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 åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Institute
Monica Davey – Chicago Bureau Chief, 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 King – Senior Vice President and Editor-at-Large, SportsCenter and News, ESPN
Ann Marie Lipinski – Curator, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
Kelly McBride – Senior Vice President, The åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Institute; Chair, Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership at åüÃÄÖ±²¥; Public Editor, NPR
Jessica “Jessi” Navarro – COO and CFO, The åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Institute
Paul C. Tash – Chairman, The åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Institute Board of Trustees
Lori Waldon – President and General Manager, KOAT TV, Hearst Television, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Advisory Board
Mi-Ai Parrish – Chair of åüÃÄÖ±²¥åüÃÄÖ±²¥™s National Advisory Board; CEO and President of MAP Strategies Group; Endowed Chair, Media Innovation and Leadership, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
Ashley Alvarado – Director of Community Engagement, Southern California Public Radio (KPCC + LAist)
Dr. Battinto L. Batts Jr. – Â Dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Glenn Burkins – Founder and Publisher, QCity Metro
Eric Deggans – NPRåüÃÄÖ±²¥™s first full-time TV critic
Katrice Hardy – Executive Editor of The Dallas Morning News
Mark Katches – Editor and Vice President of the Tampa Bay Times
Anita Kumar – POLITICOåüÃÄÖ±²¥™s Senior Editor, Standards & Ethics
Andrew Pergam – Co-founder, Spark Camp
Christine Portela – Director of News Operations, Local Media, Univision Communications, Inc.
Ronnie Ramos – Better Government Association, former Executive Editor of the Daily Memphian
Emily Ramshaw – Co-Founder/CEO, The 19th*
Monica R. Richardson – Executive Editor of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald
Christa Scharfenberg – CEO, Reveal/Center for Investigative Reporting
Will Schick – Editor-in-chief of Street Sense Media, a nonprofit news outlet based in Washington, D.C.
Frank Sesno – Director of Strategic Initiatives, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University
Kameel Stanley – Senior Producer of The City podcast, USA Today
Mike Wilson – Deputy Sports Editor, The New York Times
The åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Foundation Board
Brian P. Tierney – CEO, Brian Communications and Chairman, Realtime Media
Paul C. Tash – Chairman of The åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Institute Board of Trustees
Neil Brown – President, The åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Institute
Ramon Bosquez – President, The Bosquez Group, 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 åüÃÄÖ±²¥“ Retired, Vice President and General Manager of Scripps Media
Emeritus Board Member
Craig Newmark – Founder, craigslist and the Craig Newmark Foundation
Founder
Nelson åüÃÄÖ±²¥ (1903-1978)
Former Chairmen
Andy Barnes – åüÃÄÖ±²¥ Chairman and CEO Emeritus
Eugene Patterson – åüÃÄÖ±²¥ 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)