Mike Christman Jr.


Mike Christman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fort Wayne Newspapers and Publisher of the News-Sentinel. Prior to joining Fort Wayne Newspapers, he held the position of Regional Publisher for Ogden Newspapers and was Publisher of the Parkersburg News & Sentinel in Parkersburg, West VirginiaFrom 1999-2000, he was Publisher of the Salem News in Salem, Ohio, and from 1990 to 1998, he was Director of Operations for Ogden Directories, a division of Ogden Newspapers.  

Mike graduated from Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia. He grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia and attended Wheeling Central Catholic High School.
 
Mike holds current board positions as President of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, the Junior Achievement of Fort Wayne, and the Regional Chamber of Northeast Indiana.

Mike and his wife Janet are the parents of daughter, Allyson and son, Ryan.