Meet the Team

  • Todd Landfried

    Co-Founder / CEO

    Todd has over 23 years of experience reinventing industries through the innovative use of technology and people. His media experience includes radio broadcasting, podcast hosting, political commentary, and promotion. His startup experience includes online education, commercial e-commerce, and hospitality-based Internet services.

  • Hitesh Patel

    Co-Founder / CFO

    Hitesh is a highly experienced and qualified CFO with over 20 years of experience in the television industry. He has worked for both independent production companies and global media corporations, and has a thorough understanding of the complex financial landscape of the industry. He is a results-driven leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills committed to ensuring the financial health and competitiveness of the company.

  • Francis Wick

    Board Director

    Francis is the former CEO of Wick Communications. During his tenure as CEO, Wick completed 12 portfolio acquisitions and divestitures, purchased a long-standing regional event, introduced federal legislation to support local journalism through the Local Journalism Sustainability Act and received one of the first Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge awards to develop a local community discussion board. 

  • Carol Wood

    SVP, News Operations

    Carol brings 20+ years of media experience to N2, specializing in sustainable news operations. As former COO of The Colorado Sun and founder of Emerge Media Group, she's guided numerous outlets through industry challenges. Carol's expertise in balancing quality journalism with financial stability is crucial as she leads the launch and management of The Local's newsrooms across all 50 states, ensuring operational excellence and editorial independence in each market.

  • Eric Gonon

    Eric Gonon

    News Director

    Eric, an innovative media executive and video producer, excels in capturing subjects' essence for maximum exposure within competitive budgets. As a hands-on leader, he anticipates trends across diverse publishing platforms. With a comprehensive multi-media background, including cable news channels like NY1 News, CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg, Eric blends strategy, editorial, production, programming, and management expertise with business acumen. A decisive and creative professional, he demonstrates sound editorial, management, and business judgment.

  • Bronagh Hanley

    Board Advisor

    Bronagh has spent her career building, positioning and launching new business lines, IP, and individuals. From Discovery to Netflix and beyond, her collaborative leadership style has resulted in deep contacts across the media and entertainment industry and positioned me as a trusted resource for high-profile media outlets.

  • Justin Henry

    Board Advisor

    Justin is a business development and sales leader with over fifteen years of experience managing complex monetization projects for digital media streaming and video companies. Justin’s role at N2 media is to support and develop the company’s go-to-market strategy. His work with the team is specifically focused on development of content operations, marketing communications, brand positioning and partnership integrations.

  • Mark Bailen

    Mark Bailen

    Board Legal Advisor

    Mark has been recognized by Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America as an experienced First Amendment and media law attorney. He has represented traditional media outlets for decades and as media and technology have evolved, he has transitioned to also representing clients in digital media. He serves as outside general counsel to leading national journalism organizations.