Jeanne Mariani-Belding is The Advertiser's editorial and opinion editor, with overall responsibility for the section. Prior to joining The Advertiser, she was deputy editor at the San Jose Mercury News. She also worked as a senior editor, projects editor, reporter, editorial writer and columnist at newspapers in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. She is a recent John S. Knight fellow at Stanford University focusing on international business and was born and raised in Hawai'i. Reach her at jmbelding@honoluluadvertiser.com.