Board of Directors

2025-2026 Term

  • President: Celia Wexler, freelance writer and nonfiction author
  • Vice President: Kaela Roeder, Leader Reporter, Baltimore and D.C., Technical.ly
  • Treasurer: Dan Kubiske, Freelancer, Co-Chair of the National SPJ International Community and Chair of the National SPJ Resolutions Committee
  • Recording Secretary: Tony Cabral
  • Corresponding Secretary: Amy Fickling, Assistant News Editor, McClatchy-Tribune Information Services

Directors

  • Chelsea Cirruzzo, Director, Health Reporter, Politico
  • Micha Green, Director, Managing Editor, The Washington Informer
  • Jessica Jerreat, Free Press Editor, Voice of America
  • Georgena Mierow
  • Giang Nguyen, Director, Digital News Director, WTOP News
  • Randy Showstack, Director, Journalist, Editor, Communications Consultant focused on the environment
  • Zach Theiler

Ex-Officio

  • Immediate Past President: Denise Dunbar, Publisher, Alexandria Times Newspaper
  • SPJ National Board Member: Stephenie Overman, Freelance journalist

Other Officials of Note