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Raul Vazquez // Vice President, Production Operations
Raul Vazquez is Star Tribune’s vice president of production operations. Raul is responsible for directing and overseeing all printing and manufacturing operations at our Heritage production facility.
Prior to joining the Star Tribune in 2014, Raul worked for The St. Paul Pioneer Press for 13 years in operations management, where he assumed all the newspaper packaging responsibilities at their manufacturing facility and received a company-wide excellence recognition award for his leadership role. During the last 8 years at the Star Tribune, he has completed a mini MBA program from the University of Minnesota. He has also participated in the Leadership Twin Cities program run by the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce and has assumed increasing responsibilities at our world-class manufacturing facility.
Management Team
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Steve Grove
CEO, Publisher and Board Member
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Suki Dardarian
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VP, Consumer Marketing
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David Diegnau
Senior Vice President, Operations
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Phillip Morris
Opinion Editor and Vice President
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Head of Culture and Community
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Chris Iles
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Paul Kasbohm
Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer
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Brian Kennett
VP, Head of Digital Advertising and Agency Services
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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Michelle Mueller
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Stephanie Ness
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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Aron Pilhofer
Chief Product Officer
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Maria Reeve
Managing Editor and VP
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Harpreet Kaur Sandhawalia
VP, Product
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Jeff Sebesta
VP, Subscription Operations
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Raul Vazquez
Vice President, Production Operations
raul.vazquez@startribune.com
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Chad Wagner
VP, Engineering
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Eric Wieffering
Managing Editor and VP
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Mary Mayer
SVP, Consumer Growth
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Board of Directors
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Steve Grove
CEO, Publisher and Board Member
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Chairman and Founder, Taylor Corp., Board Member
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Leigh Hart
Vice President, Corporate Development, Taylor Corporation, Board Member
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Channon Lemon
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Scott Burns
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