
Board of Directors


Mary E. Junck
Ms. Junck was elected Executive Chairman of the Company in February聽2016 and elected Chairman in February聽2019. She joined Lee in 1999 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. She became president in 2000, Chief Executive Officer in 2001 and Chairman in January聽2002. She previously held senior executive positions at the former Times Mirror Company, where she was responsible for the operations of聽Newsday,聽The Baltimore Sun聽(publisher and chief executive officer), the聽Hartford Courant, The Morning Call, Southern Connecticut Newspapers聽and聽St. Paul Pioneer Press聽(publisher and president). She also had responsibility for Times Mirror magazines and StayWell, Times Mirror鈥檚 consumer health company. She was a member of the board of directors of The Associated Press from 2004 to 2017 and was chairman from 2012 to 2017. Since October聽2016, Ms.聽Junck has served as a director of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (TSE:聽PNC.A), a public company based in Toronto, Canada, that owns numerous newspapers and associated online platforms throughout Canada.
Ms.聽Junck鈥檚 in-depth knowledge of the Company and the publishing industry, in which she has worked in executive and senior management positions for more than 30聽years, enables her to lead the Board effectively in her capacity as Chairman. Ms.聽Junck provides a valuable and unique perspective in Board deliberations about the Company鈥檚 business, competitive landscape, strategic relationships and opportunities, senior leadership and operational and financial performance. As Chairman, Ms.聽Junck serves as an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and provides overall leadership for the Board. Her experience provides her with a thorough understanding of strategic direction and partnerships, financial matters and board management.

Steven Fletcher

Steven Fletcher
Mr.聽Fletcher has served as the Chief Executive Officer of technology company Explorer Parent LLC, an investment firm that sponsors special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), since May聽2018, an advisor to E. Merge Technology Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ETAC) since July聽2020, an advisor to Carney Technology Acquisition Corp.聽II (NASDAQ: CTAQ) since December聽2020, an advisor to Epiphany Technology Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: EPHY) since January聽2021, and an advisor to Enterprise 4.0 Technology Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: ENTF) since October聽2021. He also has served since 2013 as an independent聽director of atVenu, a leading live event commerce platform, where he is a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees, and as an independent director of Life Signals, Inc. a healthcare technology company, since November聽2021. From 2003 to May聽2018, Mr.聽Fletcher was a Managing Director, Co-Head of the Digital Media Group and Head of the Software Group at GCA Savvian, a global investment bank. He was also a member of the firm鈥檚 Management Committee. From 1994 until 2002, Mr.聽Fletcher worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he held a number of leadership roles including Head of the Private Placement Group, Head of the IT Services sector and Co-Head of the Hardware, Storage, EMS and Internet Infrastructure sectors. He began his career at Deloitte & Touche as a CPA. Mr.聽Fletcher received a B.A. in Economics from UCLA and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr.聽Fletcher is a member of the Audit Committee, Executive Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr.聽Fletcher brings to the Board more than 20聽years of experience in the investment banking industry, and he has extensive expertise with respect to debt and equity financing, strategic transactions, capital allocation, capital markets and corporate financial management, particularly in the digital media sector. He also has significant experience with corporate governance through prior service on several public company boards. His experience enables him to provide strong oversight of financial and disclosure responsibilities, controls and procedures, and he serves as one of the Audit Committee鈥檚 designated financial experts.
Mr. Fletcher is part of the Audit, Executive Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees.

Margaret (Megan) R. Liberman

Margaret (Megan) R. Liberman
Ms.聽Liberman is Senior Vice President, News, Talk & Entertainment at SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI), where she has served since October聽2017 and is responsible for content and strategic direction of the talk portfolio, overseeing 60 original and partner channels and all podcast programming produced under the Stitcher and Earwolf labels. Previously, she was Vice President and Editor in Chief of the Yahoo News Group from September聽2013 to June聽2017 and spent 13聽years at The New York Times (NYSE: NYT), most recently as Deputy News Editor for Digital Development from 2010 to 2013. From 2001 to 2010, Ms.聽Liberman worked at聽The New York Times Magazine, first as a Story Editor before becoming Deputy Editor, where she oversaw numerous award-winning video and multimedia projects. Ms.聽Liberman began her career at a small children鈥檚 book publisher before assuming various editorial roles at聽Us Weekly,聽Swing Magazine,聽Martha Stewart Living, and聽Bridal Guide Magazine. Ms.聽Liberman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1990 and a Master of Science degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 1995.
Ms.聽Liberman is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Ms.聽Liberman is a lifelong journalist and highly accomplished digital media executive. She brings top-tier experience and tremendous expertise developing and implementing effective digital platform strategies and directing award-winning editorial content. Her extensive experience and industry familiarity enables her to contribute effectively to the Board鈥檚 oversight of the Company鈥檚 strategy and operations.
Ms. Liberman is part of the聽Nominating and Corporate Governance committee.

Brent Magid

Brent Magid
Mr.聽Magid is President and Chief Executive Officer of Frank N. Magid Associates, Inc., a research-based strategy consulting company with expertise in a wide range of media. From 2007 to 2009, Mr.聽Magid served as a director of Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising company. From 1989 to 1991, Mr.聽Magid worked in the entertainment group of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mr.聽Magid is Chairman of the Audit Committee and serves as one of the Audit Committee鈥檚 designated financial experts and is also a member of the Executive Compensation Committee.
Mr.聽Magid provides the Board with experience and insight into key marketing and advertising trends and related media industry strategies, especially digital media and digital services. Also, Mr.聽Magid provides significant financial experience and contributes extensively to the oversight and integrity of the Company鈥檚 financial statements, risk management and risk assessment, ethics and compliance functions, and procedures and controls, which qualify him to serve as Chairman of the Company鈥檚 Audit Committee and as one of its designated financial experts.
Mr. Magid is part of the Audit and Executive Compensation committees.

Herbert W. Moloney III

Herbert W. Moloney III
From December聽2006 until his retirement in July聽2011, Mr.聽Moloney was President and Chief Operating Officer of Western Colorprint, Inc., a privately held company that provided advertising supplements and commercial printing services to the publishing industry. From April聽2005 to November聽2006, Mr.聽Moloney was President and Publisher of the Washington Examiner. From 2000 to March聽2005, Mr.聽Moloney was the Chief Operating Officer, North America, and an Executive Vice President of Vertis, Inc., a premium provider of targeted advertising and marketing solutions to leading retail and consumer services companies.
Mr.聽Moloney is Chairman of the Executive Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and the Executive Committee. Mr.聽Moloney has been designated as the Company鈥檚 Lead Director by the independent directors to preside over executive sessions of non-management directors, among other duties.
Mr.聽Moloney brings to the Board more than 30聽years of executive and management experience in the publishing and television industries. His extensive relevant industry and executive leadership experience provides him with substantive knowledge about a variety of issues that are related to the Company鈥檚 business, including digital and print advertising and marketing, operations and strategy development.
Mr. Moloney is part of the Audit, Executive Compensation, Nominating and Corporate Governance committees, as well as the Lead Independent Director.

Kevin D. Mowbray

Kevin D. Mowbray
Mr.聽Mowbray was elected as the Company鈥檚 President and Chief Executive Officer (鈥淐EO鈥) in February聽2016. Prior to his election as CEO, Mr.聽Mowbray was the Company鈥檚 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from April聽2015, and served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since 2013. He previously was publisher of the Company鈥檚 largest newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, from 2006 to 2013, where he drove the Company鈥檚 digital efforts and piloted many significant digital products and initiatives. Mr.聽Mowbray is a member of the News Media Alliance board of directors, where he also serves on its executive committee and is the chair of the board of trustees of the American Press Institute. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Associated Press.
As President and CEO, Mr.聽Mowbray has direct responsibility for all aspects of the Company鈥檚 operations, including more than 77 markets in 26 states and the corporate staff, with special focus on digital growth, revenue expansion and business transformation. His familiarity with the Company and his role in spearheading the development of our five-year strategic plan and digital strategies and overseeing our transformation, coupled with his 35聽years鈥 of executive and management experience in the publishing industry, makes him a valuable addition to our Board.

David Pearson

David Pearson
Mr.聽Pearson is a private investor and business consultant. He was Chief Financial Officer of Vonage (NASDAQ: VG) from May聽2013 until August聽2020. In that position, he managed Vonage鈥檚 Finance, Corporate Development and Investor Relations organizations. Before Mr.聽Pearson joined Vonage, he spent over nine聽years with Deutsche Bank Securities focused on Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) as a Managing Director and Global Media & Telecom Group Head. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr.聽Pearson worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the firm鈥檚 TMT practice for nine聽years, leaving as a Managing Director. He began his career at Coopers & Lybrand and holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his A.B. in Political Science and Organizational Behavior/Management from Brown University.聽Mr. Pearson is also a member of the Board of Directors of Magnite, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGNI) and Potbelly Corporation (NASDAQ: PBPB).
Mr.聽Pearson is a member of the Audit Committee and serves as one of the Audit Committee鈥檚 designated financial experts.
Mr.聽Pearson has significant executive experience, including in the areas of operations, technology, finance, capital allocation, capital markets and mergers聽and acquisitions, as a result of his career as an executive at and advisor to companies in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors. Additionally, through his role as Chief Financial Officer of Vonage as well as his investment banking roles, Mr.聽Pearson has developed a strong understanding of financial and disclosure responsibilities, internal controls and procedures, and risk management functions, making him well-qualified to serve on the Audit Committee as one of its designated financial experts.

Gregory P. Schermer

Gregory P. Schermer
Mr.聽Schermer served as Vice President鈥夆斺塖trategy of the Company from March聽2012 until his retirement in September聽2016. From 1989 to July聽2006, Mr.聽Schermer served as Corporate Counsel of the Company, and from July聽2006 until October聽2012, he served as Vice President鈥夆斺塈nteractive Media of the Company. Mr.聽Schermer led the development of the Company鈥檚 digital media strategies and platforms, including the successful expansion of TownNews and represented the Company in several industry digital media initiatives, including The Local Media Consortium (the 鈥淐onsortium鈥), a group of 82 companies that create digital partnerships for local media operations. Mr.聽Schermer served as a member of the Consortium鈥檚 executive committee.
Mr.聽Schermer provides the Board with insight and operational perspective on the Company鈥檚 digital media strategies and his in-depth understanding of the Company鈥檚 business, strategy and operations makes him well-qualified to provide guidance to the Board in its oversight of the Company鈥檚 digital transformation. Through his former role as the Company鈥檚 corporate counsel, he also provides the Board with valuable insight on legal matters, compliance and risk assessment, and corporate governance.
Mr. Shermer is part of both the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance committees.

Dr. Shaun McAlmont

Dr. Shaun McAlmont
Dr. McAlmont is a seasoned executive with deep experience overseeing successful digital transformations, change management and strategic partnerships, including more than 25 years of leading successful digital transformations at scale in online learning and workforce training and has leveraged past learnings to drive growth and generate value at several companies. He has significant executive leadership and public company board experience. In early 2022, Dr. McAlmont joined a cybersecurity training company, NINJIO, LLC, as President and CEO, after serving since 2018 as the President of Career Learning at Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN), a $1.5 billion technology-based education company, where he led a multi-year digital transformation that doubled the size of the career learning business through the introduction of new IT, business and healthcare career training programs, three acquisitions, and strategic corporate and higher education partnerships. From 2015 to 2017, he was the President and CEO of Neumont College of Computer Science, a for-profit training institution. Dr. McAlmont also served as the President and CEO of Lincoln Educational Services (NASDAQ: LINC) from 2005 to 2015. Dr. McAlmont held senior-level manager positions at Alta Colleges, where he pioneered online learning at scale, and Heald Colleges from 1991 to 2005, after beginning his career at Stanford University. Dr. McAlmont received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Brigham Young University and multiple graduate degrees in the education field, including a Doctorate of Higher Education Management from the University of Pennsylvania. He recently completed the Board Education Program at Stanford University Directors College.聽 Dr. McAlmont is a member of the BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) board of directors, where he serves on its compensation committee.
Dr. McAlmont is the part of the Executive Compensation committee.