The State Media Company offers over twenty products that you can pick and choose from to form an advertising campaign that reaches the right audience for your business. Our Account Executives are knowledgeable about every product that we have available and can build you a custom plan that will deliver the results you are looking for. Our consultative approach is designed to gather insights about your business so that we can make the best recommendations possible. Combining your online, digital, direct mail and magazine advertising under one roof allows your advertising dollars to work smarter.
Advertising Management
Bernie Heller, Vice President of Advertising
Ashleigh McAlister, Director of Interactive Media
Lauren Feldman, Sales Director
Lauren Libet, Sales Manager
Cheri Elliott, Sales Manager
Emily Fernandez, Sales Operations Manager
Classified Account Executives
Beverlee Strickland, Automotive
Ann Winters, Real Estate
Becky Guseman, Classified Inside Sales
Amanda Twork, Classified Inside Sales
Jayne Clark, Classified Inside Sales
Vicky Graham, Classified Inside Sales
Evelyn Harriman, Legal
Karen Book, Obituaries
Linda Reeves, Obituaries
Naomi Seabrook, Obituaries
Retail Account Executives
Amber Forbes, Downtown Columbia
Patrick Head, Irmo, Chapin & Newberry
Nicole Daniels, Blythewood, Sumter & Forest Acres
Jason Stegall, Inside Sales
Nadia Tucker, Inside Sales
Cheryl Owen, Agency & Key Accounts
Jim Ridings, Agency & Key Accounts
Lang DeCoudres, Agency & Key Accounts
Nick Young, Retail Online Sales Leader
Major & National Account Executives
Mary Karl Boepple, Major Accounts
Wayne Nanney, National & Major Accounts
Account Relationship Specialists
Angela McClain, Account Relationship Specialist (Key Accounts)
Michelle Bertiaux, Account Relationship Specialist (Preprints)
Sales Support
Antoinette Frazier, Sales Assistant (Classified)
La’Kisha Greene, Sales Assistant (Retail)
Zamphia Morant, Sales Assistant (Majors, National & Key Accounts)
Marie Smith, Sales Assistant (Preprint Accounts)
Interactive Team
Nick Young, Online Sales Team Leader
Galen Kashtock, Interactive Media Services Coordinator
Sales Operations Team
Melissa Hoefel, Sales Operations Specialist