Ilana Lowery has been editor-in-chief of the Phoenix Business Journal since August 2001. Prior to that, she served as managing editor of the print and digital publication. Ilana joined the Business Journal as a reporter and projects editor in 1995. As a reporter she covered banking and finance, travel, aviation, tourism and sports business. Before landing at the Phoenix Business Journal, Ilana was an editor at Independent Newspapers Inc., a community newspaper chain based in Scottsdale. Before moving to the Valley in 1989, she served as a reporter and editor for Pulitzer Newspapers in Chicago. She also worked as a scriptwriter and associate producer for the NBC-TV affiliate in Chicago. A 1986 graduate of the University of Illinois, Ilana earned BA degrees in Mass Communications and English. Currently, Ilana serves on the advisory board of the WellCare Foundation and is a member of the Hon Kachina Board of Governors. She also is a member of the prestigious women’s professional associations Charter 100 and Central Phoenix Women. In addition, Ilana is a long-time supporter of SleepAmerica Charities, Friends of Animal Care and Control, Gabriel’s Angels, the Arizona Heart Association, Phoenix Children's Hospital and the Southwest Autism Resource and Research Center. She also serves as a guest lecturer at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications.