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Board of Trustees

Lori Bergen – Founding Dean, College of Media, Communication & Information at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Stephen Buckley – Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy at Duke University

Neil Brown – President, The Poynter Institute

Monica DaveyDeputy National Editor, The New York Times

Conan Gallaty – Chairman and CEO, Tampa Bay Times

Paula Ellis – Kettering Foundation senior associate, consultant, former Knight Ridder vice president, editor, publisher and Knight Foundation executive

Rob KingFormer Senior Vice President and Editor-at-Large, ESPN Content 

Ann Marie Lipinski – Curator, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University

Kelly McBride – Senior Vice President, The Poynter Institute; Chair, Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at Poynter; Public Editor, NPR

Jessica “Jessi” Navarro – COO and CFO, The Poynter Institute

Paul C. Tash – Chairman, The Poynter Institute Board of Trustees

Lori Waldon – President and General Manager, KOAT TV, Hearst Television, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

National Advisory Board

Ashley AlvaradoVice President of Community Engagement + Strategic Initiatives at Southern California Public Radio (KPCC + LAist)

Dr. Battinto L. Batts Jr. –  Dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University

Glenn Burkins – Founder and Publisher, QCity Metro

Stella M. Chávez, immigration reporter, KERA, Dallas

Eric Deggans – NPR’s first full-time TV critic

Ramón Escobar, senior vice president, talent recruitment and development, CNN

Katrice Hardy – Executive Editor, The Dallas Morning News

Mark Katches – Editor and Vice President, Tampa Bay Times

Anita Kumar – Senior Managing Editor, North America, POLITICO

Kathleen McGrory, investigations editor, New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship

Andrew Pergam – Co-founder, Spark Camp

Christine Portela – Director of News Operations, Local Media, Univision Communications, Inc.

Ronnie Ramos – Vice President of Content, MassLive.com

Emily Ramshaw – Co-Founder/CEO, The 19th*

Monica R. Richardson Vice President of Local News (McClatchy Large Markets)

Adrienne Roark, president, content development and integration, CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures

Christa ScharfenbergProject Director, California Local Journalism Fellowship Project, University of California, Berkley

Will SchickDirector of Programs and Partnerships, Asian American Journalists Association

Frank Sesno – Director of Strategic Initiatives, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University

Kameel StanleyProgram Director, Stitcher 

Mike Wilson – National Advisory Board Chair; Deputy Editor, the Great Read, The New York Times

 

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Brian P. Tierney – CEO, Brian Communications; Chairman, Realtime Media

Paul C. Tash – Chairman, The Poynter Institute Board of Trustees

Neil Brown – President, The Poynter Institute

Ramon Bosquez – President, The Bosquez Group LLC; Partner, Seed Funders LLC

Michael Dreyer – President, The Tampa Bay Trust Company

Frank “Sandy” Rief III – Attorney, Allen Dell, Attorneys at Law

Michael Silver – Attorney, Shutts & Bowen LLP

Brian Bracco – Retired, Vice President and General Manager of Scripps Media

 

Emeritus Board Member

Craig Newmark – Founder, craigslist and the Craig Newmark Foundation

 

Founder

Nelson Poynter (1903-1978)

 

Former Chairmen

Andy Barnes – Poynter Chairman and CEO Emeritus

Eugene Patterson – Poynter Chairman and CEO Emeritus (1923-2013)

 

Former Presidents

Tim Franklin – Former President

Dr. Karen B. Dunlap – President Emerita

James M. Naughton – President Emeritus (1938-2012)

Bob Haiman – President Emeritus

Donald Baldwin – President Emeritus (1918-2006)