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About the Board

The slate for the Board is developed by a nominating committee for the Club membership to vote on. Members serve for two-year terms. To be considered for serving on the next board, please contact the club president.

Current Board of Governors include:

Meet The New 2008-2009 ANWC Board Members!

 

 

President- Pam Ginsbach
E-mail - pamg@bpf.net 
Freelance Journalist

 

 

 

 

Independent writer and editor, specializing in economics and business issues; editor of NABE News, the bi-monthly online publication of the National Association for Business Economics (nabe.com).
E-mail: pamg@bpf.net

 

President- Elect - Lynne Gorton
E-mail - ldgorton@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

Co-founder and principal of More Solutions Group, a newly established full service management consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, marketing, and communications.
E-mail: ldgorton@gmail.com 

 

Immediate Past President - Theresa A, Werner
E-mail - twerner@ap.org   

 

 

 

 

Broadcast Planning Editor for Associated Press, where she is responsible for planning television and radio coverage in the United States.

 

Treasurer - Deborah Toll
E-mail: debttoll@verizon.net 

 

 

 

 

 

Consultant; serves on boards, raises money, writes reports, and “puts people together.”

Darcy Spencer

 

VP for Programs - Marion Mattingly
E-mail: Wmattingly@aol.com

 

 

 

 

 

Washington Editor for Juvenile Justice Update and a policy and political adviser to top public and private sector decision-makers in a variety on critical issue areas, including, criminal and juvenile justice reform, delinquency prevention, youth development, judicial reform, organizational development and fund-raising and campaign strategy.

 

VP for Membership - Sandra Trupp
E-mail: trupps@Ruderfinn.com 

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Planned TV Arts, a division of Ruder Finn Public Relations and Managing Director of the Politics Division; specializing in strong media placement for authors and spokespersons on a national or regional level.

 

VP of Communications - Jing-yi H. Liu
Editor of Shop Talk

E-mail: jhong5168@gmail.com  

 

 

 

 

Cross-cultural communication consultant/lecturer and an independent TV producer; current work focuses on promoting cross-cultural understanding of media and non-verbal communications.

 

Secretary- Mila Albertson
E-mail -
MAlbertson@kellencompany.com

 

 

 

 

Special Projects Director for The Kellen Company, an international accredited association management firm; Membership Services/Publications Director & LOUIE Awards Coordinator for the Greeting Card Association, the Membership Services Director for the National Candle Association, and the Administrative Manager for the American Tax Policy Institute.
E-mail: MAlbertson@kellencompany.com

Governors:

 

Maurine Beasley - Governor
E-mail: mbeasley@jmail.umd.edu 

 

 

 

 

Professor emerita at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism in College Park.

Darcy Spencer

 

Joanne B. Murphy - Governor
E-mail: Murphy.joanne@verizon.net 

 

 

 

 

Freelance writer for publications and a writer/editor for nonprofit organizations; now concentrating on marketing her first book of fiction - a contemporary mystery set in Detroit, with Michigan and Detroit historical events as backdrop.

 

Lily Hood Gunn - Governor
E-mail: LHOODGUNN@aol.com 

 

 

 

 

 

Musical director and conductor of the Capitol Chamber Orchestra; conducts contemporary music and has written in various genres, including opera, song cycle, instrumental ensemble and electronic music.

Leanna Hoskins - Webmaster
E-mail - info@freespiritmedia.com
Owner: Free Spirit Media
www.freespiritmedia
.com

 

 

 

 

Web Developer and Internet Marketing Specialist located in Vancouver B.C. Canada specializing in corporate sales, marketing, administration, web and information design. customer relationship management, communications, direct or permission-based email marketing. 


Past Club Presidents include:

  • 2007-2008 Theresa A. Werner
  • 2005-2006 Barb Mcleod
  • Margaret L. Ryan 2003- 2005
  • Karen James Cody 2001- 2003
  • Donna Brookman Kaulkin 1999-2001
  • Joan Walsh Cassedy 1998-1999
  • Deborah Taintor Toll 1996-1998
  • Helen Gleason White 1994-1996
  • Diane Grandy Smigel 1993-1994
  • Margot Phillips 1992-1993
  • Jane Tunstall Lingo 1990-1992
  • Jeanne Viner Bell 1988-1990
  • Virginia Daly 1986-1988
  • Marj Skinker 1985-1986
  • Peggy Whedon* 1983-1985
  • Penny Cummings* 1981-1983
  • Pat Hamilton 1980-1981
  • Joan Walsh Cassedy 1979-1980
  • Lillian Levy* 1977-1979
  • Nancy Lang 1975-1977
  • Jean Osgood Rainey 1973-1975
  • Pauline Innis 1971-1973
  • Gwen Dobson* 1970-1971
  • Esther Van Wagoner Tufty* 1969-1970
  • Marie Smith 1968-1969
  • Jean Ross Howard* 1966-1968
  • Margery Crane* 1965-1966
  • Anne Denton Blair* 1963-1965
  • Margaret Davis 1962-1963
  • Eva H. Bray* 1961-1962
  • Sarah McClendon* 1960-1961
  • Mary Lowry Vaughn 1959-1960
  • Alice Curran* 1958-1959
  • Mary Hanworth* 1957-1958
  • Violet Faulkner* 1955-1957
  • Ruth Crane Schaefer* 1953-1955
  • Patricia Strickland* 1951-1953
  • Sigrid Arne* 1950-1951
  • Grace McGerr* 1948-1950
  • Margaret Hart Canby* 1946-1948 + 1935-1937
  • Genevieve Reynolds* 1945-1946
  • Alice Eversman* 1942-1945
  • Maria McNair* 1941-1942
  • Katherine Brooks* 1939-1941
  • Ned Bunson Harris* 1937-1939
  • Margaret Hart*
  • Kate Scott Brooks* 1932-1935

* Deceased

 

 

One of the nation's oldest press clubs, The American News Women's Club is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) offering educational and professional development programs in support of women in the journalism and communications professions. The annual ANWC "Helen Thomas Award" benefit gala awards annual scholarships to journalism schools. In 2003, the organization was named an historic site in journalism by the National Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).


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