Meet our team
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509-344-1261 Kristina Lord has more than two decades of journalism experience and joined the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times in July 2016. Kristina spent more than 17 years at the Tri-City Herald and also worked at weekly newspapers in Prosser, Grandview and Yelm. She was a longtime member of the Society of Professional Journalists’ William O. Douglas chapter and a board member of Warrior Sisterhood, a Tri-Cities Cancer Center support group. She and her husband have two daughters and a dog named Yogi. |
 Rachel Visick
Reporter |
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509-344-1281 Rachel Visick joined the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times as a news assistant/researcher in July 2023 and was promoted to a reporter in June 2024. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and French (comparative literature) in spring 2023 from the University of Puget Sound. She is originally from Illinois. |
 Ty Beaver
Reporter |
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509-344-1286 Ty Beaver joined the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business as a reporter in November 2024. He has more than 10 years’ experience as a journalist, with nearly five years at the Tri-City Herald and nearly six years at the Herald & News in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He also worked for two years at the Kennewick School District handling their social media before joining the Richland School District heading up their communications department. He holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and English from the University of Kansas. He lives in Kennewick with his wife, two daughters and two cats. |
 Nathan Finke
News Assistant / Researcher |
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509-343-5664 Nathan Finke of Pasco joined the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business as a news assistant/researcher in July 2024. He earned a bachelor degree in digital technology from Washington State University Tri-Cities and an associate degree from Columbia Basin College. He worked for seven years at Yoke’s Fresh Market and as an intern for Northwest Public Broadcasting. |
 Vanessa Guzman
Production Manager |
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509-344-1278 Vanessa grew up in the Lower Valley and graduated from Sunnyside High School. Her experience includes five years in design and pre-press work for a printing company, three years as a production assistant at a daily newspaper, and eight years working at a marketing firm. Vanessa lives with her boyfriend, son, two bonus children and cat, Louie. |
 Tiffany Lundstrom
Associate Publisher for Sales |
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509-344-1271 Tiffany Lundstrom joined the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times in January 2019 as advertising director. She spent 21 years in marketing at KNDU TV. Tiffany is a current BNI Gunners member and is part of the local networking group The Link. She is passionate about the opportunity to grow local businesses. Tiffany lives in Richland with her three children. |
 Chad Utecht
Advertising Account Manager |
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509-344-1274 Chad Utecht has more than 17 years of sales experience and has been the advertising account manager at the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times since October 2016. Chad grew up in the Tri-Cities until moving to Spokane to attend Eastern Washington University. He moved back to the Tri-Cities in 2005. He worked for 15 years at Les Schwab where he learned the value of customer service and two years as sales manager at the Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce. He lives in West Richland with his wife and five children. |
 Erin Landon
Business Assistant |
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509-344-1285 Erin Landon grew up in the Kennewick and started working for the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times in 2001. She was with the papers for 13 years before stepping away to stay at home with her daughters. She rejoined the team a few years ago and will handle circulation, accounts receivables and other office duties. She lives in Kennewick with her husband, two daughters and two dogs. |
 Paul Read
Group Publisher |
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509-344-1262 Paul Read is Group Publisher of the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business and Senior Times, and also is publisher of the Journal of Business newspaper in Spokane, where he has worked since that newspaper’s founding in 1986. Prior to being named publisher in Spokane in 2012, Paul served as managing editor, assistant editor, and operations manager. He has been involved in the coverage of business news in Spokane for about 40 years. He is past chairman of Greater Spokane Incorporated, serves as chairman of the Spokane Public Facilities District, and has led a number of other civic and nonprofit boards in Spokane. |
