Forbes names a new CFO

Stephanie Lewis

Forbes has named Stephanie Lewis its chief financial officer, effective immediately.

Lewis will oversee the financial and strategic planning processes across the business. She will be tasked with helping Forbes as it adapts in a changing media environment and sets forward on a path for long-term growth.

She was most recently senior vice president of finance.

Lewis joined Forbes in 2008 as a financial analyst and has since held a series of increasingly senior leadership roles within the finance organization, including controller.

“Stephanie is a proven financial leader with the strategic vision and operational discipline to help guide Forbes through its next phase of growth,” said CEO Sherry Phillips in a statement. “Her deep expertise, steady leadership, and strong business instincts have made a meaningful impact across the company.”

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Accounting from the University of Maryland

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.