Meet the Team

Chris Blackburn

Founder of
Clutch Industries

Rich Duncan

President of

Rich Duncan Construction, Inc

Jonathan Castro

Managing Partner of
Castro Monroy Group LLC

Melissa Mason

Business Development at Northrop Grumman

Lucy Escobar

Founder & Leadership Coach at
Lucy Escobar Coaching and Consulting LLC

José González

Managing Broker / Co-Owner for
Tu Casa Real Estate & La Familia Cider

Jesse Peone

Owner of the Salem Business Journal

Ryan Tribbett

Owner of PacWest Lobby Group

Wyatt Jones

Editor

Law student at Willamette University
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Promise King

Columnist

Former award-winning journalist for the Portland Tribune
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Rick Metsger

Columnist

Previous Journalist for the Oregonian
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Luis Ramirez

Journalist

Previous journalist for the Statesman Journal
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George Plaven

Journalist
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Ryan Tribbett

Journalist

Jordan Hill

Host of Dirt to Sky Business Podcast: A podcast to help you grow your small business

Ketzaly Lujan

Host of Salem Business Journal Spanish:
Local news & events, completely in Spanish

Savvy Hoffman

Host of Savvy Tok Podcast:
How to thrive and grow in Salem-Keizer’s high schools

Jesse Peone

Host of Salem Business Journal Podcast

Wyatt Jones

Host of Bandit AI Podcast How to use A.I. in your business

Aaron Van Cleave

Host of Salem Business Journal Podcast Local news & events. Our newspaper brought to life.