NNA Board of Directors

The National Newspaper Association is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the association's membership at the annual business meeting held during the annual convention.

The Board of Directors may include the following members:

President
Vice-president
Treasurer
Immediate past-president
Secretary
Eleven (11) regional representatives
Representative from American Court & Commercial Newspapers
Representative from Newspaper Association Managers
Representative from Suburban Newspapers of America
Five (5) at-large directors

Officers 2012–2013

President

Merle Baranczyk
Publisher, The Mountain Mail
Salida, CO
merleb@avpsalida.com
Term: October 2012–September 2013

Vice President

Robert M. Williams Jr.
Chairman and Publisher , Southfire Newspaper Group

Blackshear, GA
rwilliams@theblacksheartimes.com
Term: October 2012–September 2013

Treasurer

John Edgecombe Jr.
Publisher , The Nebraska Signal
Geneva, NE
jedgecombe@thenebraskasignal.com
Term: October 2012–September 2013

Immediate Past President

Reed Anfinson
Publisher , Swift County Monitor-News

Benson, MN
reed@monitor-news.com
Term: October 2012–September 2013

Directors

Region 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

Pat Desmond
Publisher, Milton Times
Milton, MA
miltontimes@aol.com
Term: October 2010–September 2013

Region 2 (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Carl Aiello
President, Times Community Publications of The Hudson Valley
Newburgh, NY
caiello@tcnewspapers.com
Term: September 2012–September 2015

Region 3 (KY, NC, TN, VA, WV)
Chip Hutcheson

Publisher , The Times Leader

Princeton, KY
chiphutcheson@timesleader.net
Term: October 2011–October 2014

Region 4 (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)

Susan Rowell
Publisher/Regional Manager, The Lancaster News/ Carolina Gateway
Lancaster, SC
srowell@thelancasternews.com
Term: April 2013–September 2014

Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)
Jeffrey (Jeff) Farren
President/Publisher, Kendall County Record Newspapers Inc.
Yorkville, IL
jfarren290@aol.com
Term: September 2012–September 2015

Region 6 (MN, ND, SD, WI)
Andrew Johnson
Dodge County Pionier
Mayville, WI
johnson@dodgecountypionier.com

Term: March 2013–September 2015

Region 7 (IA, KS, MO, NE)

Dane Vernon
Vernon Publishing Inc.
Eldon, MO
dvernon@vernonpublishing.com
Term: November 2012–September 2014
Region 8 (AR, LA, OK, TX)
David Fisher
President/Publisher, Fisher Publishing Inc.
Danville, AR
dfisher@arkwest.com
Term: October 2012–September 2015

Region 9 (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA)
Tom Mullen
Newspaperman, Newcastle News Letter Journal
Phillipsburg, MT
paperboy@vcn.com
Term:October 2012–September 2014

Region 10 (CO, NM, UT, WY)
David Puddu
Vice President/COO, Number Nine Media Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
dpuddu@news-bulletin.com

Term: October 2010–September 2013

Region 11 (AZ, CA, HI, NV, GU)
Sharon DiMauro
Publisher, The Mendocino Beacon, Fort Bragg Advocate-News
Fort Bragg, CA
sdimauro@advocate-news.com
Term: October 2010–September 2013