The Stars Behind the Headlines

Every successful team has superstars who avoid the headlines—those who toil behind the scenes to make the final product look great.

We’re no different here at Picket Fence Media, as you’ve learned from earlier columns in which I’ve written about folks such as Tim Trent, our hyper-dependable local delivery man.

Another person who deserves recognition for her important contribution to our team is PFM Production Manager Inna Cazares.

Inna has been our production manager since 2020, starting just a month after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the world down. I’ve known Inna since 2000, when she had worked with me as a production manager while I was president of The Enthusiast Network’s Action Sports Group (2000-2003; 2010-2020), running iconic action sports brands such as Surfer, Powder, Bike, TransWorld Skateboarding and many more.

(Coincidentally, Inna worked with PFM Associate Publisher Lauralyn Loynes for many of those years, as LL was the group production manager at Surfer Publications.)

In fact, Inna served for 35 years for the many ownership iterations after answering a job posting in the PennySaver for an Assistant to the Publisher at Powder Magazine back in 1985.

“The job sounded like something I