Gendle named publisher of Triad Business Journal

Mark Gendle

Mark Gendle has been named market president and publisher of the Triad Business Journal.

Editor in chief Lloyd Whittington writes, “He succeeds Abby Mellott, who was recently named to the same position in Austin, Texas.

“Gendle joined ACBJ in 2010 as a sales development manager in Charlotte focused initially on supporting American City Business Journals’ national sales team. He later transitioned to include working with local markets. He was promoted in 2020 to sales development director, where he worked with many of ACBJ’s most sophisticated advertising clients and helped roll out new revenue initiatives across the company.

“‘Mark’s determined approach to enabling those around him to achieve success makes him stand out as a leader and why he’s the right person to lead a strong Triad team to new heights,’ said Mike Olivieri, president, Local Markets, ACBJ.”

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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.