Greg R. Veon, Lee Enterprises

Greg Veon, a 34-year veteran of Lee Enterprises, has responsibility for 22 daily newspapers in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and South Carolina, as well as the Lee Agri-Media division.

He began his career at the Chicago Tribune and joined Lee in 1976 as sales and marketing director at the Muscatine Journal; publisher of the Herald & Review in Decatur, Ill; general manager of KOIN-TV, which was then a Lee station in Portland, Oregon; and Lee vice president for marketing. He became vice president for publishing in 1998.

He is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and executive development programs at Stanford and the University of Michigan. He has been actively involved in community activities throughout his career, serving at the board and chair level for chambers of commerce, United Ways, economic development programs and many business, industry, social and educational support groups.