Jim Easterly, Gold Country Printing General Manager
Jim Easterly joined the team as general manager of Gold Country Printing in April 2004 bringing with him a wealth of press, printing and installation experience.Gold Country Printing prints 17 company publications and serves more than 50 outside clients. Jim is a consultant for all Brehm Communication pressrooms in seven states including Iowa, Arizona, Utah and California.
Jim has been in the printing business since 1979 in one facet or another. Before moving from his native Washington to California Jim worked as general manager for Olympic Cascade publishing in Gig Harbor, Wash.
He said his fascination with the printing process began at an early age.
“I delivered newspapers every day for years on a bike,” he said. “I was always fascinated by the presses.”
At his first job, at the Sunnyside Daily News in Washington, Jim learned the printing and press business from the ground up.
“I am interested in all aspects of printing and production from the imaging computer to plate all the way through to printing and bindery,” he said.
Jim grew up on a ranch in Washington and attended Yakima Valley Community College where he studied offset printing.
In what little spare time he has Jim can usually be found wrenching on this 1965 Ford Falcon hot rod, riding dirt bikes with his two sons, camping or working on his sprawling Cool property with his wife of 20 years, Adena.
Staci Burns, Business Manager
Staci Burns joined Gold Country Media as Business Manager in January 2005. She is new to California but already considers it “home.”
“I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” Burns said. “There is definitely something to be said for the sun shining every day.”
Previously Burns was employed as Senior Accountant/Analyst for The Plain Dealer, Ohio’s largest metro newspaper. She was also General Accounting Manager for Thomson Newspaper’s Penn-Ohio group, rounding out 10 years newspaper experience.
Burns, a certified public accountant, earned her MBA from Regis University in Denver and attained Senior Graduate Faculty status for the Keller Graduate School of Management where she teaches accounting and IS courses.
Along with her passion for the publishing business and education, she enjoys creative writing, fitness training and skiing.