B.C. Management

He has more than 35 years experience in newspaper publishing and printing and has played a significant leadership role within Black Press, serving as Vice-President, Lower Mainland Division and publisher of the Abbotsford News, Mission Record, Hope Standard and Chilliwack Progress.

Randy has served on the boards of the Abbotsford Community Foundation, The British Columbia Yukon Community Newspaper Association, The Abbotsford Hospice Society, 2004 B.C. Summer Games, the British Columbia Technology Education and Careers Council and The Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce. He was also a founding member of the Abbotsford Executive Association. Randy has also assumed a director’s role on the board of Black Press.

As the company grew, Lorie took on duties as payroll clerk and assistant controller. In the mid 1990s, she took over the controller position and worked closely with Bob Grainger, President of then Cariboo Press.

In 2001, she was appointed publisher of the Williams Lake Tribune. In 2003, Lorie was promoted to Vice-President of Black Press’s Interior divisions. In 2005, with continued acquisitions, the decision was made to split the Interior into two regions, and Lorie accepted her current position as President – B.C. North. In this role, she works closely with divisions from Ashcroft to Prince Rupert.

Lorie is very proud of her hard-working team. She feels the success of Black Press overall is due to the hard work and dedication given by all employees.

Lorie and her husband Mike live in Williams Lake. They have two sons, and two grandchildren.

Lawson has been involved in community organizations throughout his career, including Rotary, the YMCA, Chambers of Commerce, and support for animal shelters. He has also been active in industry associations such as the Flyer Distribution Standards Association and Newspapers Canada.

Now as President of BC South Division Hamilton oversees the operations for the Okanagan division that includes Kelowna Capital News, Vernon Morning Star, Salmon Arm Observer, Penticton Western News and other surrounding Okanagan Black Press publications.

As CIO/CTO, Frank heads a team of technicians and programmers that keeps our 150 community media centres running smoothly. He brings a wealth of media, technology and management experience to his position.

Prior to joining Black Press in 2008, Frank worked in a variety of editorial, sales and creative roles with MetroValley Newspapers, Lower Mainland Publishing and CanWest. He also operated a successful online marketing business, participated in eight newspaper startups, managed Western Canadian accounts at Apple and was the publisher of the award-winning Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News.

Frank has been involved with community media since 1975. He lives in Maple Ridge with his wife Karen.

His press serves communities such as New Denver, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Kamloops, Merritt, Clearwater, Invermere, Kelowna, Lumby, Nakusp, Barriere and Lake Country. It runs 24/7 from Sunday night to Saturday night.

Gus also oversees press markets in Alberta for Calgary and Edmonton.

Gus started with Black Press at the Vernon press plant in 1991. He also worked for Black Press in Hawaii from 2005 to 2010, where he was Vice President of Production at the press plant on Oahu.

Gus lives in Vernon with his wife, Kim. He has two children and four grandchildren.

Robin began her career with a Black Press predecessor company, MetroValley News Group as an accounting clerk in 1984, and held the position of Corporate Accountant and Manager of Compensation and Benefits before taking on her current role as Director of Human Resources.

Robin lives in Mission with her husband Rick and they have two adult children in university.