STAFF CONTACT INFORMATION
PUBLISHING & EDITORIAL STAFF
George Zebrowski, publisher of Plumbing & Mechanical, is a 30+-year veteran of the plumbing-heating industry trade press. Zebrowski held several editorial positions on Contractor Magazine, becoming editor-in-chief in 1983. Soon thereafter he joined Horton Publishing and helped in the launch of Plumbing & Mechanical in 1984.
Initially, Zebrowski wrote a column in PM and sold advertising space in New England. His territory eventually expanded to include the entire East Coast and Gulf states into Texas. The year after BNP Media bought PM in 1991, Zebrowski was named publisher. He was promoted to group publisher in 1998.
He handles advertising sales for the Northeast.
He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
George Zebrowski
Publisher
Northeast Advertising Sales
P.O. Box 157
Windsor, MA 01270
Phone: 413/684-1447
Fax: 248/502-2119
E-mail: zebrowskig@bnpmedia.com
Jim Olsztynski is the founding editor and editorial director of Plumbing & Mechanical, as well as the winner of numerous awards for editorial excellence. He has been associated with the plumbing industry since 1977 and is a tireless crusader for the interests of plumbing contractors.
He was one of the industry spokesmen chosen to appear on the History Channel’s "Arteries of Civilization" program on plumbing history, adapted from PM’s 10-year "History of Plumbing" serial features.
Olsztynski is also editor of Supply House Times and consulting editor of PM Engineer.
Jim Olsztynski
Editorial Director
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4006
Fax: 248/502-1007
E-mail: wrdwzrd@aol.com
Steve Smith is Plumbing & Mechanical’s editor, and has covered the plumbing and heating industry since 1990. Prior to joining PM in 1996, Smith held editorial positions with Supply House Times (under its previous owner), and Plumbing Engineer, a trade magazine for specifying engineers.
He is a journalism graduate of the University of Missouri.
Steve Smith
Editor
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4339
Fax: 248/502-1029
E-mail: smiths@bnpmedia.com
Kelly Faloon, Plumbing & Mechanical’s managing editor, came aboard in December 2001 as a senior editor on staff. She came to PM after a 3½-year stint at sister publication Supply House Times.
She is also editor of Radiant Flooring Guide, an annual publication of the Radiant Panel Association that provides detailed information on floor covering options for homes with radiant floor heating.
Previously, Faloon spent nearly 10 years at CCH Incorporated, a publishing firm specializing in business and tax law, where she wore many hats — proofreader, writer/editor for a daily tax publication, and Internal Revenue Code editor.
A native of Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula, Faloon is a 1986 journalism graduate of Michigan State University.
Kelly Faloon
Managing Editor
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4004
Fax: 248/502-1006
E-mail: faloonk@bnpmedia.com
Senior Editor Katie Rotella began her writing career with Plumbing & Mechanical in June 1999. She is also the editor of Radiant & Hydronics e-News, the magazine’s twice-monthly radiant-focused newsletter for heating professionals, and writes the popular "Truck of the Month" articles, as well as other news and feature stories for the magazine.
Rotella also serves as online editor of MyPlumbingPortal.com, a daily news and industry community resource.
Katie Rotella
Senior Editor & Plumbing Group Portal Manager
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/377-5909
Fax: 248/502-2110
E-mail: rotellak@bnpmedia.com
Kelly Johnson is the special projects editor for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times. She is also associate editor of Supply House Times. Before taking on this role, Johnson was the editor of PM Engineer magazine, and before that, managing editor for BNP Media’s Service & Contracting magazine, a trade journal for HVAC technicians.
She has been with the company since 1995.
Kelly Johnson
Special Projects Editor
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4379
Fax: 248/502-1015
E-mail: johnsonk@bnpmedia.com
Suzette Rubio is the online editor and new products editor for Plumbing & Mechanical, Supply House Times and PM Engineer. She joined the staff in the summer of 2005 as Supply House Times’ associate editor.
Her experience includes a stint as assistant editor at Mintel International, where she wrote and edited articles for New Product News and GNPD (Global New Products Database). She has also worked on In the Field, a publication of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
Suzette Rubio
Plumbing Group Online Editor & New Products Editor
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4394
Fax: 248/502-1000
E-mail: rubios@bnpmedia.com
Stephanie Armstrong joined Plumbing & Mechanical in early 1999 as the magazine’s art director. She was previously art director of Modern Woodworking, formerly owned by BNP Media.
Armstrong has several years of design experience, including a stint at an advertising agency. The next time you reach for Keebler® cookies or Stouffer’s® frozen foods, thank Stephanie. She developed the point-of-sale material for both.
Armstrong has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Central Michigan University.
Stephanie Armstrong
Art Director
3810 Falls River Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27614
Phone: 919/449-0676
Fax: 248/502-1084
E-mail: armstrongs@bnpmedia.com
Lisa Rahimpour is the senior production manager for Plumbing & Mechanical, as well as its sister publication, PM Engineer. She previously worked as the production manager for Service & Contracting, also published by BNP Media. She has been with BNP since 1991.
Rahimpour attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C.
Lisa Rahimpour
Senior Production Manager
891 Tyrone Ave.
Waterford, MI 48328
Phone: 248/683-2728
Fax: 248/244-3910
E-mail: rahimpourl@bnpmedia.com
ADVERTISING & SALES STAFF
Bob Miodonski is associate publisher of Plumbing & Mechanical and special projects director for BNP Media’s Plumbing Division, joining the staff in August 2007. He has been both publisher and editorial director of Contractor Magazine for the past five years, and chief editor since 1994.
At points in his journalistic career, Miodonski served as Supply House Times’ managing editor and then editorial director. He worked with George Zebrowski, Jim Olsztynski and Scott Franz at the former Horton Publishing Co., where both Supply House Times and Plumbing & Mechanical were started.
Miodonski is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. He also holds a master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where he served on the graduate school faculty as a part-time instructor.
Bob Miodonski
Associate Publisher & Special Projects Director
Michigan & Minnesota Advertising Sales
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4007
Fax: 248/502-1023
E-mail: miodonskib@bnpmedia.com
Paul DeGrandis is an advertising sales representative covering the West, Southwest and Western Canada for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times.
Paul DeGrandis
Advertising Sales Representative
West, Southwest & Western Canada
1213 Wilmette Ave., Suite 210
Wilmette, IL 60091
Phone: 847/920-9510
Fax: 847/920-9206
E-mail: pauld@accelmediasolutions.com
Jean Eslick is the regional sales manager handling Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Eastern Canada for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times.
After receiving a bachelor’s degree from Elmhurst College, Eslick started her career at MTI Graphics, an advertising agency that specialized in industrial accounts. She was an account manager and media buyer for more than five years.
She had been a regional sales manager for METAL CENTER NEWS magazine — a monthly trade publication that reaches the metal service industry — for 10 years.
Jean Eslick
Regional Sales Manager
Illinois, Indiana, Southeast & Eastern Canada
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4008
Fax: 248/786-1386
E-mail: eslickj@bnpmedia.com
Scott Franz is the regional sales manager for Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia, plus western New York and western Pennsylvania. He is also publisher of sister publication Supply House Times.
He is a 24-year veteran of the magazine business and has worked with Supply House Times for 18 years. He began his career in 1983 working for United Color Press, former printer of Supply House Times.
Scott Franz
Regional Sales Manager
Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee & West Virginia, Western New York & Western Pennsylvania
251 W. Central Ave. #279
Springboro, OH 45066
Phone: 937/748-9975
Fax: 248/502-2083
E-mail: franzs@bnpmedia.com
Roy Wagner Jr. is an advertising sales representative covering the Mid-Atlantic states for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times.
Roy Wagner Jr.
Advertising Sales Representative
Mid-Atlantic
42 Port Circle
Warwick, RI 02889
Phone: 401/737-7871
Fax: 401/738-0086
E-mail: jrrl19@aol.com
Debora Reda is the national sales manager for classified ads and reprints for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times.
Debora Reda
Classified & Reprints Manager
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4389
Fax: 248/786-1382
E-mail: redad@bnpmedia.com
Beth Shor is the display sales assistant for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times.
Shor, a long-time proofreader, has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Beth Shor
Display Sales Assistant
1050 IL Route 83, Suite 200
Bensenville, IL 60106-1096
Phone: 630/694-4383
Fax: 248/502-1028
E-mail: shorb@bnpmedia.com
Stephanie Fiero is the marketing coordinator for Plumbing & Mechanical, PM Engineer and Supply House Times.
Stephanie Fiero
Marketing Coordinator
2401 W. Beaver Rd., Suite 700
Troy, MI 48084
Phone: 248/244-8261
Fax: 248/786-1388
E-mail: fieros@bnpmedia.com
CIRCULATION & LIST RENTAL
Kristine Klieman
Audience Development Assistant
2401 W. Beaver Rd., Suite 700
Troy, MI 48084
Phone: 248/786-1656
Fax: 248/283-6554
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