By ROBERT SMITH
rsmith@soundpublishing.com

Sound Publishing is pleased to welcome a new member to its team.

Lori Maxim, Sound Publishing vice president and regional publisher, has named marketing veteran Dawn Leibold as advertising director for the Central Kitsap Reporter, Bremerton Patriot and Port Orchard Independent newspapers.

Leibold will direct display advertising strategy in the Central Kitsap market for the three publications. She will work alongside Donna Etchey, who has responsibility for Bainbridge Review, North Kitsap Herald and Kingston Community News.

“We are thrilled to have Dawn join our management team in Kitsap,” Maxim said. “She has a fantastic reputation in the business community as an honest, customer-oriented professional. Dawn brings a wealth of experience in digital interactive media and print publications. Her knowledge will help our advertisers develop results-based marketing initiatives.”

Leibold comes from the Standard Examiner/Sandusky in Ogden, Utah, where she was senior director of Interactive and an executive leader responsible for directing digital and customer-experience initiatives across all Sandusky brands. Before joining the Standard Examiner, she was senior advertising manager with the Kitsap Sun. Leibold worked at the Sun for 10 years.

Now living in Tahuya with husband Jim and children Austin, Abigail and Savanah, Leibold says she enjoys traveling, playing softball and hiking.