LEFT: Ann and Steven in younger days BELOW: Steven & Ann with Baron Wolman
From Movies to Mags By Mike Anderson
The Lawrence Business Magazine publishers have a unique past that has led them to where they are today. Ann Frame Hertzog and Steven Hertzog are the real-life couple behind the magazine you are currently reading. Ann, editor-in-chief, has overseen the creative direction of every issue every year of the magazine’s existence. Steven has been the chief photographer, documenting the evolution of the community over the last 10 years. The magazine was started to highlight the business community of Douglas County when the local Lawrence 70
newspaper decided to no longer publish a business section. The first issue was a precursor of the tone the magazine would take on with the cover story on the business of art. Susan Tate, then CEO of the Lawrence Arts Center, was on the cover of the first issue, which highlighted an exhibition from Rolling Stone’s founding photographer Baron Wolman. “Steve and Ann brought their personal and professional influence to the Lawrence Arts Center. Their son enrolled in our arts-based preschool, they celebrated and
