Carole Leigh Hutton will discuss managing through such crises as a merger of competitors, a lengthy and bitter strike, the death of a company leader, the sale of two companies and the slow, painful decline of the newspaper industry.

Carole Leigh Hutton is an accomplished executive and dynamic public speaker, experienced in strategic planning and performance management with staffs from 350 to 5. She was previously Executive Editor and VP at San Jose Mercury News, and has worked for the Knight Foundation and Knight Ridder, as well as at the Detroit Free Press. She’s had significant experience in crisis management, labor relations and cost cutting.

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