 The IPA Board of Directors is comprised of 15 members which represent six geographical newspaper districts within the state. The Board is evenly distributed between daily and weekly newspapers by maintaining a balance of seven members representing daily newspapers and eight members representing weekly newspapers.
The IPA Executive Director is an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the Board. The Board also selects an ex-officio board member that is an active professor at one of the Illinois university journalism schools. This Director shall be a nonvoting Director elected for a two year term which may be renewed indefinitely at the Board's discretion.
Listed below is the current IPA Board of Directors and the newspaper/organization they represent and the Bylaws.
IPA Board Members
IPA ByLaws
2010 Illinois Press Association Officers
President
Steve Raymond
Publisher
Effingham Daily News
Vice President
Chris Russell
Vice President
Russell Publications, Peotone
Treasurer
John Barron
Publisher
Chicago Sun-Times
Past President
Kathy Farren
Editor
Kendall County Record, Yorkville
Board Member
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Sam Fisher
Publisher
Bureau County Republican, Princeton
Karen Flax
Assistant General Counsel/Publishing and Litigation
Tribune Company, Chicago
John Galer
Publisher
The Journal-News, Hillsboro
Don Hurd
Publisher
Times-Republic, Watseka
Sandy Macfarland
CEO
Law Bulletin Publishing, Chicago
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Wendy Martin
Editor
Mason County Democrat, Havana
Gregg Ratliff
Publisher
Pekin Daily Times
Jim Shrader
Publisher
Alton Telegraph
Caroll Stacklin
Publisher
Gatehouse Media Inc., Downers Grove
Gary Stricker
Publisher
The Okawville Times Rich Martin
Ex Officio Director
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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