Alan Fisco
Alan Fisco, president of The Seattle Times Company, will be nominated during PIVOT 2020 to be the next president of America's Newspapers.
Members will elect officers for 2020-21 on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 7, during this year's virtual conference.
In addition to Fisco, the following nominations will be made for officers:
- Immediate Past President: Chris Reen, president, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and publisher, The Denver Gazette, Denver, Colorado
- Vice President: Nat Lea, president and CEO, WEHCO Media, Little Rock, Arkansas
- Treasurer: Cameron Nutting Williams, regional publisher, Ogden Newspapers, Frederick, Maryland
Pictured above: Chris Reen, Nat Lea and Cameron Nutting Williams
Board of Directors
Six industry executives will be nominated to three-year terms on the Board of Directors:
- Scott Champion, CEO, Champion Media Company, Mooresville, North Carolina
- Mike Gebhart, president and CEO, Southern Community Newspapers, Lawrenceville, Georgia
- Matthew Gray, senior vice president and general counsel, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama
- Camille Olson, partner, Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, Illinois
- Tim Prince, senior vice president, Boone Newspapers, Columbiana, Alabama
- Heidi Wright, chief operating officer and publisher, The Bulletin, EO Media Group, Salem, Oregon
Pictured above: Scott Champion, Mike Gebhart, Matthew Gray, Camille Olson, Tim Prince and Heidi Wright
Directors remaining on the board include:
- Bill Barker, SE regional president, USA TODAY Network and LocaliQ, Naples, Florida
- John Bussian, attorney, The Bussian Law Firm, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Michael Fishman, publisher, Citizen Tribune, Morristown, Tennessee
- Stacey Hill, executive vice president and chief operating officer, newspapers, News-Press & Gazette Company, St. Joseph, Missouri
- Brian Jarvis, president, WV News, Clarksburg, West Virginia
- Ted McGrew, vice president, sales, Southern Lithoplate, Youngsville, North Carolina
- Matt McMillan, CEO, Press Publications, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
- Jeff Patterson, president - Central Division, Adams Publishing Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- James Paxton, president and CEO, Paxton Media Group, Paducah, Kentucky
- John Rung, president and CEO, Shaw Media, Crystal Lake, Illinois
- Jason Taylor, president, Gannett VENTURES, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Judi Terzotis, president and publisher, The Times-Picayune | Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Emily Walsh, publisher, Observer Media Group, Sarasota, Florida
- Leonard Woolsey, president, Southern Newspapers, Inc., and president and publisher, The Daily News, Galveston, Texas
It's not too late to register for the Oct. 6-8 PIVOT virtual conference: