Fred A. Stickel, Publisher
Fred Stickel, The Oregonian's longtime publisher, has dedicated his career to improving the Northwest's largest daily newspaper, and has volunteered his time, knowledge and vision to improving the future of Portland and Oregon. His most recent work on the Citizens Crime Commissions and the Regional Drug Initiative is just one example of his involvement. A native of New Jersey, Mr. Stickel graduated from Georgetown University and served as a Captain in the Marine Corps, in the South Pacific during World War II. He began his newspaper career in New Jersey in 1945 and moved to Portland with his wife and six children in 1967, to become general manager of The Oregonian. He was named its president in 1972 and became publisher in 1975. Throughout his distinguished career, he has guided the paper's production and news presentation, from the era of hot metal to the computer age, championing its mission to serve local communities and readers. An advocate of education, he established The Oregonian Publishing Company Scholarship Fund in 1983. In his roles as business leader, humanitarian and visionary, Mr. Stickel continues his commitment and contribution to civic and charitable causes.
Phone: 503.221.8140, Fax: 503.294.4175

Sandy Rowe, Editor
Sandy Rowe has been the editor of The Oregonian since 1993. She came to the great Northwest from Norfolk, Va., where she was editor of The Virginian-Pilot and had worked for 22 years. Although she still says, "ya'll", she has given up her East Coast perspective and is looking for a bumper sticker that says "Native Oregonian." Under her leadership, The Oregonian has won four Pulitzer Prizes, including the gold medal for public service, and many other national journalism awards. It has been recognized as one of the best daily newspapers in the U.S., and she was named Editor of the Year in 2003. Sandy is married to Gerard Rowe, an attorney active in local non-profit work. They have two grown daughters who live in and love Portland.
Phone: 503.221.8400, Fax: 503.329.4417 srowe@news.oregonian.com

Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor
Peter Bhatia has worked at the paper for 12 years. He has been in journalism for more than 30 years, working at papers big and small, in Spokane, San Francisco, Sacramento and Dallas. He is a former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Peter is a Northwest native; he was born and grew up in Pullman, Wash. He is a graduate and loyal alum of Stanford University. He and his wife, Liz Dahl, a copy editor at The Oregonian, have two grown children.
Phone: 503.221.8393, Fax: 503.294.5012 pbhatia@news.oregonian.com

Therese Bottomly, Managing Editor, Readership and Standards
In this role, Therese's is the newsroom's expert on readership and research, the inclusion of reader interests and readership in the paper's daily decision making. She is also responsible for helping the newsroom improve internal systems, including goal-setting and staff training. She oversees all copy editing, supervises the national-international team and edits multiple columnists. Therese is a native of Oregon, growing up in Northwest Portland. She graduated from the University of Oregon School of Journalism after determining a degree in Latin and linguistics would not pay the rent. She has worked at The Oregonian since 1983, primarily as an editor handling local news. She became one of the paper's managing editors in 1998. In the past several years, she has focused on opening access to public records for the benefit of all Oregonians. She is also a member of the Oregon Bar-Press-Broadcasters Council, which works to resolve conflicts between the media and the bar.
Phone: 503.221.8434, Fax: 503.294.5012 theresebottomly@news.oregonian.com

Susan Gage, Managing Editor, Breaking News and Online
Phone: 503.294.7610, Fax: 503.294.5012 susangage@news.oregonian.com

Jolene Krawczak, Managing Editor, Features
JoLene oversees the newspaper's seven daily and weekly feature sections, leads the newspaper's magazine operations (Ultimate Northwest, Homes+Gardens Northwest and MIX) and helps to develop new products. She came to The Oregonian 12 years ago as the assistant team leader for crime and justice. She then helped create and was the first editor of the weekly Homes & Gardens of the Northwest. Her first newspaper job was as a part-time sports writer at the Pacific Daily News on Guam while finishing a bachelor's degree and then a secondary teaching credential at the University of Guam. It took only a few semesters teaching high school English to convince her that journalism was the career for her. Since then she has held a variety of reporting and editing jobs in sports, news and features, including Metro editor at the Fresno Bee before coming to Oregon.
Phone: 503.294.5070 jolenekrawczak@news.oregonian.com

Randy Cox, Visuals and Production Editor
Randy is helping lead the integration of the paper's visual journalism efforts into the Internet as well as supervising The Oregonian's Photo and Graphics departments. He is also responsible for the newsroom's internal production efforts. Randy joined The Oregonian staff in 1997. Editor of "The Best of Photojournalism" five times between 1995 and 2000, he has won many awards over the years, including Pictures of the Year competitions and The Society for News Design competitions. Randy is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He began his professional career in 1976 as a staff photographer at The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss. Always in search of the next great image, he's worked as photo editor at The Coffeyville Journal, Kan., as picture editor at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa., and as Assistant Managing Editor/Photography and Graphics at The Hartford Courant. Randy has also been a design consultant and teacher, serving as the Professional in Residence at The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada/Reno. He is married to Joany Carlin, an editor at The Oregonian, who has traveled across this country with him from one newsroom to the next.
Phone: 503.294.4072 randycox@news.oregonian.com

Robert Caldwell, Editorial Page Editor
Bob Caldwell has been editorial page editor of The Oregonian, since 1995. He also directs the daily commentary pages and Sunday opinion section. He was The Oregonian's metropolitan editor for eight years and was the paper's first public editor, serving in that ombudsman post from 1993 to 1995. Before he joined the paper in 1983, he was a reporter, editor and publisher at several newspapers in the Northwest. He is a native of Northeast Oregon and a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism. Caldwell has been active in professional organizations and is a past president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Oregon Newspaper Foundation, and the Western Oregon chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He also is a member of the Oregon Press-Bar-Bench-Broadcasters Committee. In 1993, Caldwell served as editor-in-residence for two new daily newspapers in Romania, Cotidianul in Bucharest and Monitorul de Iasi in Iasi. He has been a consultant to publications in Bulgaria and Bosnia as well. Caldwell and his wife Lora Cuykendall live in Portland with their youngest daughter, Ellie, a high school student. They have two grown daughters who live, work and go to school in Portland.
Phone: 503.221.8197 bobcaldwell@news.oregonian.com