RTNDA - Board of Directors

Board of Directors

RTNDA Officers

Chairman
Edward Esposito
WAKR/WONE/WQMX
Akron, OH
edespositoRTNDA@adelphia.net

Read Esposito's biography

Cochran President
Barbara Cochran
RTNDA
Washington
barbarac@rtnda.org

Read Cochran's biography

Past Chairman/
RTNDF Chairman
Bill Roswell
KYW-AM
Philadelphia
roswell@kyw.com

Chairman-Elect
Stacey Woelfel
KOMU-TV
Columbia, MO
staceywoelfel@komu.com

Treasurer
Loren Tobia
AccuWeather
Syracuse, NY
lorentobia@aol.com

RTNDF Secretary-Treasurer
Bob Priddy
MissouriNet
Jefferson City, MO
bpriddy@learfield.com

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Donna Francavilla
CBS Radio
Birmingham, AL
newsmom@gmail.com

Gin Janice Gin
KTVU-TV
Oakland, CA
janice.gin@ktvu.com

Louie David Louie
KGO-TV
San Francisco
david@davidlouie.com

Tobias Ed Tobias
Associated Press
Washington
ed_tobias@ap.org

Brian Trauring
WTVG-TV
Toledo, OH
brian.trauring@abc.com

REGIONAL DIRECTORS

Region 1 and Region 3
Kathy Walker
KOA-AM
Denver
kathywalker@clearchannel.com

Long Region 2
Robert Long
KNBC-TV
Burbank, CA
robert.long@nbc.com

Region 4 and Region 5
Stacey Woelfel
KOMU-TV
Columbia, MO
staceywoelfel@komu.com

Benz Region 6
Kevin Benz
News 8 Austin
Austin, TX
kbenz@news8austin.com

Haefner Region 7
Dick Haefner
WJR-AM
Detroit, MI
dick.haefner@citcomm.com

Bell Region 8 and Region 9
Randy Bell
WMSI-FM/WQJQ-FM/WJDX-AM
Jackson, MS
randybell@clearchannel.com

Region 10
Andrew Vrees
WMUR-TV
Manchester, NH
avrees@hearst.com

Region 11
Lane Beauchamp
CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group
New York
lbeauchamp@cbs.com

Region 12
Mark Kraham
WHAG-TV
Hagerstown, MD
mkraham@nbc25.com

Region 13
Helga Silva
WLTV Univision
Miami
hsilva@univision.net

Canada/International
Hudson Mack
News Director/Senior Anchor
A-Channel Vancouver Island
Victoria, BC
hudson.mack@chumtv.com

RTNDF DELEGATES

Cissy Baker
Tribune Broadcasting
Washington
cbaker@tribune.com

Mike Cavender
Medialink Worldwide
Duluth, GA
mcavender@medialink.com

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Asian American Journalists Association
Jam Sardar
WLNS-TV
Lansing, MI
jsardar@aol.com

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Denise Dowling
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
denise.dowling@umontana.edu

National Association of Black Journalists
Kathy Times
WVTM-TV
Birmingham, AL
kytimes@aol.com

National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Manuel De La Rosa
KIII-TV
Corpus Christi, TX
mannydelarosa@yahoo.com

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
Doug Stewart
WTIC-TV
Hartford, CT
dphotog@aol.com

Joseph Native American Journalists Association
Alli Joseph
allijoseph@gmail.com

UNITY: Journalists of Color
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