Gregory L. Brown -- Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Gregory L. Brown is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of USFR Media Group, the Houston-based media company he established in 2000. He is publisher of Cowboys & Indians and Western & English Today, Western lifestyle magazines owned by USFR Media Group. A Texas native, Brown founded the Gregory L. Brown Company, Inc., a successful independent oil and gas exploration and development firm, in 1983.  He also co-founded BBH Exhibits, the nation’s largest education exhibition company, which was sold to Clear Channel Communications in 2002.  Through his company, LaSalle Cattle Company, Ltd. Brown oversees investments in oil and gas and real estate. Brown currently serves on the board of directors of Houston Children’s Charity and is actively involved with Rodeo Houston.  He also is a member of the Tejas Vaqueros.

Donna L. White – Vice President, Corporate Controller

Donna L. White has served as USFR Media Group’s Controller and Secretary since April 2000. From February 1998 to March 2000, she was director of financial reporting at Randall's Food Markets, Inc., a 120-store chain, where she was responsible for SEC and shareholder reporting and corporate accounting. From September 1994 to February 1998, she served as director of financial reporting for APS Holding Company, a publicly traded wholesaler and retailer of auto parts; from 1988 to 1994, she was Controller for Rawson-Koenig, Inc., a publicly traded manufacturing company. White held various positions with PriceWaterhouse Coopers, LLP from 1980-1988, including audit manager in the emerging business services group, where she audited and advised start-up and entrepreneurial companies. White is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri.

Susan L. Ebert – Associate Publisher and Editor, Western & English Today

Susan L. Ebert, Associate Publisher and Editor of Western & English Today, brings more than 30 years of magazine experience to her post. She is a member of the Western Writers of America, the Outdoor Writers of America Association and the Texas Outdoor Writers Association. Before taking the reins at W&E, she was publisher and editor of Texas Parks & Wildlife, a magazine with a circulation of 152,000. Prior to that, Ebert served as marketing director for American Way and Southwest Spirit magazines, and spent eight years at Rodale Press, working on Organic Gardening, Men’s Health and Rodale’s Scuba Diving. She also served six years on staff with Texas Monthly. She earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Miami University, and completed coursework for an MA in Advertising at the University of Texas at Austin.

Brandy Minick – Associate Publisher and Advertising Director, Cowboys & Indians

Brandy Minick, Advertising Director of Cowboys & Indians, was born into the Western lifestyle in Fort Worth, where she grew up around horses and was an avid team roper. Her father, Billy Minick, a former National Finalist in Bull Riding, was one of the nation’s largest rodeo producers before taking over the reins at the famed Billy Bob’s Texas entertainment center in Fort Worth. After graduating from Texas Christian University, Hawkins joined the family business at Billy Bob’s as a retail buyer in 1992. This stimulated her keen interest in Western fashion, leading to her starting Sage West Designs, a line of high-quality women’s apparel. While marketing her clothing line, she became aware of Cowboys & Indians, and joined the magazine as a regional sales manager in April 2007. She took over the responsibilities of Advertising Director in September 2007, and Associate Publisher in June 2009.

Steven Phelps – Website Content Manager, Cowboys & Indians and Western & English Today

After joining USFR Media Group in 2006, Steven Phelps served four years as the Art Director for Cowboys & Indians and Western & English Today before taking over the magazines’ digital and online ventures in 2010. His work has appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Texas Lawyer, The National Law Journal, Marfa Magazine, DeNovo, and Cowboys & Indians. He also serves as Adjunct Instructor in the Communication Design department at Collin College in Plano, Texas.

Kathy Wise – Executive Editor, Cowboys & Indians

Kathy Wise, Executive Editor of Cowboys & Indians, made her way West via the Midwest, where she was born and raised in the land of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Chief Little Turtle, and Tecumseh. She started out as a published author and literary magazine editor before making a detour into law, practicing for more than a decade and writing, editing, and publishing legal treatises and texts. As a law student at Ohio State University, she served as a law clerk with DNA People’s Legal Services on the Navajo Nation and published an article based on her experiences in the American Indian Law Review. She never lost her love of the Southwest and ultimately moved to Dallas, where she was finally able to pursue her passion for publishing full time, taking over the responsibilities as Managing Editor at C&I in 2009 and as Executive Editor in 2010.