Our People
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 Davey – Deputy 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 King – Former 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 Alvarado – Vice 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 – Senior Vice President, USA TODAY/Gannett
Adrienne Roark, president, content development and integration, CBS News and Stations and CBS Media Ventures
Christa Scharfenberg – Project Director, California Local Journalism Fellowship Project, University of California, Berkley
Will Schick – Director of Programs and Partnerships, Asian American Journalists Association
Frank Sesno – Director of Strategic Initiatives, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University
Kameel Stanley – Program Director, Stitcher
Mike Wilson – National Advisory Board Chair; Deputy Editor, the Great Read, The New York Times
The Poynter Foundation Board
Neil Brown – President, The Poynter Institute
Brian Bracco – Retired, Former VP, Scripps Media & VP Hearst Television
Lari Johnson, President, Lari Johnson Public Relations
Jessi Navarro, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Poynter
Frank J. ‘Sandy’ Rief, Attorney, Longhouse Richards Olsen & Rief LLLP
Brenda Rosado, Nonprofit Controller, Poynter
Mark Sena, President, Mars Communications, Inc.
Brian Tierney, CEO, Brian Communication
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)