Bio

Lee Sawyer is an Executive Vice President at BERKS Group. He most recently held the position of Chief Operating Officer for NPG’s the newspaper division. Prior to working for NPG, Lee worked for the Lincoln Journal-Star in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lee is a member of the Inland Press Association Board. He graduated from the Advanced Executive Program at Northwestern University and he has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska. He is a past chairman of the St. Joseph Area Chamber of Commerce and served for nine years on the Missouri Western University Foundation Board, as well as other non-profit organizations. Lee and his wife Toni have a son Eric in graduate school and Brian who is finishing his undergraduate education. In his spare time he enjoys hunting, golf, travel, and alpine skiing.