Check Out SPJ’s Newly-Elected National Leaders

At the Excellence in Journalism Convention winners were announced in various elections for leadership positions. Meet your new national board of directors and committee chairs!

SPJ HAS A NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS!

  • President: Dana Neuts
  • President-Elect: Paul Fletcher
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Lynn Walsh
  • Immediate Past President: David Cuillier
  • Vice President, Campus Chapter Affairs: Sue Kopen Katcef
  • Directors At-Large: Bill McCloskey and J. Alex Tarquinio
  • Campus Representatives: Jordan Gass-Poore, Texas State University and Brett Hall, University of Maryland
  • Campus Advisers At-Large: Mike Reilley, DePaul University and Becky Tallent, University of Idaho
  • Region 1 Director: Rebecca Baker
  • Region 2 Director: Andy Schotz
  • Region 3 Director: Michael Koretzky
  • Region 4 Director: Patricia Gallagher Newberry
  • Region 5 Director: Deborah Givens
  • Region 6 Director: Joseph Radske
  • Region 7 Director: Rob McLean
  • Region 8 Director: Eddye Gallagher
  • Region 9 Director: Tom Johnson
  • Region 10 Director: Pia Hallenberg
  • Region 11 Director: Matthew T. Hall
  • Region 12 Director: Tony Hernandez

Read more about SPJ’s new leadership here.

MEET SPJ’S NEW COMMITTEE, COMMUNITY CHAIRS

Awards & Honors Committee Chair
Andy Schotz
Sarah Bauer, vice chair

Bylaws Committee Chair
Robert Becker

Diversity Committee Chair
April Bethea
Georgiana Vines, vice chair

Ethics Committee chair
Andrew Seaman
Monica Guzman, vice chair

Freedom of Information Committee Chair
David Cuillier

Freelance Community Chair
Michael Fitzgerald
Anna Pratt, vice chair

Generation J Committee chairs
Claudia Amezcua
Jennifer Nicole Sullivan

Journalism Education Committee Chair
Butler Cain
June Nicholson, vice chair

Membership Committee Chair
Robyn Davis Sekula

Resolutions Committee Chair
Sonny Albarado

Digital Community
Lead by Alex Veeneman

International Community
Lead by Carlos Restrepo

Read more about SPJ’s committees here.