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 ⁠— typically held in conjunction with the annual convention.

Officers 2022–2024 

Chair
John Galer
Publisher, Hillsboro Journal-News
Hillsboro, Illinois
journal@consolidated.net
 

Vice Chair
Jeff Mayo
Cookson Hills Publishers, Inc.
Sallisaw, Oklahoma
jeffmayo@seqcotimes.com
 
Treasurer
Martha Diaz-Aszkenazy 
San Fernando (California) Valley Sun
martha@sanfernandosun.com
 

Directors


Reed Anfinson
Publisher, Swift County Monitor-News
Benson, Minnesota
reed@monitor-news.com 
 
Beth Bennett
Wisconsin Newspaper Association
beth.bennett@wnanews.com
 
 
Jeremy Gulban
CherryRoad Technologies
Parsippany, New Jersey
jgulban@cherryroad.com
 
William "Bill" Jacobs
Jacobs Properties
Brookhaven, Mississippi
wojacobs@icloud.com
   
 
J. Louis "Louie" Mullen
Publisher, Black Bird LLC
Buffalo, Wyoming
louie.mullen@vcn.com
 
 
Jeff Patterson
Divisional President, Adams Publishing Group
Bloomington, Minnesota
jpatterson@adamspg.com
 

Bradley Thompson II
Detroit Legal News
bthompson@legalnews.com
 

Patrick Wood
Multi Media Channels LLC
Green Bay, Wisconsin
pwood@mmclocal.com

 

Ex officio members


Immediate Past President
Brett Wesner
Wesner Publications
Cordell, Oklahoma
 
Executive Director
Lynne Lance
National Newspaper Association
Pensacola, Florida 
 

Matt Paxton
The News-Gazette
Lexington, Virginia
publisher@thenews-gazette.com
 
 
General Counsel
Tonda F. Rush 
National Newspaper Association
Falls Church, Virginia
trush@sixideas.net