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
Jeremy Gulban
CherryRoad Technologies of Parsippany, New Jersey

 
Vice Chair
Peggy Scott
Leader Publications of Festus, Missouri
 
Treasurer
Peggy Year
Cedar County News of Hartington, Nebraska
 

Directors

 
 
Dennis DeRossett 
Nebraska Pess Association of Lincoln, Nebraska
 
Jeff Mayo
Cookson Hills Publishers Inc. of Sallisaw, Oklahoma
   
 
J. Louis "Louie" Mullen
Black Bird LLC of Buffalo, Wyoming
 
 
Jeff Patterson
Adams MultiMedia of Minneapolis, Minnesota
 
Bradley Thompson II
Detroit Legal News
 
Patrick Wood
Multi Media Channels LLC of Green Bay, Wisconsin
 

Appointed

 
Carrie Pitzer 
Pitzer Digital Newspapers, Neligh, Nebraska
 
 

Ex officio members

 
Immediate Past Chair
Martha Diaz Aszkenazy 
San Fernando (California) Valley Sun
 
 
NNA Chair 
Jeanne Straus
Straus News of Chester, New York 
 

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

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