Ken Henry named vice president of advertising for the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Henry, comes from Castle Price, Texas, the place he used to be a vp of promoting for the Celebrity-Telegram, a McClatchy Media-owned newspaper.

Henry, 57, has been a pacesetter in construction methods for rising and transitioning conventional promoting onto trendy virtual platforms, in addition to diversifying the services introduced through his respective firms.

“We’re overjoyed to have Ken sign up for our workforce. He’s an strange chief,” Kelly Until, writer of the Richmond Occasions-Dispatch, mentioned. “Ken’s deep revel in of gross sales management, virtual media gross sales and alignment with our pastime for offering unprecedented consumer effects make him the very best chief to lend a hand force our enlargement into the long run.”

Henry’s revel in within the business has spanned throughout circulate, advertising and marketing and promoting departments, together with a focal point on virtual promoting for the previous 21 years. His 30-year occupation additionally comprises operating for Discussion board Communications, Advance Media NY, Gatehouse Media and Gannett. The Occasions-Dispatch is owned through Lee Enterprises.

In his new position, Henry will paintings with different Lee markets in Virginia. His first day used to be Jan. 1.

Henry has been an lively network member in quite a lot of advisory board committees, together with the 4-H Formative years Construction of Castle Price and the board of administrators for The Rochester Building & Coaching Heart in Rochester, New York.

“I plan to sign up for chambers and different community-based organizations to connect to folks and companies out there,” Henry mentioned. “I will be able to spend time within the box assembly our promoting companions and finding out about their objectives and goals as trade house owners. I’ll additionally search nonprofit organizations to spouse with, and native forums to sign up for.”

Henry attended the College of Connecticut and Monmouth College, the place he majored in trade control.

He has been married to his highschool sweetheart, Carla, for 35 years and has a daughter, Carneisha, and a son, Kenneth Jr. Of their spare time, Henry and Carla love fishing.