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Leadership directory for 2008 Click on a title to find out details on who is in charge of an SND activity.

Elected Officers

President
Gayle Grin
Vice President
Matt Mansfield
Treasurer/Secretary
Bonita Burton
Immediate Past President
(Nominations) Scott Goldman

Staff

Executive Director
Elise Burroughs
Membership Manager
Susan Santoro

Executive Committee, Outside Director
Jacek Utko, Bonnier Business (Polska), Warsaw, Poland, j.utko@pb.plj.utko@pb.pl

Program Directors (Three-year terms)

Annual Workshop
2008
Las Vegas, NV
Bill Gaspard

Publications
Steve Dorsey (2009)

Design: Jonathon Berlin
Update: Tyson Evans, Julie Elman
www.snd.org Kenney Marlatt
NewsPageDesigner: Tim Frank
Online Directory: Susan Santoro

President, SND Foundation
Bill Gaspard
 Education
Julie Elman (2008)
Heinz Michael Stoll (International) 2010
Diversity
Javier Torres (2010)

Multimedia/Technology
Multimedia Awards (SND.ies): Laura Ruel (2010)
N.M.Q.C.: Don Wittekind (2008)

Competition
Director, Marshall Matlock (2010)
29th Edition Coordinator, Greg Swanson
29th Annual Book Ron Johnson

Education and Training
Denise Reagan (2008)

Design Quick Courses
Stephen Komives (2008)
Infographics Quick Courses
Jeff Goertzen (2009)

International Relations
Hans-Peter Janisch (2010)

Appointed Regional Directors (Two-year terms)*

Region 1
New England
Kristin Lenz (2009)

Region 2
East Coast Metro
Shraddha Swaroop (2010)

Region 3
South
Melissa Angle (2009)

Region 4
Lakes
Matt Erickson (2009)

Region 5
Southwest
Linda Shapley (2008)

Region 6
Plains
Nathan Groepper (2008)

Region 7
Northwest
Jeff Garretson

Region 8
West
Frank Mina (2008)

Region 9
Western Canada
Gordon Preece (2009)

Region 10
Eastern Canada
Michael Bird (2008)

Region 11
Mexico–Central America–Caribbean
Gabriela Schmidt (2007)

Region 12
South America
Luiz Adolfo Lino de Souza (2008)

Region 13
SND/Scandinavia
Anders Tapola *

Region 14
SND/Spain – Mediterranean
Javier Errea *

Region 15
Western Europe
Alan Formby-Jackson (2008)

Region 16
SND/DACH
Stefan Knapp*

Region 17
Russia
Dmitri Surnin (2008)

Region 18
SND/FR
Olivier Bourgeois*

Region 19
Asia-Pacific
TBA

Region 20
Africa – Middle East
Douglas Okasaki (2009)

Region 21
SND Chinese
Lily Lu (2010)

* These Regional Directors serve for as long as they are
president of their chapter.

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OFFICERS | Regional Directors | Program Directors
President:
Gayle Grin, ME Design & Graphics, National Post
1450 Don Mills Road, No. 300, Don Mills, ON, M3B 3R5, CANADA
(416) 383-2324 ggrin@nationalpost.com

Vice President:
Matt Mansfield, Deputy Managing Editor, San Jose Mercury News
750 Ridder Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95190-0001
(408) 920-5298 mmansfield@mercurynews.com

Treasurer/Secretary:
Bonita Burton, AME/Visuals, Orlando Sentinel
633 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801
(407) 650-6374 bburton@orlandosentinel.com

Immediate Past President:
Scott Goldman, Senior Editor/Visuals, The Indianapolis Star
307 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 444-6085 scott.goldman@indystar.com

Executive Director
Elise Burroughs, Executive Director, SND
1130 Ten Rod Road, D 202, North Kingstown, RI 02852-4180
(401) 294-5234 eliseb@snd.org

SND Foundation President
Bill Gaspard, DME, Las Vegas Sun
2275 Corporate Cir., Ste. 300, Henderson, NV 89074
(702) 385-3111 billgaspard@yahoo.com

Education Director
Julie Elman, Assistant Professor, Ohio University
15 Elmwood Place, Athens, OH 45701-2979
(740) 597-1335 elman@ohio.edu
Heinz Michael Stoll, Professor/Visual Design, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Friedberger Strabe 2, D 86161 Augsburg, GERMANY
49 821 5586413 mstoll@rz.fh-augsburg.de
Javier Torres, AME Presentation, The News-Press
2442 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Fort Meyers, FL 33901
(815) 262-5297 javotm@yahoo.com

REGIONAL DIRECTORS | Officers | Program Directors
Region 1 - New England
Kristin Lenz, Designer, The Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02151-3310
(617) 929-3213 klenz@globe.com

Region 2 - East Coast Metro
Shraddha Swaroop, Designer, The Virginian-Pilot
620 Raleigh Avenue #1, Norfolk, VA. 23507
(757) 383-6144 shraddhaswaroop@gmail.com

Region 3 - South
Melissa Angle, Senior Designer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
942 Stokeswood Ave., SE, Atlanta, GA 30316
(404) 526-7196 mangle713@gmail.com

Region 4 - Lakes
Matt Erickson, Design Director, The Times of Northwest Indiana
601 W. 45th Ave., Munster, IN 46321-2819
(219) 933-3275 matterickson23@mac.com

Region 5 - Southwest
Linda Shapley, Sunday Designer, The Denver Post
101 W. Colfax Ave., Suite 600, Denver, CO 80202
(303) 954-1623 lin.shapley@gmail.com

Region 6 - Plains
Nathan Groepper, Assistant Design Editor, The Des Moines Register
4310 Franklin Ave., Des Moines, IA 50310
(515) 284-8196 ngroeppe@dmreg.com

Region 7 - Northwest
Jeff Garretson, News Editor, Yakima Herald-Republic
114 N. Fourth St., Yakima, WA 98901-2707
(509) 577-7698 jgarretson@yakimaherald.com

Region 8 - West
Frank Mina, Art Director, San Francisco Chronicle
901 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103-2988
(415) 777-7221 fmina@sfchronicle.com

Region 9 - Western Canada
Gordon Preece, Art Director, Winnipeg Free Press
1355 Mountain Ave., Winnipeg, MB R2X 3B6 CANADA
(204) 697-7140 gordon.preece@freepress.mb.ca

Region 10 - Eastern Canada
Michael Bird, Deputy Managing Editor, Presentation and Editing, The Globe & Mail
444 Front St. W., Toronto, ON, M5V 2S9, CANADA
(416) 585-5025 mbird@globeandmail.com

Region 11 - Mexico-Central America-Caribbean
Gabriela Schmidt, Design Consultant
MEXICO
52 (442) 142-8980 gabi@gabischmidt.com

Region 12 - South America
Luiz Adolfo Lino de Souza, RBS Art Director, Zero Hora,
Av. Ipiranga 1075, Porto Alegre, CEP /0169900 Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
luiz.adolfo@zerohora.com.br

Region 13 - SND/Scandinavia
Anders Tapola, Sub-editor, Sm¬landsposten/Sydostpress
Linn»gatan 2 B,S-351 70 Vîxjñ, SWEDEN
0470 770686 anders.tapola@smp.se

Region 14 - SND/Spain - Mediterranean
Javier Errea, Subdirector, Mediacción, Dep. Proyectos Periodísticos
Universidad de Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, Navarra, SPAIN
34 948 136760 javier@erreacomunicacion.com

Region 15 - Western Europe
Alan Formby-Jackson, Sub Editor/Designer, Evening Gazette
Borough Rd., Middlesbrough, Teesside, TS1 3AZ ENGLAND
44 1642 23 4252, alan.formbyj@gazettemedia.co.uk

Region 16 - SND/DACH German-speaking Countries (DACH):
Stefan Knapp, DIPL Designer, Design Consulting
Laubestrasse 24, D-60594 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
stefan.knapp@design-news.de

Region 17 - Russia
Dmitri Surnin, Director, The Media Visibility Fund
Strastnoy Blv. 16, Bldg. 2, Entrance 3, 4th Floor, 103031 Moscow, RUSSIA
(795) 937-5658 dsurnin@gmail.com

Region 18 - SND/FR
Olivier Bourgeois, General Manager, Ifra SWE
66, Cours Charlemagne, 69002 Lyon, FRANCE
33 1 69211863, bourgeois@ifra.com

Region 19 - Asia - South Pacific
TBA

Region 20
Africa – Middle East
Douglas Okasaki, Designer, Gulf News
P.O. Box 6519, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
9714 406 7235 snd20@snd20.org

Region 21
SND Chinese
Lily Lu, Designer, The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.,
(973) 392-5713 newarklu@gmail.com

PROGRAM DIRECTORS | Officers | Regional Directors
Competition
C. Marshall Matlock, Associate Professor, Syracuse University
215 University Place, Syracuse, NY 13244-2100
mmatlock@dreamscape.com

29th Edition Competition Coordinator
Greg Swanson, Promotions & Marketing, Extreme Challenge Mixed Martial Arts
Davenport, Iowa
(563) 210-8389 gregory.swanson@lee.net

29th Annual "Best of Newspaper Design™" Book
Ron Johnson, Kansas State Univ.
103 Kedzie Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-1505
(785) 532-6555 rjohnso@ksu.edu

Education and Training
Denise M. Reagan, AME/Visual Journalism
The Florida Times-Union, P.O. Box 1949, Jacksonville, FL 32231
(954) 540-5548 denisereagan@mac.com

Design Quick Courses
Stephen Komives, Design Editor
Orlando Sentinel, P.O. Box 2833, Orlando, FL 32802-2833
407) 420-5000skomives@orlandosentinel.com
Infographics and Illustration Quick Courses
Jeff Goertzen, Graphics Editor, The Denver Post
1560 Broadway, 3rd Flr., Editorial Art, Denver, CO
(303) 820-1010 jgoertzen@denverpost.com

Publications
Steve Dorsey, Design & Graphics Director, Detroit Free Press
600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226-2706
(313) 222-6792 sldorsey@freepress.com

Design Journal editor
Jonathon Berlin, Design Director, Chicago Tribune
435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611-4001
(720) 318-8546 jonathonberlin@gmail.com
Update editor
Tyson Evans, Designer, Las Vegas Sun
2275 Corporate Cir., Ste. 300, Henderson, NV 89074
(702) 259-8807 tyson.evans@lasvegassun.com
NewsPageDesigner.com editor
Tim Frank, ME Visuals/Creative Director, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
200 East Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
(602) 444-8109 tim.frank@pni.com
SND.org editor
Kenney Marlatt, Designer, The Indianapolis Star
2411 N. Talbott St., Indianapolis, IN 46205
(847) 910-4077 kenney@kenneymarlatt.com

International Relations
Hans-Peter Janisch, Consultant/Faculty
Friedenstrasse 14, D-36137 Grossenlueder, GERMANY
49 6648 8720 janisch@pressedesign.de

Multimedia/Technology
SND.ies Competition: Laura Ruel, Assistant Professor, Visual Communication and Multimedia
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
77 Carroll Hall, Campus Box 3365
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
919-962-4076 lruel@unc.edu
500 W. Summit Hill Dr., Knoxville, TN 37902
(865) 971-5946

Multimedia Quick Courses: Don Wittekind, Assistant Professor, School of Jour. and Mass. Comm., UNC-Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3365, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 (919) 843-5582 don@wittekind.us

2008 Annual Workshop, Sun.-Tues., Sept. 7-9
Bill Gaspard, DME, Las Vegas Sun
2275 Corporate Cir., Ste. 300, Henderson, NV 89074
(702) 385-3111 billgaspard@yahoo.com

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