Our Team
Kingsley Gallup
Owner/Publisher
Kingsley Gallup formed Gallup Publishing, LLC in 2018 to fulfill a lifelong dream of running a local publication. Tourist News, founded in 1959 and the first publication she would take on, soon became Tourist & Town, in order to appropriately capture the strong local readership Tourist & Town enjoys. Since 2018, Gallup Publishing has grown to include Tourist & Town Magazine and, most recently, The Village Magazine, a hyper-local monthly magazine serving the Kennebunks and abutting towns. Gallup's passion for print media goes back to early childhood and to fond memories of filling her arms each morning with newspapers from around the nation, scattered about at the end of the driveway, and delivering them to her father, a news-loving pollster who would devour each and every one over his morning coffee. Gallup has always enjoyed writing and in 2014 published her first book - Project Personal Freedom: Tips and Tools for a Liberated Life - a collection of user-friendly insights from Gallup's close to 20 years as a mental health professional. In 2018, Gallup was ready for a career shift and has been working as a publisher ever since. With an unwavering belief in the importance of print media, Gallup is determined to see local publications not only survive, but thrive. She lives in Kennebunk with her son Zach and daughter Daisy.
Faith Gillman
Feature Writer
Faith has called Kennebunk home for 34 years. A wife, mother, and "Nonny," Faith has enjoyed writing for a number of Maine-based magazines and newspapers. She is happiest when she's able to share the stories of the people and places that make Maine the best place to be in every season, and is truly thankful to be part of the Tourist & Town team.
Steve Hrehovcik
Feature Writer
Steve is a writer, editor, and artist, and has been with Tourist & Town (formerly Tourist News) since 2006. He and his wife Carol have lived in Kennebunk for almost 51 years. Steve's book Rebel Without A Clue: A Way-Off Broadway Memoir can be found at kennebunkartstudio.com.
Valerie Marier
Feature Writer
Valerie is a freelance journalist who has traveled the world,writing for magazines and newspapers. Val is a wife, mother and grandmother, who enjoys knitting, reading, golf and travel, and writes about them in her blog Wandering With Val. www.wanderingwithval.com
Kathy Oberman Tracy
Feature Writer
Kathy is a classically trained chef with a Masters in Culinary Arts from the New School and a degree in Food Styling from the Culinary Institute of America. Oberman worked with Martha Stewart as TV Producer and Food Stylist and was a private chef and caterer for the late Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Kathy is a mom and enjoys racing sailing yachts.
Jo O'Connor
Feature Writer
Jo is a local writer with deep roots in Kennebunkport. She is a mother of twins and founder/lead singer of the local band The Dock Squares. She teaches Zumba and aqua classes and is a marketing communication professor.
Dana Pearson
Feature Writer
Dana is a writer and musician living in Kennebunk. Since August 2021, he has hosted Mid-Week Music, a monthly concert series featuring local musicians at the Kennebunkport Historical Society's Town House School (kporths.com/events). His books can be found at amazon.com/author/danapearson.
Joshua Hrehovcik
Distribution Manager, Photographer, Writer
Josh is Tourist & Town's Distribution Manager, as well as a Maine-based photographer and the author of the Retro Roadtrip family of travel books. Josh also writes the Retro Roadtrip Reports for Tourist & Town. Josh's personal goal is to get more Instagram followers than his brother. You can help him by following him @retroroadtripper65.
Joyce Robillard
Advertising Sales
Joyce has been involved in publication sales for magazines and newspapers in Maine for the past 20 years - Down East Magazine, The Camden Herald, The Village, and now Tourist & Town. She has long admired the T&T model and is excited to have recently joined the group. Prior to her Maine years, Joyce was New Business Manager for an advertising agency in Connecticut and for a design firm in Portsmouth New Hampshire. When weekends and evenings come, you will find Joyce actively engaged in her lifelong avocation - fitness!
