Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, is the executive chairman of the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times en Español and other publications under the California Times.
Executive Team
Chris Argentieri is president and chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Times, overseeing all the business operations of The Times.
Nancy Antoniou is the chief human resources officer for the California Times, which includes The Times and San Diego Union-Tribune.
Anna Magzanyan is Chief of Staff to the Executive Chairman and Head of Strategy and Revenue for the Los Angeles Times.
Ghalib Kassam is chief information officer for the California Times, which includes the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune and their community and lifestyle publications in Southern California.
Joshua Brandau is chief marketing officer of the California Times, comprised of the Los Angeles Times, The San Diego Union-Tribune and a portfolio of community and lifestyle publications.
Russell Sakamoto is the chief accounting officer of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, responsible for financial planning, administration and operations.
Jeff Glasser is general counsel of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune.
Glenn Nano is the senior vice president of product at the California Times, which includes the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, building and leading product development teams that create user experiences that help people find stories and content they love, come back for and pay for.
Jeff Balbien is the senior vice president of engineering for the Los Angeles Times, leading the development and modernization of the tools, services and infrastructure powering the newspaper’s digital platforms.
Hillary Manning is the vice president of communications, overseeing media relations and corporate communications for the Los Angeles Times.
Newsroom Leadership
Kevin Merida is the executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. He took the helm of the largest newsgathering organization in the West in June 2021 and oversees the newsroom as well as Times Community News and Los Angeles Times en Español.
Shani Hilton is the managing editor for new initiatives at the Los Angeles Times. She is responsible for driving the L.A. Times’ efforts to expand its journalism and to foster a newsroom culture of aggressive, organic experimentation with form and approach.
Sara Yasin is a managing editor at the Los Angeles Times, where she oversees the daily news operation, as well as the Photo and Data and Graphics teams.
Scott Kraft is editor at large for enterprise journalism and special projects at the Los Angeles Times, where he oversees the Investigations department, standards and practices, contest entries, polling and survey research projects, and newsroom-wide reporting initiatives.
Hector Becerra is the deputy managing editor for California and Metro.
As deputy managing editor for news, Shelby Grad supervises the Los Angeles Times’ daily report on all platforms.
As deputy managing editor for new initiatives and vice president of LA Times Studios, Christian Stone helps guide the launch of new products and initiatives.
As deputy managing editor at the Los Angeles Times, Julia Turner runs coverage of culture and the entertainment industry and oversees Sports.
John Canalis works with editorial and finance to execute the editorial budget and serves as a liaison with the business side to develop and fine-tune initiatives that generate new revenue.
As assistant managing editor for culture and talent, Angel Jennings oversees the fellowship and internship programs. She also works closely with HR and department heads to advance the company’s efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and access.
Kimbriell Kelly is an assistant managing editor and Washington bureau chief at the Los Angeles Times, where she oversees coverage of politics and policy in Washington, D.C.
Iliana Limón Romero is the Los Angeles Times assistant managing editor for Sports. She supervises the newsroom’s sports coverage.
Loree Matsui is the assistant managing editor for multiplatform editing.
Craig Nakano is assistant managing editor for Entertainment and Arts, overseeing the Los Angeles Times’ coverage of TV, movies, music, fine arts, books and other culture.
Samantha Melbourneweaver is the assistant managing editor for audience at the Los Angeles Times where she oversees social media, off-platform content sharing, SEO, comment and community.
B.J. Terhune is assistant managing editor for news at the Los Angeles Times, managing the Fast Break Desk, a team of journalists contributing to coverage of breaking news and trending topics.
Laurie Ochoa is general manager of Food at the Los Angeles Times.
Terry Tang is the editorial page editor, overseeing the editorial board and the Op-Ed and Sunday Review sections.
Mariel Garza is the deputy editor of the editorial page.