For more than twenty years Steve has served in a number of leadership roles in the newspaper industry. He has been a newspaper owner, regional advertising director, advertising director, editor, publisher, circulation director, and regional executive for various newspaper companies. He has also served on the board of directors of the Minnesota Newspaper Association, and on advertising and legislative committees of the Iowa Newspaper Association and Virginia Press Association.
For the past nine years Steve has been the publisher of The Free Press in Mankato, Minnesota as well as a regional executive for CNHI, LLC helping to oversee papers in Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. Steve has a BA in English from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Saint Ambrose University.
Administrative Assistant & Member Relations
217-241-1300, Ext. 226
Cindy Bedolli is from Williamsville, IL. She worked at The State Journal-Register in advertising for over 12 years. She most recently came from The Hope Institute where she worked in human resources. Cindy is a graduate of Southern Illinois University with a bachelors of science degree in marketing. She joined the Illinois Press in 2015.
Systems Support Specialst
217-241-1300
Neil comes to the Illinois Press Association from Gannett. He joined the IPA in June 2023.
Clip Department
217-241-1300, Ext. 225
Lisa grew up on a dairy farm in northwestern Illinois. She joined IPA in May 1996. She is responsible for the media-monitoring of all Illinois newspapers.
Ron Kline joined the Illinois Press Assoication in 2010 as Technology & Online Coordinator. He is credited for assisting in the development and maintaining the publicnoticeillinois.com site as well as the IPA's electronic contest entry system, both systems utilized by many other state press associations. Prior to joining the IPA, Kline was a production system specialist for The News-Journal in Daytona Beach, FL and worked in various positions at The State Journal-Register in Springfield IL for close to 10 years. He also has experience with a variety of specialized computer systems.
Chief Financial Officer
217-241-1300, Ext. 237
Certified Public Accountant Tracy Spoonmore joined IPA in January 2018. Tracy comes from United Cerebral Palsy Land of Lincoln where she was the CFO. Prior to that, she was the audit manager at Sikich. Tracy has a master's degree from Western Illinois University and a bachelor's degree from Quincy University.
217-241-1300, Ext. 249
Lisa Bouvet has worked in the clip department for the Illinois Press Association since 1986. She is from Springfield, Illinois. She is responsible for the media-monitoring of all Illinois newspapers.
Advertising Service Manager
217-241-1700, Ext. 234
Charlene is a long-time resident of Springfield, Illinois. She has worked at the Illinois Press Assoication since 1996.