Company Leadership

Steve Trolinger

Steve Trolinger
President
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Steve is a veteran of the community news business having been with the company since its origination in 1982. He was one of two founding partners in Community Publishers, Inc. after previous professional experience with Tribune Company, Chicago, and other newspaper companies. Steve holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Oklahoma.


Mike Brown

Mike Brown
Executive Vice President

Mike has been with CPI since 1983. He currently serves as publisher of the company's Oklahoma publications. Mike holds a BSE degree from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.


Dave Berry

Dave Berry
Vice President

Dave has been in CPI management since 1999 after previously serving with three of the company's newspapers in Missouri since 1977. He is publisher of the eight CPI newspapers that surround Springfield. Dave holds a BA degree from Missouri State University and resides in Bolivar.


D. Jeff Christenson

D. Jeff Christenson
Vice President

Jeff has been with the Harrison Daily Times for more than 25 years and has served as publisher since 1993. He also now serves as publisher of the Newton County Times. Jeff began his newspaper career as the marketing and circulation manager in Harrison, Arkansas, in 1984. He holds a bachelor's degree from Southern State College and attended graduate school at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.


Roger Frye

Roger W. Frye
Systems and Technology Director

Roger has been with CPI since 1987, holding various newsroom management positions before being promoted to lead the information technology department in 1994. Roger holds a BA in Journalism and graduate hours in newsroom management from the University of Oklahoma. He also has an MBA from the University of Arkansas.


Charlie Heidelberg

Charlie Heidelberg
Corporate Production Director

Charlie joined CPI in 1997 after leaving a position at Trader Publishing in Dayton, Ohio. Prior to working at Trader Publishing, Charlie was production manager at Club Publishing and The Ohio Communications Group in Dayton. Previous to that, he held a position at The Clemont Sun Publishing Group in Cincinnati.


Tom Bruns

Tom Bruns
Chief Financial Officer

Tom started with CPI in 2003 after previously serving as controller for a Gannett-owned newspaper in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Tom holds BS and MBA degrees from Florida Atlantic University.