Meet The Star’s business staff
EDITORS
Chris Lester Assistant managing editor, business 816-234-4424 clester@kcstar.com
Eric Palmer Deputy business editor 816-234-4335 epalmer@kcstar.com
Greg Hack Assistant business editor 816-234-4439 ghack@kcstar.com
Steve Rosen Assistant business editor 816-234-4879 srosen@kcstar.com
Donna Vestal Assistant business editor 816-234-4881 dvestal@kcstar.com
Gentry Mullen Designer 816-234-4750 gmullen@kcstar.com
Dave Olson Assistant news editor, business 816-234-4935 dolson@kcstar.com
REPORTERS
Rick Alm Gambling, lodging, tourism 816-234-4785 ralm@kcstar.com
Kevin Collison Economic development 816-234-4289 kcollison@kcstar.com
Mark Davis Markets, mutual funds 816-234-4372 mdavis@kcstar.com
Steve Everly Energy, utilities 816-234-4455 severly@kcstar.com
Jason Gertzen Communications, bioscience 816-234-4899 jgertzen@kcstar.com
David Hayes Technology 816-234-4904 dhayes@kcstar.com
Randolph Heaster Labor, manufacturing, transportation 816-234-4746 rheaster@kcstar.com
Julius A. Karash Health care 816-234-4918 jkarash@kcstar.com
Victoria Sizemore Long Commodities, general assignment 816-234-4374 vlong@kcstar.com
Jennifer Mann Advertising, marketing, general assignment 816-234-4453 jmann@kcstar.com
Dan Margolies Banking, legal affairs 816-234-4481 dmargolies@kcstar.com
Gene Meyer Personal finance, insurance 816-234-4883 gmeyer@kcstar.com
Joyce Smith Cityscape columnist, small business, retail 816-234-4692 jsmith@kcstar.com
Diane Stafford Workplace columnist 816-234-4359 stafford@kcstar.com
SUPPORT STAFF
Dee Dee Russaw Administrative assistant 816-234-4373 drussaw@kcstar.com
ADVERTISING STAFF
Tom Garner Senior business and finance marketing specialist 816-234-4178 tgarner@kcstar.com
Charlie James Senior business and finance marketing specialist 816-234-4155 cjames@kcstar.com
Terri Tansey Senior business and finance marketing specialist 816-234-4191 ttansey@kcstar.com
Bret Miller Director of retail advertising 816-234-4169 bmiller@kcstar.com
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