Troy Linker – CEO Linker Media Group (Dyer, Indiana, Corporate Office)
Troy Linker has more than 20 years of publishing experience in print and digital media. Troy has published magazines, journals, books, websites, webinars and eLearning courses on various topics, including reference, business, how-to, children, fiction and nonfiction. Troy spent 17 years at a large association working with authors and editors to publish peer-reviewed journals, books, subscription and member magazines, and digital reference products for librarians around the world. Troy also managed an in-house graphic design and custom publishing department. He took over as publisher of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly, in the spring of 2016. Troy renamed it Northwest Indiana Business Magazine in February 2018 after increasing the frequency of the publication to six times annually.
Heather Pfundstein – Publisher / Executive Editor
Heather Pfundstein has more than 20 years of experience working at daily and weekly newspapers and has been working for Northwest Indiana Business Magazine since 2018 in various roles. She became managing editor in November 2022. She began her journalism career editing and designing newspapers in Northwest Indiana. She worked for both Sun-Times Media and Tribune Publishing. Heather has won numerous awards for writing, designing, and editing complex news and features stories. She managed the content and art direction of business sections for several newspapers. She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and is an alumna of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. You’ll find her weeding her garden or riding her bicycle with her family in her free time. Read some of her recent work for Northwest Indiana Business Magazine here .