sheehan served on the faculty of Adelphi University as a Distinguished Visiting Professor – Accounting, Finance and Economics. Mr. Sheehan currently serves on the Boards of Dave & Busters, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., and Navistar, Inc. Mr. Sheehan is a graduate of Hunter College and New York University Graduate School of Business, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Sheehan has significant experience in a senior management capacity for large corporations. Specifically, his experience as the Chief Financial Officer of several large corporations provide him with important experience and skills, as well as an understanding of the complexities of our current economic environment. Mr. Sheehan also brings significant financial expertise to our Board.

Mr. Janulis has been a member of our Board since January 2014. From January 2014 until June 2016, Mr. Janulis served as the Chief Executive Officer of CRT Greenwich LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Janulis served as Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Bank FSB from September 2008 to January 2013. Before Aurora, he spent 23 years at Lehman Brothers in various senior management roles including Global Head of Mortgage Capital, Global Head of the Investment Management Division, which included Neuberger Berman, and Global Co-Head of Fixed Income. He also served on the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Janulis served in these roles within two years prior to Lehman Brothers filing voluntary petitions for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code on September 8, 2008. Mr. Janulis earned his Master of Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate Business School and A.B. from Harvard College.

Mr. Janulis’ knowledge, skill, expertise and experience, including his extensive senior management experience, his service as Chief Executive Officer of two companies and his significant financial background, as evidenced by his professional and educational history, led our Board to conclude that he should serve as a director.

Mr. Louis was appointed to our Board in November 2019, in connection with the Acquisition. He served as a director of Legacy Gannett’s former parent from 2006 to 2019, and he served as Chairman of the Board of Legacy Gannett from June 2015 through November 2019. Mr. Louis is the Co-Founder of Parson Capital Corporation, a Chicago-based private equity and venture capital firm, and he served as its Chairman from 1992 to 2007. He is currently a director of The Olayan Group and S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc.

Mr. Louis has financial expertise, with substantial experience in founding, building and selling companies and in investing in early stage companies from his years of experience in the venture capital industry as a leader of Parson Capital and as an entrepreneur who has founded a number of companies.

Ms. Miller has been a member of our board since October 2019. Ms. Miller has a more than 30-year career in innovative marketing and digital communications, spanning the consumer products, financial services, e-commerce, travel, hospitality and cruise industries. Most recently, she served as Chief Marketing Officer for Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line. Prior to that, Ms. Miller served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Norwegian Cruise Line from 2009-2015. Ms. Miller has also held various senior marketing roles at several companies, including Dave and Buster’s, Inc., Elance, Inc. (now Upwork), Avis Rent A Car, Inc. and American Express. She began her career in brand management, spending a combined seven years with the General Foods Corporation and The Shulton Group.

Ms. Sandler was appointed to our Board in November 2019, in connection with the Acquisition. She served as a director of Legacy Gannett from June 2015 to November 2019. Ms. Sandler serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of La Grenade Group, LLC, a privately held consulting firm that she founded in 2015 and advises a wide range of clients on marketing innovation and overall business development. Previously, Ms. Sandler served as Chief Health and Wellbeing Officer of Mars, Inc., from July 2014 through June 2015. Prior to assuming that role, Ms. Sandler served as President, Chocolate, North America from April 2012 to July 2014; and Chief Consumer Officer, Mars Chocolate, North America from November 2009 to March 2012. Prior to joining Mars, Ms. Sandler spent ten years with Johnson & Johnson in a variety of leadership roles and, before that, 13 years with PepsiCo. She is a director of Archer-Daniels-Midland (NYSE: ADM), a Trustee of Hofstra University, and a member of the Executive Leadership Council. Ms. Sandler also is a regular speaker on topics such as diversity and inclusion, multicultural business development and health and wellbeing in the consumer packaged goods industry. Ms. Sandler is a member of the Board of Executive Managers of Pharmavite, LLC since 2017.

Ms. Sandler has strong marketing and operating experience and a proven record of creating, building, enhancing and leading well-known consumer brands as a result of the leadership positions she has held with Mars, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo.

Mr. Tarica has been a member of our Board since January 2014. From March 1991 to December 2014, Mr. Tarica served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Jimlar Corporation (“Jimlar”), a member of the Li and Fung Group. Jimlar was privately held until it was acquired by the Li and Fung Group in 2010. Mr. Tarica joined Jimlar in 1971 and served in leadership roles in sourcing, design, development, sales and marketing. Jimlar is one of the oldest footwear import companies in America. Mr. Tarica also serves on the Board of Directors of D’Addario and Company, a manufacturer of musical instrument accessories and on the Advisory Board of the New York Mets. Mr. Tarica earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.

Mr. Tarica’s knowledge, skill, expertise and experience, specifically his experiences in a variety of business divisions, including sales and marketing, his development of Jimlar’s digital services and social media strategy and his over 20 years of operational and leadership experience as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Jimlar, led our Board to conclude that he should serve as a director.

Ms. Wall was appointed to our Board in November 2019, in connection with the Acquisition. She served as the Chief Legal Officer of Legacy Gannett from June 2015 to November 2019, and she also served as its interim Chief Operating Officer in 2019. She previously held various other positions with Legacy Gannett’s former parent, where she worked for thirty years.

Ms. Wall brings extensive First Amendment and legal expertise in addition to a deep knowledge of Legacy Gannett and its history and operations

Ms. Reinhard has been the vice president of studio operations and consumer products for Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) since September 2020, having previously served as vice president of content acquisition and consumer products for Netflix, Inc. from November 2016 to September 2020. From January 2005 until November 2016, Ms. Reinhard was with Paramount Pictures Corporation, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: PARA), where she held a series of advancing roles, most recently as president of worldwide television licensing and distribution from April 2014 to November 2016.

Ms. Reinhard is a senior media executive with more than 20 years of strategy, operational, and management experience across the spectrum of television and film acquisition, production, marketing, and distribution. She has significant experience across traditional and digital media and brings to the Board a unique combination of strategy and operational skills with a global perspective, growth orientation and audience-focus.