The Advocate

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Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0588
225.383.1111
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Classified Advertising 225.383.0111
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Educational Services 225.388.0228
Digital Media 225.388.0795
MARKETING
Linda Wunstel Marketing Director 225.388.0148 lwunstel@theadvocate.com
Charlene Robert Marketing Manager 225.388.0352 crobert@theadvocate.com
Karen Martin Special Sections Editor 225.388.0378 kmartin@theadvocate.com
NEWS
Carl Redman Executive Editor 225.388.0277 credman@theadvocate.com
Fred Kalmbach Managing Editor 225.388.0276 fkalmbach@theadvocate.com
Rebekah Allen Advocate News Writer 225.388.0099 rallen@theadvocate.com
Smiley Anders Advocate Columnist 225.388.0639 smiley@theadvocate.com
Bob Anderson Florida Parishes Bureau Writer 225.336.6996 banderson@theadvocate.com
Adrian Angelette Metro Desk 225.388.0307 aangelette@theadvocate.com
Christine Arceneaux Livingston-Tangipahoa Editor 225.336.6972 cmarceneaux@theadvocate.com
Jill Arnold Newsroom Systems Manager 225.388.0327 jarnold@theadvocate.com
Bill Bankston Opinion Page Editor 225.388.0202 bbankston@theadvocate.com
Carol Anne Blitzer Advocate Food Writer 225.383.1111 cblitzer@theadvocate.com
Pam Bordelon Advocate Writer 225.388.0335 pbordelon@theadvocate.com
Johnny Brooks Metro desk 225.388.0291 jbrooks@theadvocate.com
Ruth Broussard Copy Editor 225.383.1111 rbrousard@theadvocate.com
Tony Brown Copy Editor 225.383.1111 tbrown@theadvocate.com
Chad Calder Advocate Business Writer 225.388.0298 ccalder@theadvocate.com
Ellyn Couvillion Staff Writer 225.388.0180 ecouvillion@theadvocate.com
Gary Couvillion Copy Editor 225.388.0290 gcouvillion@theadvocate.com
Sandy Davis Assitant Metro Editor 225.388.0299 sdavis@theadvocate.com
Darlene Denstorff Ascension Editor 225.603.1998 ddenstorff@theadvocate.com
Skip Descant Advocate Business Writer 225.388.0284 sdescant@theadvocate.com
Ken Duhe News Editor 225.388.0656 kduhe@theadvocate.com
Marla Elsea Copy Editor 225.388.0465 melsea@theadvocate.com
Kevin Fambrough Copy Editor 225.388.0377 kfambrough@theadvocate.com
Vicki Ferstel Metro editor 225.388.0641 vferstel@theadvocate.com
Christy Futch River Parishes Bureau 225.388.0312 cfutch@theadvocate.com
Greg Garland Assistant Metro editor 225.388.0309 ggarland@theadvocate.com
Kay Gervais Asst. News Editor 225.388.0649 kgervais@theadvocate.com
John Gipson Graphic Designer 225.383.1111 jgipson@theadvocate.com
Ted Griggs Advocate Business Writer 225.388.0671 tgriggs@theadvocate.com
Dianne Guidry Executive Assistant 225.388.0283 dguidry@theadvocate.com
Joe Gyan Metro Writer 225.388.0339 jgyan@theadvocate.com
Danny Heitman Editorial Writer/Columnist 225.388.0295 dheitman@theadvocate.com
Terry Jones Westside Bureau Writer 225.326.6627 tjones@theadvocate.com
Lanny Keller Editorial Writer 225.388.0260 lkeller@theadvocate.com
Bobby Lamb Business Editor 225.388.0350 blamb@theadvocate.com
Madelyn Lamb People Editor 225.388.0314 mlamb@theadvocate.com
Joel Levy Copy Editor, People Section 225.388.0292 jlevy@theadvocate.com
Bill Lodge Metro Writer 225.388.0311 blodge@theadvocate.com
Charles Lussier News/Education Writer 225.388.0331 clussier@theadvocate.com
Jay Martin News/Graphics 225.388.0631 jmartin@theadvocate.com
Naomi Martin News 225.388.0317 nmartin@theadvocate.com
Richard Mason Copy Editor 225.388.0373 rmason@theadvocate.com
Gene Mearns Metro Desk 225.388.0281 gmearns@theadvocate.com
James Minton Baker Zachary Bureau Writer 225.775.7005 jminton@theadvocate.com
David Mitchell Florida Parishes Writer 225.336-6961 dmitchell@theadvocate.com
Leila Pitchford-English News/Graphics 225.383.1111 lenglish@theadvocate.com
Faimon Roberts Advocate News Writer 225.336-2962 froberts@theadvocate.com
Terry Robinson Copy Editor 225.383.0238 trobinson@theadvocate.com
Paul Sandau News/Graphics 225.388.0326 psandau@theadvocate.com
William Sierichs Copy Editor 225.388.0695 bsierichs@theadvocate.com
Blake Silvio News Aide 225.383.1111 bsilvio@theadvocate.com
William Taylor Asst. People Editor 225.388.0374 wtaylor@theadvocate.com
Fayette Tompkins Opinion 225.383.1111 ftompkins@theadvocate.com
Lori Tucker Copy Editor 225.383.1111 ltucker@theadvocate.com
Kimberly Vetter Advocate Writer 225.388.0368 kvetter@theadvocate.com
Steven Ward Advocate Writer 225.388.0303 sward@theadvocate.com
Edie White Copy Editor 225.388-0312 ewhite@theadvocate.com
David Williams Copy Editor 225.383-1111 dwilliams@theadvocate.com
Amy Wold Advocate Writer 225.388.0320 awold@theadvocate.com
Phil Womack Copy Editor 225.388-0647 pwomack@theadvocate.com
CAPITOL NEWS BUREAU
Mark Ballard Capitol Editor 225.342.4411 mballard@theadvocate.com
Koran Addo Capitol Bureau Writer 225.342.4411 kaddo@theadvocate.com
Jordan Blum Washington Bureau Writer 225.819.7424 jblum@theadvocate.com
Michelle Millhollon Capitol Bureau Writer 225.342.4411 mmillhollon@theadvocate.com
Will Sentell Capitol Bureau Writer 225.342.4411 wsentell@theadvocate.com
Marsha Shuler Capitol Bureau Writer 225.342.4411 mshuler@theadvocate.com
SPORTS
Joseph Schiefelbein Executive Sports Editor 225.388.0321 jschiefelbein@theadvocate.com
Dominic Baudoin Sports Copy Editor 225.383.1111 dbaudoin@theadvocate.com
Rob DeArmond Sports Copy Editor 225.388.0642 rdearmond@theadvocate.com
Les East Sports Reporter 225.388.0325 least@theadvocate.com
Gary English Sports Copy Editor 225.388.0428 genglish@theadvocate.com
Robin Fambrough Sports Writer 225.388.0412 rfambrough@theadvocate.com
Matthew Harris Sports Writer 225.388.0646 mharris@theadvocate.com
Scott Hotard Sports Writer 225.388.0646 shotard@theadvocate.com
Pierce Huff Sports Online Editor 225.388.0506 phuff@theadvocate.com
Perryn Keys Assistant Sports Editor 225.388.1111 pkeys@theadvocate.com
Joe Macaluso Outdoors Writer 225.388.0293 jmacaluso@theadvocate.com
Sheldon Mickles Sports Writer 225.388.1111 smickles@theadvocate.com
Michael Petre Sports Copy Editor 225.388.0466 mpetre@theadvocate.com
Scott Rabalais Sports Writer 225.388.0441 srabalais@theadvocate.com
Alex Songe Sports Copy Editor 225.388.1111 asonge@theadvocate.com
NEWS FEATURES
Judy Bergeron Assistant News/Features Editor 225.388.0661 jbergeron@theadvocate.com
Beth Colvin Assistant Food Editor 225.388.0317 bcolvin@theadvocate.com
Greg Langley News/Features Editor 225.388.0199 glangley@theadvocate.com
Robin Miller Arts Critic 225.388.0623 romiller@theadvocate.com
George Morris News/Features Writer 225.388.0628 gmorris@theadvocate.com
Anne Price Arts Critic 225.388.0662 aprice@theadvocate.com
Cheramie Sonnier Food Editor 225.388.0468 csonnier@theadvocate.com
John Wirt Music/Movies Critic 225.388.0665 jwirt@theadvocate.com
ACADIANA BUREAU
Billy Gunn Acadiana Bureau Writer 337-234-0174 bgunn@theadvocate.com
Richard Burgess Acadiana Bureau Writer 337-234-0174 rburgess@theadvocate.com
Randy Curtis Southwest Area Manager 337-234-0174 rcurtis@theadvocate.com
Lyall Scott Acadiana Bureau Advertising Sales
337-234-0174 lscott@theadvocate.com
Marsha Sills Acadiana Bureau Writer msills@theadvocate.com
Bryan Tuck Staff Photographer Acadiana Bureau 337-234-0174 btuck@theadvocate.com
PHOTOGRAPHY
John Ballance Photography Manager 225.388.0680 jballance@theadvocate.com
Patrick Dennis Photographer 225.388.0711 pdennis@theadvocate.com
Karin Devendorf Imaging Specialist 225.388.0653 kdevendorf@theadvocate.com
Michael Dunlap Photo Editor 225.388.0707 kemartin@theadvocate.com
William Feig Photographer 225.388.0713 bfeig@theadvocate.com
Richard Alan Hannon Photographer 225.388.0708 rhannon@theadvocate.com
Adam Lau Photographer 225.388.0695 alau@theadvocate.com
Arthur Lauck Photographer 225.388.0669 alauck@theadvocate.com
Heather McClelland Photographer 225.336.6955 hmcclelland@theadvocate.com
Travis Spradling Photographer 225.388.0668 tspradling@theadvocate.com
Catherine Threikeld Photographer 225.388.0676 cthreikeld@theadvocate.com
Bryan Tuck
Photographer/Acadiana Bureau
337-234-0174 lcondo@theadvocate.com
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Steve Fitzgerald Educational Services Manager 225.388.0239 sfitzgerald@theadvocate.com
Julia Forbes Business Partnership Coordinator 225.388.0659 jforbes@theadvocate.com
Evelyn Huckaby Newspapers in Education Coordinator 225.388.0228 ehuckaby@theadvocate.com
Molly Manson Office Manager 225.388.0224 mmanson@theadvocate.com
DIGITAL MEDIA
Michael J. Wilson Digital Media Director 225.388.0190 mwilson@theadvocate.com
Freda Yarbrough Chief Digital Content Editor 225.388.0735 fyarbrough@theadvocate.com
Kevin McQuarn Online Entertainment Editor 225.388.0615 kmcquarn@theadvocate.com
Paul Walters Online News Editor 225.388.0655 pwalters@theadvocate.com
DISPLAY ADVERTISING
Sheila Runnels Advertising Director 225.388.0254 srunnels@theadvocate.com
Lou Hudson Advertising Sales Manager 225.388.0245 lhudson@theadvocate.com
Lisa Busceme Advertising Sales Manager 225.388.0119 lisab@theadvocate.com
Connie Settle National Advertising Manager 225.388.0250 csettle@theadvocate.com
Jason Gele’ Online Sales Manager 225.388.0672 jgele@theadvocate.com
Donna Arnold
Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0252 darnold@theadvocate.com
Carlene Callow Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0364 ccallow@theadvocate.com
Matthew Campanella Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0258 mcampanella@theadvocate.com
Don Cassano Major Accounts Representative
225.388.0249 dcassano@theadvocate.com
Tiffani Debetaz Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0263 tdebetaz@theadvocate.com
Paul Demouy Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0686 pdemouy@theadvocate.com
Phillip Dequeant Online Sales Coordinator 225.388.0267 pdequeant@theadvocate.com
Ellen Ducote Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0246 educote@theadvocate.com
Julie Hall Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0751 jhall@theadvocate.com
Anna Johnson Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0751 ajohnson@theadvocate.com
Ken Marsh Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0740 kmarsh@theadvocate.com
Betsy McDowell Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0272 bmcdowell@theadvocate.com
John Mouton Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0749 jmouton@theadvocate.com
Miranda Osborne
Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0257 mosborne@theadvocate.com
Melissa Ross (Ascension) Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0256 mross@theadvocate.com
Lyall Scott (Acadiana) Multi-Media Sales Consultant 337-234-0174 lscott@theadvocate.com
Jason Wall Multi-Media Sales Consultant 225.388.0264 jwall@theadvocate.com
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
Art DeLaTorre
Advertising Manager 225.388.0102 adelatorre@theadvocate.com
Toni Templet Administrative Asst/Systems Mgr 225.388.0103 ttemplet@theadvocate.com
Jay Jackson Outside Sales Manager
225.388.0106 jayjackson@theadvocate.com
Brenda Ross Inside Sales Manager
225.388.0269 bross@theadvocate.com
Brittany Baucum
Multimedia Sales Consultants 225.388.0107 bbaucum@theadvocate.com
Robin Debetaz Multimedia Sales Consultants 225.388.0109 rdebetaz@theadvocate.com
Michelle Guilbault Multimedia Sales Consultants 225.388.0113 mguilbault@theadvocate.com
Charles Miller Multimedia Sales Consultants 225.388.0108 cmiller@theadvocate.com
NEW ORLEANS BUREAU
Sara Pagones New Orleans Bureau Chief 504.754.6903 spagones@theadvocate.com
Sara Barnard New Orleans Bureau Advertising Rep 504.881.6327 sbarnard@theadvocate.com
Emily Engberg New Orleans Salesrep 504.636.7422 eengberg@theadvocate.com
Kari Dequine Harden New Orleans Bureau Reporter 504.881.6459 kharden@theadvocate.com
Ted Lewis New Orleans Bureau Sports Reporter 504.881.6519 tlewis@theadvocate.com
John McCusker New Orleans Bureau Photojournalist
504.881.6487 jmccusker@theadvocate.com
Danny Monteverde New Orleans Bureau Reporter 504.881.6632 dmonteverde@theadvocate.com
Allen J. Powell II New Orleans Bureau Reporter 504.881.6452 apowell@theadvocate.com
Linda Singleton New Orleans Salesrep 504.881.6601 lsingleton@theadvocate.com
Annette Sisco New Orleans Bureau Reporter 504.636.7405 asisco@theadvocate.com