Board of Directors

RTDNA Chair & CEO
Andrea Stahlman

WLKY-TV
Louisville, KY
astahlman@hearst.com

RTDNF Chair
Terence Shepherd

WLRN-FM
Miami, FL
tshepherd@wlrnnews.org

RTDNA Chair-Elect
Allison McGinley

WKMG-TV
Orlando, FL
 

RTDNA Treasurer
Loren Tobia

Weather Metrics, Inc.
Omaha, NE
loren@tobia.org
           

RTDNF Secretary/Treasurer
Kathy Walker

KOA-AM
Denver, CO
kathywalker@koanewsradio.com
Chair: Moonshot Committee

Region 1 Director
Bill Dallman 
KOMO-TV
Seattle, WA
wdallman@komonews.com


State Coordinators
AK:  John Tracy
        KTUU, Anchorage
ID:   Ryan Hawes
       KBOI-TV, Boise
MT:  John Sherer
        KBZK/KXLF-TV, Bozeman
OR: Rick Jacobs
        KGW-TV, Portland
WA: Ursula Reutin
        KIRO-AM, Seattle

Region 2 Director
Brandon Mercer

SF Gate
San Francisco, CA
bmercer@sfchronicle.com
Chair: Programs Committee



State Coordinators
CA: Julie Chin
       KNX-AM, Los Angeles
HI:  Lori Silva
       KHON-TV, Honolulu
NV:  Cristi Jessee
        KVVU-TV, Las Vegas
     

      

Region 3 Director
Sheryl Worsley

KSL-AM
Salt Lake City, UT
sworsley@ksl.com




State Coordinators
AZ:  Paul Ihander
        KTAR-FM, Glendale
CO: Christy Moreno
        KUSA-TV, Denver
NM: Vacant
       
UT:  George Severson
        KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City
WY: Bob Beck
        WY Pub. Radio, Laramie

Region 4 Director
Lauren Olson

Kare 11
Minneapolis, MN





State Coordinators
MN: Steve Goodspeed
        WDIO-TV, Duluth    
ND: Paul Jurgens
        KFGO-AM, Fargo
SD: Jerry Oster
        WNAX-AM/FM, Yankton
WI:   Sandy Ellis
         UW River Falls

Region 5 Director
Scott Diener

KMOV-TV
St. Louis, MO
sdiener@kmov.com




State Coordinators
IA:    Diana Castillo
        KMEG, Sioux City
KS:  Vacant
       
MO: Gene Hartley
        KYTV, Springfield
NE: Dennis Kellogg
        NET TV / Radio / Digital
        Lincon

Region 6 Director
Nia Towne

KIII-TV
Corpus Christi, TX



State Coordinators
OK: John Durkee
        Univ. of Tulsa
TX:  Rachel Osier Lindley
        KERA, Dallas

Region 7 Director
Jam Sardar

WLNS-TV
Lansing, MI
jsardar@wlns.com
Chair: Awards Committee


State Coordinators
IL:   Jim Garrott
        WEEK-TV, Peoria
IN:   Wendell Hudson
        WTWO-TV, Vincennes
        Chuck Carney
        WTIU-TV, Bloomington
MI:   Jayne Hodak
        WJRT-TV, Flint
OH: Katherine Bradshaw
        Bowling Green St. U.

Region 8 Director
Julie Wolfe

WHAS-TV
Louisville, KY


State Coordinators
KY:  Vacant
       
NC: Vacant

SC: Vacant
       
TN:  Jennifer Dale
         WJHL-TV, Johnson City
WV: Vacant

Region 9 Director

Sherri Jackson
 

WIAT-TV

Birmingham, AL

sjackson@cbs42.com

 

State Coordinators
AL:  Pat Duggins
        Alabama Public Radio
        Tuscaloosa
AR: Vacant
       
LA:  Vacant
       
MS: Teresa Collier
        Miss. Public Broadcasting
       Jackson

Region 10 Director
Alisha McDevitt

WMUR-TV
Manchester, NH


State Coordinators
CT: Steve Kalb
       WELI-AM, Hamden
ME: Amy Beveridge
        WMTW-TV, Portland
MA: Bob Salsberg
       AP, Boston
NH: Alisha McDevitt
        WMUR-TV, Manchester
RI:  Vacant
VT:  Michael LaFlesh
       WPTZ-TV, Plattsburg

Region 11 Director
Tim Scheld

WCBS-AM
New York, NY
Tim.Scheld@Entercom.com
Chair: Ethics Committee


State Coordinators
NJ:  Esteban Creste
        Univision 41, Teaneck
NY: Michael Rizzo
       St. John's Univ.
PA:  Bill Roswell
        KYW-AM, Philadelphia

Region 12 Director
Mark Kraham

WDVM-TV
Hagerstown, MD
mkraham@localdvm.com


State Coordinators
DE:  Lydia Reeves Timmins
         Univ. of Del., Newark
DC: Vacant

MD: Vacant
       
VA:   Rob Tompkins
        WFXR-TV
        Roanoke

International Director
Fiona Conway

Initial F Media Strategies
Toronto, ON
fiona@initialf.ca
                                                    

Director At-Large
Ellen Crooke

Tegna
McLean, VA
ecrooke@tegna.com

Director At-Large
Sean McLaughlin

Scripps
Cincinnati, OH

Director At-Large
Lisa Polster

WIVB-TV
Buffalo, NY
 

Director At-Large
Kimberly Wyatt

WEAR-TV
Pensacola, FL
kwyatt@sbgtv.com

 

RTDNF Trustee
Janice S. Gin

KITV
Honolulu, HI
janicegin@yahoo.com
Chair: Finance Committee
 

RTDNF Trustee
Vince Duffy

Michigan Radio
Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

Ex-Officio Member
Suzanne Gamboa
UNITY: Journalists
for Diversity
NBCLatino
Washington, DC
suzanne.gamboa@nbcuni.com
 

Ex-Officio Member
Tony DeMars
Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass
Communication
Texas A&M University
Tony.DeMars@tamuc.edu

Ex-OfficIo Member
Archith Seshadri
Asian American
Journalists Association
WJZY-TV
Charlotte, NC
Archith.seshadri@gmail.com
 

Ex-Officio Member
Dorothy Tucker
National Association of
Black Journalists
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
dmtuckernabj22@gmail.com

Ex-Officio Member
Rolando Arrieta
National Association of
Hispanic Journalists
NPR
Washington, DC
rarrieta@nahj.org

Ex-Officio Member
Darren Brown
Native American
Journalists Association
CATV
Concho, OK
dbrown@c-a-tribes.org
 

Ex-Officio Member
Ken Miguel
National Lesbian and Gay
Journalists Association
KGO-TV
San Francisco, CA
ken.miguel@abc.com
 

President Emeritus
Barbara Cochran

Missouri School
of Journalism
Washington, DC
cochranb@missouri.edu
 

Executive Director Emeritus
Mike Cavender


The Cavender Group
Sarasota, FL
mikec@rtdna.org