Leonard Woolsey elected president of America's Newspapers for 2024-25

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Leonard Woolsey, president of Southern Newspapers and president and publisher of The Daily News in Galveston, Texas, has been elected president of America's Newspapers for 2024-25.  The election of officers and directors was held Oct. 22 during the Senior Leadership Conference in Charleston.

In addition to Woolsey, the following officers were elected:

  • Vice President: Matt McMillan, CEO, Press Publications, White Bear Lake, Minnesota
  • Treasurer: Patrick Dorsey, publisher, Santa Fe New Mexican

Heidi Wright, COO of EO Media Group and publisher of The Bulletin in Bend, Oregon, becomes immediate past president.

Board of Directors:

Five industry executives were re-elected to serve additional three-year terms on the board of directors:

  • Michael Fishman, president, Lakeway Publishers, Inc., and publisher, Citizen Tribune, Morristown, Tennessee
  • Brian Jarvis, president, WV News, Clarksburg, West Virginia
  • Ted McGrew, vice president, sales, newspaper segment, Kodak
  • Nick Monico, COO, Adams Publishing Group
  • Susan Patterson Plank, vice president of public notice and strategic transformation, USA TODAY Network

Five industry executives were elected to initial terms on the board:

  • Otis Brumby, president and publisher, Marietta (Georgia) Daily Journal
  • Kevin Craig, CEO, PAGE Cooperative
  • John DeAugustine, president and publisher, Schenectady (New York) Daily Gazette
  • Bala Sundaramoorthy, president and chief operating officer, Tampa Bay Times
  • David Woronoff, publisher, The Pilot, Southern Pines, North Carolina

Dean Ridings, CEO of America's Newspapers, said: “We are grateful to David Dunn-Rankin, Daisy Donald and Conan Gallaty for their service on the board, which ends today.” David Dunn-Rankin is president of D-R Media in Venice, Florida,  Daisy Donald was formerly with FT Strategies and Conan Gallaty is chairman and CEO of the Tampa Bay Times.