Conan Gallaty took over for the long-serving Paul Tash as the Tampa Bay Times’ CEO in mid-January and will succeed Tash as board chair of the Times Publishing Co. on July 1. Gallaty, who became president of the Times in 2020, will be just the fourth person to lead it since legendary publisher Nelson Poynter’s death in 1978.
Jennifer Orsi is the executive editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and vice president of content for the Florida/Georgia region of Gannett’s USA Today Network.