Board of Trustees
Lori Bergen – Founding Dean, College of Media, Communication & Information at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Stephen Buckley – Professional Development Program, Aga Khan Graduate School of Media and Communications, Nairobi
Neil Brown – President, The Poynter Institute
Andy Corty – Publisher, Trend Magazines, Inc.; Vice President, Times Publishing Company
Monica Davey – Chicago Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Paula Ellis – Retired, Former Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Rob King – Senior Vice President, SportsCenter and News, ESPN
Ann Marie Lipinski – Curator, The Nieman Foundation for Journalism, Harvard University
Kelly McBride – Senior Vice President, The Poynter Institute
Paul C. Tash – Chairman and CEO of the Times Publishing Company; Chairman of Poynter’s Board of Trustees
Kinsey Wilson – President, WordPress
National Advisory Board
Anders Gyllenhaal – Chair of Poynter’s NAB; Retired Vice President of News, The McClatchy Company
Karen E. Andreas – Regional Publisher, North of Boston Media Group
Melissa Bell – Publisher, Vox Media, Inc.
Audrey Cooper – Editor in Chief, San Francisco Chronicle
John Dickerson – Co-Host, CBS This Morning
Jon Funabiki – Professor of Journalism and Executive Director, Renaissance Journalism, San Francisco State University
S. Mitra Kalita – Vice President for Programming, CNN Digital
Wesley Lowery – Reporter, The Washington Post
Eric Lukens – Editor, The Bulletin
Mi-Ai Parrish – Professor, Media Innovation and Leadership, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University
Byron Pitts – Anchor, Nightline; Chief National Correspondent, ABC News
Christine Portela – Director of News Operations, Local Media, Univision Communications, Inc.
Emily Ramshaw – Editor-In-Chief, The Texas Tribune
Callie Schweitzer – Chief Content Officer, Thrive Global
Frank Sesno – Director, School of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University
The Poynter Foundation Board
Brian P. Tierney – Foundation Chairman, CEO of Brian Communications and Realtime Media
Paul C. Tash – Chairman and CEO of the Times Publishing Company and Chairman of Poynter’s Board of Trustees
Neil Brown – President, The Poynter Institute
Roger Black – Art Director, Design Consultant
Michael Dreyer – President, The Tampa Bay Trust Company
Barry Edwards – Political Consultant and Strategist
Fassil Gabremariam – CEO, Footsteps International
Mario R. Garcia – Affiliate, CEO and Founder of Garcia Media
Bob Graham – Senator
James Holton – President, Holton Companies
Linda Marcelli – Vice President, Lucky’s Real Tomatoes
Elise Minkoff – Honorary Commander, MacDill Air Force Base
Craig Newmark – Founder, craigslist and the Craig Newmark Foundation
Christopher Pizzo – Managing Director of Corporate Finance & Restructuring, FTI Consulting
Frank “Sandy” Rief III – Attorney, Allen Dell, Attorneys at Law
Owen J. Roberts – Chairman and CEO, Capital Formation Counselors, Inc.
Elizabeth Sembler – Chair, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Greg Truax – President, Tampa Bay Publishing Inc.
Founder
Nelson Poynter (1903-1978)
Former Chairmen
Andy Barnes – Poynter Chairman and CEO Emeritus
Eugene Patterson – Poynter Chairman and CEO Emeritus (1923-2013)
Former Presidents
Tim Franklin – Former President
Dr. Karen B. Dunlap – President Emerita
James M. Naughton – President Emeritus (1938-2012)
Bob Haiman – President Emeritus
Donald Baldwin – President Emeritus (1918-2006)