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 Regional press associationsMISSOURI NEWSPAPER ORGANIZATIONS

Missouri has a wealth of information, regarding newspapers and the business of producing them, within its borders. Below, check the list of entities and their current officers. Those groups with web-sites are linked.

DEMOCRATIC  EDITORS  OF  MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer, Linda Geist, Monroe City.

MISSOURI  CIRCULATION  MANAGEMENT  ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney, Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve Edwards, St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck, Jefferson City.

MISSOURI  ADVERTISING  MANAGERS’  ASSOCIATION: President, Suzie Wilson, Milan; First Vice President, Stacy Rice, Drexel; Second Vice President, Dennis Warden, Owensville; Secretary, Jeanine York, Washington; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Jane Haslag, Jefferson City;  Bruce Wallace, Ashland; Joe Jordan, Poplar Bluff; Lisa Miller, Camdenton. Past President, Trevor Vernon, Eldon.

MISSOURI  ASSOCIATED  DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, vacant; Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia; Past President, Larry Freels, Kirksville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins, St. Louis; Don Wyatt, Springfield; Dan Potter, Columbia.

MISSOURI PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATORS: President, Colene McEntee, St. Charles; Secretary, Peggy Koch, Barnhart; Treasurer, Roxanne Miller, Ballwin; Public Relations Officer, Suzanne Corbett, St. Louis; Membership Officer, Linda Briggs-Harty, St. Louis; Contest Director, Janice Denham, Kirkwood; Quest Awards Directors, Susan Fadem, St. Louis and Marge Polcyn, St. Louis; Conference Director, vacant; Archivist, Dee Rabey, Granite City, Ill.; Past President, Fran Mannino, Kirkwood.

MISSOURI  PRESS  SERVICE: President, Dave Bradley, St. Joseph; Vice President, Steve Oldfield, Adrian; Secretary-Treasurer, John Spaar, Odessa. Directors: Gary Sosniecki, former co-publisher Vandalia; Dave Berry, Bolivar.

MISSOURI  PRESS  FOUNDATION,  INC.: President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; First Vice President, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Second Vice President, Kirk Powell, Pleasnat Hill; Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Rogers Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Columbia; Mrs. Avis Tucker, Warrensburg; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson, Milan; Dane Vernon, Eldon; Vicki Russell, Columbia; Bill James, Harrisonville; Bill Miller Sr., Washington. Director Emeritus: Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville and Wallace Vernon, Eldon.

MISSOURI-KANSAS AP  PUBLISHERS  AND  EDITORS (AP): Chairman, John Montgomery, Hutchinson, Kan. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, Carol Stark, Joplin; Past Chairman, Oliver Wiest, Sedalia.

MISSOURI  SOCIETY  OF  NEWSPAPER  EDITORS (ASNE): President, Cathy Ripley, Chillicothe; First Vice President, Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Second Vice President, Rob Viehman, Cuba; Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Doug Waggoner, Jefferson City; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Diane Lowrey, Trenton; Jim Robertson, Columbia; Eric Crump, Marshall Democrat-News; AP Director Carol Stark, Joplin; Past President, Buzz Ball, Carthage.

MISSOURI  COLLEGE  MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Nate Taylor, University of Central Missouri; Vice President, Jonathan Ernst, St. Louis University; Secretary, Lisa Crawford, Missouri Western State University; MPA Liaison, Bob Bergland, Missouri Western State University.