Meet The Publisher/ Owner
JAMES D. BROWN
James Brown is the Publisher of the Yale Expositor. In addition to covering all of the Bulldog sports, he is responsible for coverage of events at Yale Public Schools, the Yale Board of Education, the local townships, Peeking In The Past, the area Police Report and Outdoor Update. Honors he has received include induction into the Yale High School Athletic Hall of Fame, being named Yale Public Schools “Friend Of Youth” and earning the Media Honor Roll award for balanced and fair reporting. He has served the community as a member of the City Council for 5 years (1 as Mayor Pro-Tem) and as a member of the Downtown Development Authority for 24 years.
Meet The Editor/ Owner
BARBARA BROWN STASIK
Most of the stories you love reading each week come from our Editor herself, Barb. She and her brother, Jim, are third generation owners of The Yale Expositor. She works on the stories, oversight of the paper, public relations, and even does the printing work for those who need menus, tickets, etc.
She likes to say that she writes a 'personal letter to her friends' each week with her popular "from the Editor's Desk" column.
Barb is proud to call Yale her hometown and is very active in giving back to her community. She has served as the President of the Yale Area Chamber of Commerce and the Yale Lions Club and has also served as an EDC member, LDFA member, on Yale's DDA and the Cemetery Board. She was a founder of the Yale Bologna Festival, the 2004 Queen of Bologna, a title she is most proud of. She is also a loyal Bulldog fan.
She and her husband, Tim Stasik, live in Yale.
Meet The Office Manager
CAITLIN CHANDLER
Need to publish something up for sale? Need to renew your subscriptions? Moving and need to change your address? You come to Caitlin. She also happens to run both the Facebook page and the website. She loves feedback and would love suggestions on how to make the sites better and more enjoyable for our readers!
Caitlin graduated from Peck Community Schools in 2011 and has a degree in General Business from SC4. She comes from a family of former Chamber members, Bologna Royalty and business owners in the community. She has volunteered for fundraising to help the community on several occasions, including the Cemetery Tours, Bologna Festival, and numerous benefits.
You can contact her at: catechandleexpo@gmail.com
Meet The Ad Coordinator
MELISSA HUGHES
After graduating Yale High School, Melissa attended Adrian College where she majored in Mass Media Communication. During her tenure at Adrian, she fed her love of music by working at the college radio station and became heavily involved in the theatre program.
Melissa was able to combine her education paths in her chosen career of advertising by producing commercials and videos for a long list of clients. After working for several advertising agencies in the Detroit area, Melissa ventured on her own and started her own free-lance production company.
In 2010, Melissa joined the The Yale Expositor. Bringing her unique experience, she works to build advertising campaigns for local, regional and national businesses as well as expand community support for the shop local initiative.
Melissa lives in the New Baltimore with her husband Bill, and their three kids Emma, Zoe and Brady.
Want to set something up? Contact her at: melissa.hughes@comcast.net
Meet The Photographer
KATIE ALLEN
Katie graduated in 2009 from Yale High School and went on to study at Central Michigan University where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Photojournalism in 2013. After completing her internship with us, she chose to stay on as one of our staff photographers. Her favorite thing to shoot is High School Sports and loves getting to work with the community during the Bologna Festival to provide our readers with many of the great photographs people have come to love seeing in our paper every year. Katie lives with her husband Joshua in Yale.