HIGHLIGHTS 35 years of journalism in Colorado; numerous state and national journalism awards; contacts in media,
public relations, higher education, business organizations and government.

Successfully sold Boulder Business Information to Brown Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb., 2008.
Inducted to Boulder County Business Hall of Fame, 2009.

Currently volunteering on executive committee of Boulder Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee;
co-chair, PR & Marketing. Editor, Official Sesquicentennial Guide.
Managed full-time news/advertising staff of 18 and freelance writers to publish highly respected bi-weekly
Boulder County Business Report. Gold award winner for best small business tabloid.
Best Business Columnist for newspapers in 10,0000 to 100,000 circulations from Society of Professional
Journalists, 2007.
Community Involvement: Currently on board of Imagine! Foundation. Served on board of Boulder County
Business Hall of Fame for 15 years; Boulder Economic Council; 1992 Chair, Awards Committee, Esprit
Entrepreneur; Board of Directors, Secretary/V.P. Public Relations, Boulder Flycasters, Trout Unlimited.

ExPERIENCE Publisher, Editor, Partner, Boulder Business Information Inc., parent company of Boulder County Business
Report, Northern Colorado Business Report, Wyoming Business Report, DataJoe LLC, 1989-2008.

Publisher/Editor of all related publications including Boulder County Technology/Manufacturers Directory;
Boulder Valley MD Health & Wellness Directory; Giving Guide; Green Book; Event Planning Guide;
Commercial Real Estate Sourcebook; Book of Lists.

Business Editor, The Denver Post, 1988; Deputy Business Editor, 1982-1988

News and metro desk editor, The Denver Post, 1978-1982

News and copy editor, reporter, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo., 1974-1978

Editor, reporter, Longmont Scene, Longmont, Colo. 1973-1974

News Bureau, Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce, Louisville, Ky. 1972-1973
EDUCATION B.A. Journalism, University of Kentucky, 1972

Newspaper Fund Scholarship, internship, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1971

Editor, reporter for college daily, The Kentucky Kernel, 1969-1972

PERSONAL Age: 58. Interests: Golfing, fly-fishing, upland bird hunting, antiques

Blog Entries by Jerry Lewis

Downtown Boulder Losing Bart's CD Cellar

Posted December 18, 2009 | 11:49 AM (EST)


I joined a crowd of bargain and holiday gift hunters at Bart's CD Cellar, which put up "store closing" signs this week after its out-of-town owners told staff it was shutting down the long-time Boulder business. The original owners sold the store in 2006 to Value Music Concepts,...

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Historic Home Holiday Tour, Gingerbread House Contest For Boulder's 150th Anniversary

1 Comments | Posted November 30, 2009 | 04:26 PM (EST)


BOULDER - Several holiday-themed events and music, including Historic Boulder's "Home for the Holidays" house tour and the Boulder History Museum's Winter Fest Gingerbread Contest, will help celebrate the Dec. 5-6 closing of the city's 150th anniversary.

A year of special Sesquicentennial programs and events has commemorated Boulder's founding...

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Get Out of Iraq, Afghanistan, Turner tells CU Audience

Posted November 16, 2009 | 11:00 AM (EST)


BOULDER -- Ted Turner's been called lots of things in his career - media mogul, entrepreneur, philanthropist, billionaire, rancher, environmentalist, peacenik and "Mouth of the South."

He brought a little of all of those to a packed room at the University of Colorado Friday as part of the Entrepreneurs Unplugged...

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Retweet Contest a Simple Way to Get Your Business Message Out

Posted October 15, 2009 | 12:19 PM (EST)


Nothing's wrong with good, simple marketing ideas in Twitter. In fact, isn't that what Twitter was supposed to be all about?

One of the easiest ideas to get your business message circulating is offering an incentive -- a simple contest for example -- asking your followers to retweet your tweet....

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Smoke a Cigar or Watch Boulder 'Stars' Dancing on Oct. 15 to Support Charities

Posted October 13, 2009 | 01:45 PM (EST)


Sometimes, it's best to get out of Boulder for a bit, and smoking a cigar is one of those things often frowned upon in a city that prides itself on smoke-free environments. Boulder does have at least one cigar bar -- Johnny's Cigar Bar -- in One Boulder Plaza...

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Other City Leaders' Advice to Boulder: Confront 'Affordability,' Lack of Green Jobs

2 Comments | Posted September 30, 2009 | 01:57 PM (EST)


BOULDER -- Affordable housing, transportation, town and gown relations and economic worries. Familiar issues to most of us in Colorado, and certainly here in Boulder.

And on a recent evening, four leaders from cities with a "kindred" relation to Boulder came here to share their own political experiences and offer...

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Four Officials From 'Kindred Cities' of Boulder to Speak at Sept. 23 Public Forum

Posted September 21, 2009 | 01:36 PM (EST)


BOULDER -- Four prominent leaders from Aspen, Colo., Madison, Wis., Portland, Ore. and Sante Fe, N.M. will share their experiences and thoughts in an evening forum, Wednesday, Sept. 23, titled "Separated at Birth: Insights from Kindred Communities."

The free event, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the University of Colorado...

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Publishers Want Their Slice of 'Linked-in' Economy

Posted September 15, 2009 | 07:00 AM (EST)


If you're reading this column, then you're officially part of what Huffington Post founder and Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington calls the "linked-in" economy.

Huffington and this new Denver-based Internet newspaper are the newest players in the intensely competitive Colorado media wars. This is Huffington's third news site after launching...

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