Staff of the Jefferson Educational Society

Adam Welsh is the chief executive of Flagship Multimedia, Inc., one of the managing partners of Great Lakes Online Media, and one of the founders and editors in chief of the Erie Reader. He formed FMI with long-time friend Brian Graham in 2010, and the following year they launched their signature publication. Adam, an Erie native and alumnus of Mercyhurst Prep and Penn State University, spent several years in San Diego, California before starting a family and returning to Erie. He currently serves on the boards of the Mercyhurst Institute of Arts and Culture, Film Society of Northwest Pennsylvania, and Lake Erie Region Conservancy. He is on sabbatical from the Jefferson Board of Trustees.