Overseas Press Club Has a New Board of Governors

Overseas Press Club Has a New Board of Governors

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Overseas Press Club of America has elected a new board of governors with Allan Dodds Frank of Bloomberg News as the 40th President of the Club. Frank stated that "In this challenging environment for journalists, the OPC will continue to strive to protect and promote the highest standards of journalism. The newly elected board also wants to thank a consortium of foundations, Ford, Knight, McCormick and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism, for the Challenge Grant of $25,000 to help us support the mission of the club which, since its founding in 1939, has been steadfastly committed to upholding the principles of the profession and saluting its greatest practitioners."

* denotes a new member of the board

President
Allan Dodds Frank
Correspondent, Bloomberg News

1st Vice President
Arlene Getz*
Senior Editor, Newsweek
World Wide Special Editions

2nd Vice President
Marcus Mabry
International Business Editor, The New York Times

3rd Vice President
Michael Serrill
Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets

Treasurer
Jacqueline Albert-Simon
U.S. Bureau Chief, Politique Internationale

Secretary
Jane Ciabattari
Author/Journalist

ACTIVE BOARD
Ron Allen*
Correspondent, NBC News

David A. Andelman*
Editor
World Policy Journal

Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews*
Foreign Editor, CBS News

Roger Cohen
International Writer at Large, The New York Times

George de Lama
Freelance Editor

Chrystia Freeland*
U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

Klara Glowczewska*
Editor in Chief, Conde Nast Traveler

Frederick Kempe
President & CEO
The Atlantic Council

Jim Laurie
Director, Broadcast Journalism
University of Hong Kong

Kevin McDermott
Managing Partner, Collective Intelligence

Cait Murphy
Writer/Editor

Maggie Murphy
Assistant Managing Editor, People

Calvin Sims
Program Officer, News Media, The Ford Foundation

ACTIVE ALTERNATES
Chuck Lustig*
Director of Foreign News, ABC News

Nikhil Deogun*
International Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Tim Ferguson*
Editor, Forbes Asia

ASSOCIATE BOARD
Bill Collins
Director, Public & Business Affairs, Ford Motor Company

Kathleen Hunt
United Nations Representative, Care International

Minky Worden
Media Director, Human Rights Watch

ASSOCIATE ALTERNATE
David Fondiller
Director of Media Relations, The Boston Consulting Group

Election results were announced at the OPC's Annual Meeting held on August 20th.

Source: The Overseas Press Club of America

CONTACT: Sonya Fry, Executive Director of The Overseas Press Club of
America, +1-212-626-9220, sonya@opcofamerica.org

Web site: http://www.opcofamerica.org/

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