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The AJP is located at: 3822 E. River Road.
Phone: 520-319-1112. Fax: 520-319-1118.
Meet our staff
Phyllis Braun
Executive Editor
Phyllis Braun started with the AJP as assistant editor in 1996 and became executive editor in 2002. Prior to moving to Tucson in 1995, she was assistant copy chief at Pocket Books in New York.
pbraun@azjewishpost.com • ext. 135
Sheila Wilensky
Assistant Editor
Sheila Wilensky has been assistant editor of the AJP since 2004. She moved to Tucson in 2002 from Southwest Harbor, Maine, where she taught high school and college social science and owned the Oz Children’s Bookstore.
swilensky@azjewishpost.com • ext. 110
Lois Lederman
Advertising Manager
Lois Lederman, formerly a stay-at-home mother from Long Island, N.Y., began work at the AJP in 1993 as an advertising sales representative. She retired in 2007, but returned to the paper as advertising manager in March 2009.
lois@azjewishpost.com • ext. 125
Sammie Burkhart
Senior Account Executive
Sammie Burkhart started at the AJP in 2005 as an account executive in advertising sales. Previously she was a real estate broker in resale and new homes.
sammie@azjewishpost.com • ext. 136
Dee Kaufman
Account Executive
Dee Kaufman began as a sales account representative with the AJP in January 2010. Moving to
Tucson in 1993 from Beachwood, Ohio, Kaufman has been active as a volunteer community fundraiser with a diverse range of not-for-profits. Her former professional career spanned 15 years as a manager and director for resource development, strategic planning and marketing.
dkaufman@azjewishpost.com • ext. 107
Leah Richter
Office Manager
Leah Richter has been working with the AJP for more than 33 years, having started in March 1977 in a part-time capacity, which evolved into the office manager position. Prior to moving to Tucson in 1972, she lived in New York, N.Y.
lrichter@azjewishpost.com • ext. 129
Grace Sams
Production Manager
Grace Sams has been working on the AJP since she arrived in Tucson from New York in 1973, when she was a typesetter at Sun Publishing, where it was then printed. She has been production manager at the AJP since 1993.
ads@azjewishpost.com • ext. 137
