2022/23 CNPA OFFICER AND DIRECTOR NOMINEES
In accordance with Article VI, Section 4. of the CNPA Bylaws, the following report of the Board Development Committee, headed by 2021/22 Secretary-Treasurer Julie Makinen, is submitted to all Active Members of the Association.
Nominees for the 2022/23 officers and directors of the California News Publishers Association, to be voted upon at the association’s annual business meeting Thursday, April 28, 2022, are:
OFFICER NOMINEES
Chairperson: Emily Charrier, Petaluma Argus-Courier
Vice Chairperson: Julie Makinen, The Desert Sun, Palm Springs
Secretary-Treasurer: Norb Garrett, Picket Fence Media, Capistrano Beach
Immediate Past-Chairperson: Simon Grieve, Grunion Gazette, Long Beach
DIRECTOR NOMINEES
To be Elected to a 3-Year Term:
Laura Rearwin Ward, Ojai Valley News
Ward is the owner and publisher of the Ojai Valley News, a weekly subscription newspaper in publication since 1891. Ward has been working in the industry since 2011. For more information on Ward, view her LinkedIn page here.
Bill Sullivan, Gold Country Media
Sullivan is the associate producer at Gold Country Media. Gold Country Media publications include Auburn Journal, Folsom Telegraph, Lincoln News Messenger, Press Tribune, Placer Herald and The Loomis News. For more information on Sullivan, view his LinkedIn page here.
To be Re-Elected a 3-Year Term:
Steve Falk, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa
Richard Esposito, Mountain Democrat, Placerville
Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, San Fernando Valley Sun
