2015 spring Cronkite convocation program

Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

The Cronkite School is widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier professional journalism programs. Rooted in the timehonored values — accuracy, responsibility, objectivity, integrity — that characterize its namesake, the school fosters journalistic excellence and ethics among students as they master the complex professional skills needed to succeed in the digital media world of today and tomorrow.

The Cronkite School’s 1,700 students consistently lead the country in national competitions. Over the past decade, Cronkite has been No. 1 in the nation in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence competition and the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts awards and has finished in the top 10 in the Hearst Journalism Awards each year. Cronkite students win more than 100 journalism and public relations awards annually.

Students are guided by a faculty that is made up of both world-class media scholars and award-winning professional journalists. Leading journalists at Cronkite include former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr., BET Vice President

Retha Hill, Minneapolis Star Tribune Editor Tim McGuire, CNN Wall Street correspondent Susan Lisovicz, Sacramento Bee Executive Editor Rick Rodriguez, Oregonian Editor Peter Bhatia and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Steve Doig and Jacquee Petchel.

The Cronkite School continues to lead the field of journalism education with its innovative use of the “teaching hospital” method, providing both unparalleled learning opportunities for students and important news content to the community, state, region and nation. Arizona PBS, one of the nation’s largest public television stations, is now part of Cronkite, making it the largest media outlet operated by a journalism school in the world. Arizona PBS serves as a hub for the Cronkite School’s full-immersion professional programs and a testing ground for new approaches in journalism.

Cronkite students participate in a dozen professional immersion programs, guided by award-winning journalists and communication experts, applying what they have learned in the classroom in real-world learning environments. Students cover the most important issues of the day from

public affairs news bureaus in Phoenix and Washington, D.C. They produce a nightly newscast that reaches 1.9 million households on Arizona PBS. They report on sports from multimedia bureaus in Los Angeles and Phoenix.

Students in the Public Relations Lab develop campaigns for client companies, while Carnegie-Knight News21 multimedia journalists conduct national data-driven investigations into issues critical to Americans.

In the Public Insight Network Bureau, students work with professional news organizations to deepen their connections to audiences, and in the New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab, they use digital technologies to forge the future of journalism. New immersion programs include the Reynolds Business Reporting Bureau in which students report on business, finance and economics and the Digital Production Bureau, which serves as a multimedia development and production hub.

Elsewhere at Cronkite, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism provides education and training to professional journalists and Cronkite Global Initiatives brings international journalists to the school for study and training.

All of these initiatives take place in a state-of-the-art building that is unparalleled in journalism education. Cronkite has generated national and international attention from educators and media professionals. The Times of London, The New York Times and USA Today have pointed to the Cronkite School as an innovative leader in the future of journalism education, a pioneer that is helping to shape the future of news and digital media.

About Our Graduates

The Cronkite School has nearly 10,000 alumni throughout the Valley, across the country and around the world. Many are leaders in television, digital media, newspapers, radio, magazines and public relations.

In 1993, the school inducted its first class into the Cronkite Alumni Hall of Fame. The charter inductees were Al Michaels (’66), the iconic American sports broadcaster, and ABC News foreign correspondent Bill Redeker (’71). Other notable inductees include CNN International anchor Becky Anderson (’94); Arizona Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall (’91); Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Julie Cart (’80); CNN Worldwide Senior Latin American Affairs Editor Rafael Romo (’95); FOX 11 News anchor Christine Devine (’87); public relations executive Ray Artigue (’76); and Arizona Republic Executive Editor Nicole Carroll (’91).

Graduates of the school who are interested in joining the Cronkite School alumni chapter are encouraged to call 602.496.5555 or visit asu.edu/alumni. Stay connected to fellow alumni by registering at cronkitenation.com.

Keynote Speaker

Judy Woodruff is the award-winning co-anchor and managing editor of the “PBS NewsHour,” one of the most respected newscasts on television. For more than four decades, she has been a pioneer for women in journalism, covering politics and news for CNN, NBC and PBS.

In 1976, Woodruff was one of the few female reporters covering Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign. She went on to become a White House correspondent for NBC News from 1977-1982 and wrote “This is Judy Woodruff at the White House.”

In 2013, Woodruff became part of the first female co-anchor team on national TV news with Gwen Ifill on the “PBS NewsHour.” Previously, she served for 12 years as a CNN anchor and senior correspondent and hosted “Inside Politics.” She also was the chief Washington correspondent for “The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour” on PBS from 1983-1993.

Woodruff is the recipient of the Cine Lifetime Achievement Award, the Duke Distinguished Alumni Award and the Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Broadcast Journalism/Television,

among other honors. She is a graduate of Duke University, where she is a trustee emerita.

She is a founding co-chair of the International Women’s Media Foundation and serves on the boards of the Freedom Forum, the Newseum, the Duke Endowment and the Urban Institute.

Above: Judy Woodruff interviewing U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in September 2013. Photo courtesy of “PBS NewsHour”

Student Speaker

Megan Thompson is graduating with bachelor’s degrees from the Cronkite School and the School of Criminology & Criminal Justice. She also has a minor in communications.

Thompson was an award-winning reporter for Cronkite News, working her way from the assignment desk to producer and then to reporter and anchor. She was the anchor for the first 5 p.m. “Cronkite News” broadcast on Arizona PBS as part of an expanded news block that leads into the “PBS NewsHour.”

Thompson interviewed “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts with fellow student Analise Ortiz at the 2014 Cronkite Award Luncheon. For the past three years, she has been producing shows and shooting stories for 12 News, KPNX-TV, covering the Super Bowl in Arizona and

reporting live on “Arizona Nightly News.”

Thompson has won several journalism honors, including a regional first-place award for breaking news reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists. She also placed third in the nation for collegiate anchoring at the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts and finished fourth in TV feature reporting in the Hearst Journalism Awards.

This summer, Thompson will begin working as a morning news reporter for KGUN-9, the ABC affiliate in Tucson, Ariz.

Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

ASU’s journalism program was named in honor of former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite in 1984.

The relationship started when Tom Chauncey, longtime owner of the CBS affiliate in Phoenix and a leading supporter of journalism education at ASU, contacted his old friend in an effort to advance the program. An endowment on behalf of the program was soon established and the school was named after “the most trusted man in America.”

Over the next quarter of a century, Cronkite lent much more than his name to the school. He was closely involved — advising leadership, guiding students and faculty and traveling to Arizona each year to personally give the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism to one of the nation’s top journalists. The most special relationship, though, was with “our students,” as Cronkite would always call them. Young women and men, some with parents barely old enough to remember Cronkite behind the anchor desk, lit up when he walked into a classroom. They hung on his every word as he thoughtfully answered their questions about the profession he so loved. They lined up just to shake his hand, and he loved every minute of it.

In what turned out to be Cronkite’s last visit to ASU in 2007 before declining health

prevented him from traveling, a group of 100 students gathered with just a few minutes notice that Cronkite was in the building. He held them spellbound as he spoke about covering World War II, Vietnam, Apollo, Watergate and presidents from Truman to Reagan — and of how important “our school” was to him.

Cronkite died in 2009, but the school continues to be guided by his principles: accuracy, fairness and adherence to the highest standards of journalism.

Special Awards Presented Tonight

Outstanding Graduate Student

This award is given to a graduate student who is nominated by Cronkite faculty for academic excellence and professional experiences.

ASU Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate

This award is presented to one outstanding undergraduate in each college at ASU who exhibits exceptional academic performance, involvement in extracurricular activities and service to his or her school.

Outstanding Undergraduate Students

This award goes to undergraduate students nominated by Cronkite faculty for excellence in academics, internships, professional experiences and extracurricular activities.

Highest Grade Point Average

This award is given to the undergraduate student with the highest cumulative grade point average in the graduating class.

Cronkite Spirit Award

The Cronkite School presents this award to undergraduate students who best represent Sun Devil spirit, pride and tradition.

Kappa Tau Alpha National Honor Society

This national college honor society recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism. Only the top 10 percent of the graduating class is inducted at convocation each semester.

Moeur Award

This award is named for Dr. B.B. Moeur, who was a physician and businessman in Tempe in the early 1900s. The ASU Alumni Association presents the award at the university commencement ceremony to undergraduates with a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 achieved during eightconsecutive fall and spring semesters.

Student Speaker

This privilege is bestowed upon a student who represents the very best of the Cronkite School — a well-rounded student who exhibits academic excellence and has participated in many activities outside of regular course work. Interested students nominate themselves and a leadership committee makes the selection.

Photo illustration by Linda Davis

Convocation Program

Former

Cronkite School Graduates

Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism and Mass Communication

Janice Sweeter

“Answering the C.A.L.L.: Examining How the Implementation of Collaborative Leadership Helped to End Chronic Homelessness Among Veterans in Maricopa County, Arizona”

Master of Journalism and Mass Communication

Lauren Loftus Steven Totten

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and Master of Mass Communication

Shirin Ahmadpour ** ^

Jessica Boehm *** ^ Alicia Canales ** ^ Annika Cline *** ^ Samantha Davis ** ^ Gian-Franco Demano * ^ Sarah Dinell *** ^ Darby Fitzgerald ** ^ Amelia Goe *** ^

Sepeedeh Hashemian *** ^ Kristen Hwang *** ^ Courtland Jeffrey * ^ Tayllor Lillestol *** ^ Carolina Lopez ^ Sophia Mayberry * ^ Travis Moore * ^ Emily Nichols *** ^ Domenico Nicosia *** ^

Alana Osborne *** ^ Meiti Prang *** ^ Bianca Repasi ** Andrew Romanov ** ^ Laura Sposato ** ^ Meredith Witthar * ^ Jessica Zook ** ^

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication

Allison Acker

Carrie Adams * Gary Alexander Miranda Alm *** Maria Andreeva Ciara Archer ** Katrina Arroyos ** Ariel Asermelly

Alexander Austin Brittany Bade *** Ryan Bafaloukos

Sandra Balazic *** Terrance Balousek * Nicole Barrett ***

Jasmine Barta Michael Bartelt *** ^ Brynn Beaty

Ashley Black ** Katelyn Blalock *** Rebecca Booker ** ^

Daniel Borgertpoepping *** ^ Casey Brecker Megan Breinig *** Ashley Brevik

Malcolm Brinkley Chloe Brooks ^ Jonathon Brown Temahle Brown Gretchen Burnton *** ^ Celina Busse *

Hayley Campbell Brenda Carrasco * Andrew Catanzariti *** Aleksandra Cataruzolo Mackenzie Concepcion *** Megan Conner * Alexandria Conrad Jared Cooper Gabriel Cordoba-Hawthorne Joe Cortez

Brett Cowett Lindsay Crnkovich Cory Crowe Angela Crusco * Jeannette Cruz Mackenzie Cummings * Craig Cummins Brittney Daigneau Alec Damiano *** ^ Sara David Curtis Davis * Julianne DeFilippis Lindsey DelaTorre ** Stephen DeLorenzo ** Caelen Demos *** Collay Dennis *** ^ Dominick DiFurio ** Carina Dominguez Aimey Doolittle

Ross Dunham ***

Johanna Dupuy

Alexis Eader **

Brian Edwards

Mariah Ellis

Cierra Eubank Brittni Evans Axel Everitt

Regina Fanty

Katie-Lee Faulkner *** Blane Ferguson ** Robin Ferguson

Victoria Fernandez * Casey Ferreirae Avery Feyrer Joy Findeisen ** Cailyn Finkel

Shannon Frady ** Joshua Frons Jasmin Garcia Korina Garcia *** Stephanie Garcia Anthony Gennario * Christopher Golightly Noemi Gonzalez Cozette Gordon Lauren Grifo * Danielle Grobmeier * Alejandra Guillen ^ Kylie Gumpert Stephanie Guzman Stephanie Habib *** Ryan Hale

Lauren Handley * Noa Hernandez Rivera

Mariah Hickerson * Ryan Hill * Zachary Holland

Brett Holzhauer

Tess Homan **

Jason Hommes

Claire Hoogenboom * Tana Hughes * Beatrice Ilioi ***

Amanda Janczak ***

Justin Janssen *

Alyssa Jones

Jason Kalafut * Megan Keitel ** ^

Christian Klein Lauren Klenda Caleb Klug * Falynne Knight Max Kraust * Nihal Krishan Colton Krolak * Brandon Kutzler ^ Taia Kvitek *

Amanda LaCasse *** Christopher Lambert * Nicholas Lamoureux Trey Lanthier Cody Larkin ** Alyssa Lee *** Elizabeth Leon Daniella Lerma Kelsey Linn Sierra Loerch *** Natalie Long Kevin Longley Audree Lopez * ^ Troy Lopez Adriana Loya Dominguez Shelby Madson *** Sarah Mann ** ^ Hunter Marrow ** Christine Marth Mackenzie McCreary ** Ashley McCulley Justin McDuffie ** Cydney McFarland * ^ Rick Medeiros

Angelie Meehan Imelda Mejia Lauren Mendoza Hayli Metter Mark Mingura Garrett Mitchell Hannah Mitchell

Kyle Mounce *

Brett Nachman *** ^ Chandler Nason Thuy Lan Nguyen ** Katelyn Niemiec ** Whitney Ogden Kimberly Olson Kari Osep *** Sierra Oshrin

Adrianna Ovnicek * William Padmore Madeline Pado *** ^ Austin Paetow Miranda Palmer Summer Pauli Kyle Payne *** Michelle Peirano Justine Petersen ** Taylor Peterson ^ Paulina Pineda * Jessica Popowcer * Brandi Porter *** Daisy Prado Daniel Rand Marcus Reardon Erin Regan *** ^ Elizabeth Riecken Miranda Rivers Mara Robinson * Avery Robrock * Randsom Rockliffe Erin Roman *** Dillon Rosenblatt

Darryle Royal ** Liliana Salgado Jeffrey Sanders Mercedes Santana ** Shannon Scharrer *** Sydney Schuman *** Mary Schwab * Mackenzie Scott Matthew Seeman *** Nicholas Shaw ** Nicholas Shively ***

Julia Shumway

Kristen Sigg

Brandon Smith

Michael Smith *

William Sowards *

Maggie Spear ** ^ Megan Stalbaum

Nicole Stein *

Adam Stites

Kelsey Tardio ***

Danielle Teitelbaum

Tara Terregino ***

Sophia Thomas Maria Thompson ** Megan Thompson Naina Pryanka Tugung

Nicholas Utley Christina Uva * Dominic Valente

David Van En ***

Corina Vanek ** Vianka Villa

Allison Walker *** Reyna Wall

Jessie Wardarski ** Jamie Warren ***

Brooke Wasowicz *** Brooke Weathersby * Lauren Wong * ^ Cissy Worstell

Nicole Wozniak **

Jesus Yanez-Reyes Jordan Young

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Media Studies

Stephen Abbott

Erin Alley

Jordyn Berwager

Erin Bremer

Ashley Burke

Michael Castruccio

Catherine Croutcher

Wesley Cummings

Jeremy Gertell * Marisela Gomez

Erika Grau

Julia Guzy

Christopher Haxel

Lillian Horine

Alyssa Johnson Lindsay Kalbfleisch

Tess Karesky

Chandra Kendrick Kelly Kernohan ** Olivia Khiel

Sabrina Kinney Laura Lawlor *

Lacey Levins *

Katherine Levy ***

Robert Luna **

Kyle Martin

Michael Martin *** Mary McGillivray

Kaitlin McIntosh

Adrian Miranda Aisha Mitchell

Monica Miyagi Dakota Moffitt

Christina Petry Maya Robnett *** Jared Rodgers

Amanda Sanders ** Andrew Sasek Brandon Shipley Bariah Steiner Rachel Urban Leandra Weekes

Krystin Wood * Erin Woods

Honors designations

Academic recognition is granted to undergraduate candidates only:

* Cum Laude – GPA of 3.40 to 3.59

** Magna Cum Laude – GPA of 3.60 to 3.79 *** Summa Cum Laude – GPA of 3.80 and above ^ Graduate of Barrett, The Honors College

Cronkite School Faculty

Faculty

Craig M. Allen Ph.D., Ohio University

Melanie Asp Alvarez M.L.S., Arizona State University

Douglas A. Anderson Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Marianne Barrett Ph.D., Michigan State University

Peter Bhatia B.A., Stanford University

Rebecca Blatt M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sharon Bramlett-Solomon Ph.D., Indiana University

Peter Byck B.F.A., California Institute of the Arts

Christopher Callahan M.P.A., Harvard University

Michael Casavantes Ph.D., Arizona State University

Monica Chadha Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

John E. Craft Ph.D., Ohio University

Steve Crane M.B.A., University of Maryland

Jeff Cunningham B.A., Binghamton University

Steve Doig B.A., Dartmouth College

Leonard Downie Jr. M.A., The Ohio State University

Heather Lovett Dunn B.A., University of Mississippi

Steve Elliott M.B.A., Arizona State University

Tom Feuer B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Mary-Lou Galician Ed.D., University of Memphis

Kristin Gilger M.A., University of Nebraska

Dan Gillmor B.A., University of Vermont

Dawn Gilpin Ph.D., Temple University

Retha Hill M.A., Arizona State University

Jim Jacoby B.A., Arizona State University

Brett Kurland M.B.A., Northwestern University

Andrew Leckey M.A., University of Missouri

Christina Leonard B.A., University of Oklahoma

Susan Lisovicz B.A., William Paterson University

Mark Lodato B.J., University of Missouri

Jason Manning M.A., George Mason University

Andrés Martinez J.D., Columbia University

Fran R. Matera Ph.D., University of Miami

Micheline Maynard B.S., Michigan State University

Tim McGuire J.D., William Mitchell College of Law

Jacquee Petchel B.A., Arizona State University

Mike Reilley M.S.J., Northwestern University

Virgil Renzulli B.A. University of Pennsylvania

Rick Rodriguez B.A., Stanford University

Dennis E. Russell Ph.D., University of Utah

Joseph Russomanno Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder

B. William Silcock Ph.D., University of Missouri

Terry Greene Sterling M.F.A., Goucher College

Leslie-Jean Thornton Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Xu Wu Ph.D., University of Florida Faculty

Emeriti

Troy F. Crowder M.A., University of Iowa

Robert Ellis M.A., Case Western Reserve University

Donald G. Godfrey Ph.D., University of Washington

Roy K. Halverson Ph.D., University of Illinois

Frederic “Fritz” Leigh Ed.D., Arizona State University

Bruce Merrill Ph.D., University of Michigan

Joe W. Milner Ed.D., University of Wyoming

George Watson Ph.D., Duke University

Faculty Associates

Jill Adair

Freelance journalist

Allysa Adams

Freelance journalist

Robert Anglen

The Arizona Republic

Matt Barcellos PHXTV, city of Phoenix

Tom Blodgett

azcentral sports

Michael Bluhm Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

David J. Bodney Ballard Spahr LLP

Greg Boeck

Formerly with USA Today

Sonia Bovio

Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

Joe Camporeale Professional photographer

Jerry Cobb

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office

Lindsey Collom The Arizona Republic

Dave Cornelius C4 Accel

Roy Dabner European Pressphoto Agency

Deanna Dent Multimedia journalist

Nancie Dodge Media consultant

Becca Dyer The Arizona Republic

Larry Edsall ClassicCars.com

Chuck Emmert Know99 Television

Tom Fergus FOX 10, KSAZ-TV

Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig shades Magazine

Joseph Garcia

ASU Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center

Christia L. Gibbons Freelance journalist

Thomas Gibbons Talk of Arizona magazine

David Gordon The Arizona Republic

Glenn Gullickson Formerly with Echo Magazine

Ronald J. Hansen The Arizona Republic

Stephen Harding The Arizona Republic

Denise Hawken-Collins Sports media professional

JJ Hensley The Arizona Republic

Tatiana Hensley

Formerly with azcentral.com

Ceasar Hernandez CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Shanna Hogan Journalist and true crime author

Sean Holstege The Arizona Republic

Amber Hutchins, Ph.D. PR consultant

Kelly Vaughn Kramer Arizona Highways Magazine

Maddie Liseblad Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

Christy Little 12 News, KPNX-TV

Alan Lobock SkyMall magazine and Worthworm

Morgan Loew CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Peter Madrid Cushman & Wakefield Arizona

Joe Mathews Zócalo Public Square

Robert McJannet CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Kathryn McManus SocialWhirled

Laurie Merrill The Arizona Republic

Holliday Moore KTAR News and CBS 5

David Natharius, Ph.D. Professor emeritus, California State University, Fresno

Dawn Nici KFNN Money Radio

Chelsea O’Donnell Gannett Company

Theresa Poulson Video journalist

Jessica Pucci McMurry/TMG

Ian Punnett Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

Brian Rackham

Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

Catherine Reagor The Arizona Republic

Kelly Roach Communications consultant

Kristy Roschke Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

Richard Ruelas The Arizona Republic

Anthony Ryan anthonyryanmedia

Mike Sauceda Arizona Horizon

Dave Seibert The Arizona Republic

Celeste Sepessy Virgo Publishing

Maren Showkeir Writer, editor and consultant

Ceeon Quiett Smith Cronkite School, Ph.D. Program

Glen Stephens Mesa Channel 11

Mike Sunnucks Phoenix Business Journal

Karen Werner Kwink Media

Maureen West Communication consultant

Tanya Wheeless TW Executive Leadership

Evan Wyloge

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting

Gilbert Zermeño CBS 5, KPHO-TV

Endowment Board Of Trustees

Executive Committee

David Bodney President Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP

John Misner

Immediate past president Chief operating officer, Republic Media

Christopher Callahan

Dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Kristin Bloomquist

Chair, Mentoring Committee Executive vice president and general manager, Cramer-Krasselt

Tom Chauncey

Chair, Nominations Committee Attorney, Gust Rosenfeld

John Hatfield

Chair, Development Committee Vice president of communications, APS

Anita Helt

Chair, Outreach and Diversity Committee Vice president and general manager, ABC15, KNXV-TV

Win Holden

Chair, Assessment Committee Publisher, Arizona Highways Magazine

Susan Karis

Co-chair, Luncheon Committee Group publisher, Cities West Publishing

Matt Silverman

Co-chair, Luncheon Committee Vice president and managing director, Phoenix, R&R Partners

Board Members

Lynn Agnello

Ad agency sales manager, YP

Ray Artigue

Principal, The Artigue Agency

Susan Bitter Smith

Executive director, Southwest Cable Communications Association

Art Brooks President and CEO, Arizona Broadcasters Association

Elizabeth Murphy Burns

President and CEO, Morgan Murphy Media

Paula Casey Executive director, Arizona Newspapers Association

Jack Clifford President, Clifford Consulting Araceli De Leon Regional vice president, Telemundo Arizona

Michael Dee President, Arizona Foothills Magazine

David Eichler

Founder and creative director, Decibel Blue Creative Marketing & PR

Elvira Espinoza

Publisher, Mixed Voces

Kristin Gilger

Associate dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Derrick Hall President and CEO, Arizona Diamondbacks

Scott Harkey

President, Ownes Harkey Advertising

Brian Hogan

Senior vice president and general manager, FOX Sports Arizona

Rich Howe Executive vice president and general manager, KAZT-TV

Gordon James Owner, Gordon C. James Public Relations

Laura Jordan Owner, The Jordan Group

Ginger Lamb

Vice president and publisher, Arizona Capitol Times

Randy Lovely Senior vice president, news and audience development, The Arizona Republic

Fran Mallace Vice president, Cox Media Arizona

Michael Mallace General manager, Sierra H Broadcasting

Kelly McCullough General manager, Eight, Arizona PBS

Joe Milner

Professor emeritus Art Mobley CEO, AdviceAd

Manny Molina President, M&M Media

Mary Morrison Mary M Media

Ed Munson

Vice president and general manager, CBS 5 and 3TV, KTVK-TV

Jim Paluzzi

Vice president, division of public service, Rio Salado College; general manager, KJZZ/KBAQ

Tim Pohlman

Senior vice president and market manager, CBS Radio

Jose Rodiles

General manager, Riviera Broadcast Group

Mark Rodman

Vice president and general manager, FOX 10, KSAZ-TV

Jason Rowley

President, Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury

Ray Schey

Publisher, Phoenix Business Journal

Robert Stieve

Editor, Arizona Highways Magazine

Scott Sutherland

Vice president and market manager, Bonneville Media

James Taszarek

President, TazMedia Inc.

Diane Veres

President and general manager, Clear Channel Outdoor

Clancy Woods President, D Mobile

Roberto Yañez

Vice president and general manager, Univision 33 and Unimas

John Zidich

President, publisher, CEO, Republic Media