Bob Williams is the publisher of The Southern Illinoisan, thesouthern.com and other online and print product. In February 2010, Bob came to Southern Illinois from St. Louis where he had been publisher of the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis since 2007. Previously he led Lee Enterprises companywide sales initiatives as corporate director of sales and development, after serving as advertising director of the Missoulian newspaper in Missoula, Montana. Before joining Lee in 1998, he worked for Gannett Co., Inc., newspapers for 10 years, as retail advertising manager of the Great Falls Tribune in Montana, advertising director of the Coloradoan in Fort Collins, and advertising director of the Asheville Citizen-Times in North Carolina. His experience includes five years as an account manager DDB Needham Worldwide advertising agency. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a degree in communications. He and his wife, Jill, have four grown children with one in his second year at SIU Law School.