Board of Directors
The National Newspaper Association is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the association's membership at the annual business meeting held during the annual convention.
The Board of Directors may include the following members:
- President
- Vice-president
- Treasurer
- Immediate past-president
- Secretary
- Eleven (11) regional representatives
- Representative from American Court & Commercial Newspapers
- Representative from Newspaper Association Mangers
- Representative from Suburban Newspapers of America
- Five (5) at-large directors
Officers 2009–2010
PresidentCheryl Kaechele
Publisher, Kaechele Publishing Company
publisher@allegannews.com Term: September 2009–September 2010
Vice PresidentElizabeth (Liz) K. Parker
Co-Publisher/Executive Editor , Recorder Community Newspapers
eparker@recordernewspapers.com Term: September 2009–September 2010
TreasurerReed Anfinson
Publisher , Swift County Monitor-News
reed@monitor-news.com Term: September 2009–September 2010
Immediate Past PresidentJohn W. Stevenson
Publisher , The Randolph Leader
john@therandolphleader.com Term: September 2009–September 2010
Directors
Region 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)Pat Desmond
Publisher, Milton Times
480 Adams St Ste 208 , Milton, MA 02186-4914
miltontimes@aol.comTerm: March 2010–October 2010
Region 2 (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)Carl Aiello
President, Times Community Publications of The Hudson Valley
300 Stony Brook Ct , Newburgh, NY 12550-6521
caiello@tcnewspapers.com Term: September 2009–September 2012
Region 3 (KY, NC, TN, VA, WV)Jeffrey (Jeff) Fishman
Publisher , The Tullahoma News
PO Box 400 , Tullahoma, TN 37388-0400
tnpub@lcs.net Term: September 2005–September 2011
Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)William (Bill) Jacobs
Publisher , The Daily Leader
PO Box 551 , Brookhaven, MS 39601-0551
bjacobs@dailyleader.com Term: September 2006–September 2011
Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)Jeffrey (Jeff) Farren
President/Publisher, Kendall County Record Newspapers Inc.
PO Box J , Yorkville, IL 60656-0256
jfarren290@aol.com Term: September 2009–September 2012
Region 6 (MN, ND, SD, WI)Steve Andrist
President/Publisher, Journal Publishing Inc.
PO Box E , Crosby, ND 58730-0660
stevea@crosbynd.com Term: September 2009–September 2012
Region 7 (IA,KS, MO, NE)John Edgecombe Jr.
Publisher , The Nebraska Signal
Geneva, NE 68361-0233
jedgecombe@thenebraskasignal.com Term: September 2008–September 2011
Region 8 (AR, LA, OK, TX)John D. Montgomery Jr.
Publisher, The Purcell Register
PO Box 191 , Purcell, OK 73080-0191
montgomeryjohnd@yahoo.com Term: September 2004–September 2012
Region 9 (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)Jon E. (Jeb) Bladine
President / Publisher, News-Register Publishing Company
McMinnville, OR 97128-0727
jbladine@newsregister.com Term: September 2004–September 2010
Region 10 (CO, NM, UT, WY)Merle Baranczyk
Publisher, The Mountain Mail
PO Box 189 , Salida, CO 81201-0089
merleb@avpsalida.com Term: September 2004–September 2010
Region 11 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, GU)Sharon DiMauro
Publisher, The Mendocino Beacon, Fort Bragg Advocate-News
Fort Bragg, CA 95437-1188
sdimauro@mcn.org Term: September 2006–September 2010
Sister organizations
Mark Thomas
Executive Director , Oklahoma Press Association
mthomas@okpress.com Term: October 2009–October 2010
Mark W. C. Stodder
Executive Vice President/Business Information , Dolan Media Company
Mark.stodder@dolanmedia.com Term: October 2009–October 2010
At-large members
University of Missouri RepresentativeJames Sterling
Missouri Chair in Community Newspaper Management , University of Missouri-Columbia
sterlingj@missouri.edu Term: September 2009–October 2010
JoAnn Reed
Director Circulation Executive Development , Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
jareed@cnhi.com Term: October 2009–October 2010
NNA Postal ChairmanMax Heath (Honorary)
Retired Vice President Postal/Acq. , Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc
maxheath@lcni.com
Ex officio members
Director of Public PolicyTonda F. Rush
Director of Public Policy , National Newspaper Association
tonda@nna.org
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