AOJ Foundation Leaders

• President: David D. Haynes (david.haynes@jrn.com)
  • Editorial page editor of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
  • Previously Foundation secretary, head of the 2014-15 transition committee, and chairman of the AOJ Symposium 2015.
• Secretary and trustee: Jennifer Hemmingsen (Jennifer.Hemmingsen@thegazette.com)
  • Opinion page editor of The (Cedar Rapids Iowa) Gazette and TheGazette.com
• Treasurer and trustee: Dan Morain (Dmorain@sacbee.com, 916-321-1907 or 916-201-6281, @danielmorain)
  • Editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee.
• Vice-president: Vacant
• Trustees:
  • Nancy Ancrum
    • Editorial page editor of the Miami Herald
  • Joanne Bamberger
    • Independent writer
  • Christian Trejbal (ctrejbal@gmail.com)
    • Opinion in a Pinch
• Masthead Editor and Acting Associate Website Editor: John McClelland (john.r.mcclelland@gmail.com)
  • Retired from Roosevelt University, Chicago
  • Masthead editor is a presidential appointee.

Continuing Trustees:

• Herb Berkowitz (hberkowitzpr@gmail.com, 910-763-4064)
  • Principal of Proactive Solutions Public Relations
• Paula Lynn Ellis (paulalynnellis@gmail.com)
  • Paula Ellis and Associates; Kettering Foundation associate
• Carolyn Lumsden
• Rosemary Goudreau O’Hara
• Miriam Pepper (miriam.a.pepper@gmail.com, 816-853-4635)
  • Associate Editor, Opinion in a Pinch

Recent trustees who were unable to participate in 2016 actions:

• Gene Policinski
• Tony Messenger
  • Editorial page editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Italicized names indicate an outside trustee who is not an AOJ member. Two are required, and three is the nominal limit, under the Foundation bylaws. 
Underlined names indicate a trustee who initially represents the residual AOJ professional association interest on the Foundation board.

Administration of membership, events, and transactions is provided by selected staff of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. (contact)

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OLD AOJ Leadership Directory 2014 to April 26, 2015

AOJ Officers (2014)

• President: Miriam Pepper
• Vice President: Kate Riley
• Secretary/Treasurer: Carolyn Lumsden
• Immediate Past President: Bob Davis
• Ex Officio: Lois Kazakoff
• Masthead Editor: John McClelland

At-Large AOJ directors (2014)

• Jeff Charis-Carlson
• Rosemary Goudreau O'Hara
• Dale McFeatters 
• Tony Messenger 
• Larry Reisman 
• Christian Trejbal 

AOJ Committees (2014–2015)

• DIVERSITY
  • Richard Prince (rprince@mije.org, 703-362-8197)
    • Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (Alexandria, VA)
• HISTORIAN
  • Sue Ryon (sryon@wi.rr.com, 414-758-0605)
• MEMBERSHIP 
  • Rosemary Goudreau OHara 
  • Jay Jochnowitz (jjochnowitz@timesunion.com, 518-454-5472)
    • Editorial Page Editor of Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
• OPEN GOVERNMENT
  • Christian Trejbal (ctrejbal@gmail.com)
    • Principal, Opinion in a Pinch

AOJ Foundation Board (2014)

• President: Lois Kazakoff
• Treasurer: Chuck Stokes
• Secretary: David Haynes

AOJ FOUNDATION TRUSTEES (2014)

• Jay Bender (jbender@sc.edu, 803-777-3320)
  • University of South Carolina
• Herb Berkowitz
• Paula Lynn Ellis
• Neil Heinen 
• David Holwerk
• Gene Policinski
• Sue Ryon
• Bonnie Calhoun Williams 

AOJ REPRESENTATIVES to FOUNDATION (2014)

• Miriam Pepper
• Kate Riley
• Carolyn Lumsden
• Bob Davis