Management Team

Senior Management

James B. Boone, Jr. : Chairman of the Board and Director

James B. Boone, Jr.

Chairman of the Board and Director

Boone is active in group and individual management for Boone Newspapers Inc. (BNI), lives in and works from Tuscaloosa, Ala. BNI's first newspaper acquisition was made in 1970 while Boone was publisher of The Tuscaloosa News. The News was published by Boone's father, Buford Boone, a Pulitzer Prize winning editor, from 1947 until 1968 when he was succeeded by his son. The Boones operated The News through a family-owned company that leased the newspaper's franchise and certain assets from Public Welfare Foundation until 1981. Prior to becoming publisher of The News, Boone was publisher of The Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald, then owned by the Carmage Walls and Gene Worrell organizations and prior to then did newspaper management work for Walls in Georgia and Texas. Boone's newspaper background is news, advertising, circulation and production. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama.

Todd H. Carpenter : President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Todd H. Carpenter

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Carpenter, president and chief operating officer of Boone Newspapers since 2004, is active in BNI group and individual management. He lives in and works from Natchez, Miss. Carpenter was previously publisher of The Natchez Democrat and The Greenville (Ala.) Advocate and three associated weekly newspapers. Earlier, he was general manager of The Andalusia (Ala.) Star-News and regional circulation manager for BNI. He began his newspaper career at The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News. Carpenter, whose background is circulation, production and general management, is a graduate of the University of Alabama.

Kevin Cooper : Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Kevin Cooper

Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Cooper, publisher of The Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, is active in group and individual management. He lives and works from Natchez. Cooper was previously publisher of The Ironton (Ohio) Tribune newspaper. He also previously served as BNI’s new media director. His background is in news, joining BNI in 1993 as a staff photographer in Natchez. Cooper is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi.

Joseph C. [Jay] Davis, Jr. : Vice President, BNI Group Manager and Controller

Joseph C. [Jay] Davis, Jr.

Vice President, BNI Group Manager and Controller

Davis, business manager of The Selma (Ala.) Times-Journal since 1979, currently manages the BNI group's Accounting, accounts payable center and employee retirement plan. He lives and works from Selma, Ala. Davis has a varied experience in the newspaper industry, with emphasis in the area of accounting. During the years of his association with the BNI group, Davis has directed the group's accounting work, overseen accounting software development and implementation, administered employee benefits, and handled corporate insurance. He began his career as a newspaper carrier in Selma.

Dennis M. Palmer : Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Dennis M. Palmer

Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Palmer, publisher of The Selma (Ala.) Times-Journal, is active in group and individual management. He lives and works from Selma. Palmer was previously publisher of The Greenville (Ala.) Advocate and president of Houston (Miss.) Newspapers and its affiliated publications. He joined BNI in 1998 as circulation director of The Natchez (Miss.) Democrat after spending 10 years with the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group. Palmer, whose background is in circulation, began his career at The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News.

Tim Prince : Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Tim Prince

Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Prince, vice-president of BNI and president of the Inland Operating Group, is active in group and individual management. He lives in Shelby County, Ala. while working from Clanton and Columbiana, Ala. Prince is president & publisher of Shelby County [Ala.] ReporterShelby Living magazine, The Clanton [Ala.] AdvertiserPeach Living magazine and related print and digital products. Earlier, he was sales manager forThe Athens [Ga.] Banner-Herald and publisher of the Burnet [Texas] Bulletin; he began his career at The Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Ala. Prince, whose background includes audience development, production, revenue and content generation, is a graduate of The University of Alabama.

Steve Stewart : Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Steve Stewart

Vice President, BNI Group Manager

Stewart, publisher of The Tidewater News, is active in group and individual management. He lives and works from Franklin, Va. Stewart was previously publisher of The Clarksdale (Miss.) Press Register andThe Yazoo (Miss.) Herald and editor of The Meridian (Miss.) Star before joining BNI in 2006. Stewart, whose background is in news, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. In 2005, he was the inaugural John Emmerich Fellow at the University of Oxford in England.

Board of Directors

Carolyn Farrior Boone : Director

Carolyn Farrior Boone

Director

Caroline Boone Rockefeller : Director

Caroline Boone Rockefeller

Director

Catherine Garrett Boone : Director

Catherine Garrett Boone

Director

J. Buford Boone, III : Director

J. Buford Boone, III

Director

Kenneth S. Boone : Director

Kenneth S. Boone

Director

Martha Boone Cobbold : Director

Martha Boone Cobbold

Director

James B. Boone, Jr. : Director, Chairman of the Board

James B. Boone, Jr.

Director, Chairman of the Board

Todd H. Carpenter : Director, President and CEO

Todd H. Carpenter

Director, President and CEO