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 2026 

Chair
Martha Diaz Aszkenazy 
San Fernando (California) Valley Sun
 
Vice Chair
Jeff Mayo
Cookson Hills Publishers, Inc.
Sallisaw, Oklahoma
 
 
Treasurer
Jeremy Gulban
CherryRoad Technologies
Parsippany, New Jersey
 

Directors

 
Brian Allfrey
Utah Pess Association
West Jordan, Utah
   
 
J. Louis "Louie" Mullen
Black Bird LLC
Buffalo, Wyoming
 
 
Jeff Patterson
Adams MultiMedia
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Peggy Scott
Leader Publications
Festus, Missouri
 

Bradley Thompson II
Detroit Legal News
 
Patrick Wood
Multi Media Channels LLC, Green Bay, Wisconsin
 
Peggy Year
Cedar County News
Hartington, Nebraska
 
 

Ex officio members

Immediate Past Chair
John Galer
Publisher, Hillsboro Journal-News
Hillsboro, Illinois
 

Director, Public Policy Oversight Committee
Brett Wesner
Wesner Publications
Cordell, Oklahoma
 
Executive Director
Lynne Lance
National Newspaper Association
Pensacola, Florida 
 

Matt Paxton
CAT, MTAC
The News-Gazette
Lexington, Virginia
 
 
General Counsel
Tonda F. Rush 
National Newspaper Association
Falls Church, Virginia