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Board of Directors

This is the corporate governance body of Rebuild Local News, the nonprofit organization that oversees the Rebuild Local News Coalition

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Graciela Mochkofsky
Dean, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
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Jim Freidlich
CEO, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism
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Joaquín Alvarado
Chair of the Board, Consumer Reports; Former CEO, Center for Investigative Reporting; Founder, Studio To Be
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Julie Sandorf
President, Charles H. Revson Foundation
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Paulette Brown-Hinds, Chair
Publisher, Black Voice News
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Steven Waldman
President, Rebuild Local News; Co-Founder, Report for America

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is crucial in guiding the policy priorities of the coalition and grassroots mobilization

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Alvaro Gurdian
Vice President, National Association of Hispanic Publications
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Ben Chavis
President, National Newspaper Publishers Association
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Benjy Hamm
Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues
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Brandi Rivera
Association of Alternative Newsmedia
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Chris Krewson
Executive Director, Local Independent Online News Publishers
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John Galer
Chairman, National Newspaper Association
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Jon Schleuss
President, NewsGuild/CWA
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Sarabeth Berman
CEO, American Journalism Project
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Karen Rundlet
CEO, Institute for Nonprofit News
Tim Regan-Porter
Tim Regan-Porter
CEO, Colorado Press Association

Advisory Council

Advisory Committee provides broader guidance on the approach of the nonprofit

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Anya Schiffrin
Director of Technology, Media, and Communications, Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs
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Bruce Brown
Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
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Don Baer
Senior Partner, Brunswick Group
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Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper
CEO and Publisher, Afro-American Newspapers
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Elinor Tatum
Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Amsterdam News
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Ellen Goodman
Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Law School
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James Fallows
Journalist; Co-Founder, Our Towns Foundation
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Jennifer Preston
Senior Fellow, Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
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John Bridgeland
Executive Chairman, Office of American Possibilities; Former Director, White House Domestic Policy Council under President George W. Bush
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John Gomperts
Former CEO, America's Promise
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Lauren McKown
Managing Director of Development, Seed Global Health; Former Chief Development Officer, GroundTruth/Report for America
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Mark G. Contreras
President and CEO, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
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Penny Abernathy
Professor, Medill School of Journalism; Author of “News Deserts and Ghost Newspapers: Will Local News Survive?”
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Ron Burke
National Marketing and Constituency Development Director, National Newspaper Publishers Association
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Sarah Alvarez
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Outlier Media
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Todd Novak
Wisconsin Representative (R-Dodgeville)