Season's Greetings from the Palisadian-Post Editorial Department

2009-12-24
  Managing editor Bill Bruns worked for Life magazine and TV Guide and co-authored a dozen books before joining the Post in 1993. He and his wife, Pam, have been Palisades residents for 37 years, and their children, Alan and Allison, graduated from PaliHi. Bruns is especially proud of his first grandchild, Sean Perry Mininski.

  Senior editor Libby Motika heads the Lifestyle section. She grew up in Brentwood and worked for several publications before coming to the Post in 1993. Her enthusiasms run from poetry and art to early-morning bicycle rides. Libby enjoys spending time with her two children and sweetheart Tom.

  Staff writer Michael Aushenker came to the Post in January 2008 after six years as a staff writer for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Originally from Brooklyn, Michael grew up in West Hollywood, where he attended Fairfax High School. A Cornell University graduate, Michael also creates comics and children's books.

  When he's not scrambling around town covering games, sports editor Steve Galluzzo is watching or playing them (especially tennis and soccer). Originally from Bayville, New York, Steve grew up in Southern California, graduating from Cal State Northridge with a degree in journalism. He is an active member of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International.

  Staff writer Sue Pascoe and her husband, John, moved to Los Angeles from New Jersey in 1992 and have lived in the Palisades since 1994. She has three children, two of which attend PaliHi and another at Paul Revere. She is currently shopping around her romantic comedy screenplay.

  Staff writer Danielle Gillespie began working for the Post in January 2008. A native of Hermiston, Oregon, she graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism and communication. She worked as a reporter at the News-Review in Roseburg, Oregon, before moving to Los Angeles with husband, Peter, a video editor and videographer for Juris Productions.

  Staff photographer Rich Schmitt received a graduate degree from New York University. Nearly eight years at the Post, the Long Island native has won National Newspaper Association and CNPA awards. He also tackles numerous freelance assignments.

  Nancy Bryan has served as the Post's volunteer copy editor since 2002. Married for 40 years to husband Ed, she has two children, Wendy and Greg, and a grandson, Bix. Previously, Nancy was a copy editor for The Rand Corporation and the J. Paul Getty Trust.

  Cartoonist Ann Cleaves has been contributing to the Post since arriving in Los Angeles in 1988 with husband Courtland. Ann, who taught high school from 1988 to 2004, cartoons full-time from her San Pedro studio.