Our team

The NewzOps founding team is ready to roll up our sleeves and help you put systems and practices in place so that you can focus on what you do best: serving your communities.

Anne Galloway, co-founder of NewzOps, is the founder and editor-at-large of VTDigger, which is one of the biggest online only local news nonprofits in the U.S. Galloway pioneered a sustainable business model for VTDigger based on journalism impact, audience growth and revenues from membership, underwriting and philanthropy. VTDigger started with $16,000 and no employees and grew to a $3.7 million nonprofit daily news operation with 12,000 paying members annually and a staff of 35. In 2017, Galloway was a finalist for the Ancil Payne Award for Ethics, the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award and the Investigative Reporters and Editors FOIA Award for her investigation into foreign investor fraud at Jay Peak Resort. She is a Facebook Accelerator alum and a 2022 graduate of the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program. In 2023, Galloway received the Yankee Quill Award for lifetime service in journalism by the New England Academy of Journalists. 

Stacey L. Peters, co-founder of NewzOps and tech lead, is the former CTO for VTDigger where she pioneered revenue, email and editorial apps that helped the news organization build an audience of 700,000 readers a month and a $1 million plus membership program. She is a full stack, Google certified product developer, a Google News Initiative fundraising app grantee, a graduate of the CUNY Newmark Entrepreneurial Creators Program and a Facebook Accelerator alum. Stacey’s projects, including news apps and revenue tools, have won innovation and news product awards from LION and NENPA. 

Kristin Tessman, the business planning lead for NewzOps, brings legal, fundraising, management and program development experience in her role as CEO. Tessman most recently served as the Deputy Director of Montana Free Press. She worked closely with the ED and board of directors to grow MTFP as the leading nonprofit newsroom in Montana. Her responsibilities ranged from donor and partner management (fund development, framing of key approaches, high-quality relationship building, communication) to administration (finance, reporting, facilities), and human capital (HR/recruiting, mentoring, career development). Before joining MTFP, Tessman was the Executive Director of American Jobs for America’s Youth Montana, a youth job corps program based in Helena. She holds a juris doctorate from the University of Georgia.