OFFICERS
Cindy McCurry Ross, president
Executive Editor, News-Press
2442 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Phone: (239) 335-0280
cmcross@news-press.com
Joined Board: February 2015
Lisa Nellessen Savage, vice president
Executive Editor, Pensacola News Journal
2 N. Palafox Street
Pensacola, FL 32502
Office: (850) 435-8514
Cell: (765) 716-5738
Lnelless@gannett.com
Joined Board: August 2016
John Cutter, secretary/treasurer
Managing Editor, Orlando Sentinel
633 N. Orange Ave.
Orlando, FL 32801
Office: (407) 540-3593
Fax: (407) 420-5286
jcutter@orlandosentinel.com
Joined Board: August 2016
Jennifer Orsi, immediate past president
Managing Editor, Tampa Bay Times
490 First Avenue S.
St. Petersburg, FL 33731
Phone: (727) 893-8245
orsi@tampabay.com
Joined Board: August 2014
Aminda “Mindy” Marques, veteran member
Executive Editor, The Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami, FL 33132
Phone: (305) 376-3504
Fax: (305) 376-8976
AMarques@MiamiHerald.com
DIRECTORS
Dana Banker
Managing Editor, South Florida Sun Sentinel
333 S.W. 12th Ave.
Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Phone: (954) 356-4681
dbanker@sunsentinel.com
Joined Board: August 2018
Neil Brown
President, The Poynter Institute
801 Third Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 553-4244
nbrown@poynter.org
Joined Board: November 2017
Teresa Elena Frontado
Digital Director, WLRN Public Media
172 NE 15th Street
Miami, FL 33132
Phone: (786) 368-5010
tfrontado@wlrnnews.org
Joined Board: August 2016
Manny Garcia
Regional Executive Editor – East, USA Today Network
1100 Immokalee
Naples, FL 34110
Phone: (239) 263-4863
mrgarcia@gannett.com
Joined board: January 2010
John Hackworth
Commentary Editor, Sun Newspapers
23170 Harborview Road
Charlotte Harbor, FL 33980
Phone: (941) 206-1117
JHackworth@sun-herald.com
Joined Board: August 2017
Mira Lowe, academic representative
Innovation News Center Director
UF College of Journalism and Communications
P.O. Box 118400
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: (352) 294-1511
lowemira@ufl.edu
Joined Board: August 2018
William Hatfield
Executive Editor, Tallahassee Democrat
277 N. Magnolia Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Office: (850) 599-2177
Cell: (850) 228-6463
whatfield@tallahassee.com
Joined Board: August 2016
Ian Mader
Florida News Editor, The Associated Press
9100 NW 36th St., Suite 111
Miami, FL 33178
Phone: (305) 594-5825
Fax: (305) 594-9265
Cell: (305) 775-2539
imader@ap.org
Joined board: May 2016
Nick Moschella
Editor, The Palm Beach Post
2751 South Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
Phone: (561) 820-4441
nmoschella@pbpost.com
Joined Board: August 2015
Barbara Petersen
Ex-officio
President, First Amendment Foundation
336 E. College Ave., Suite 300
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: (850) 224-4555
Fax: (850) 224-0435
Summer phone: (505) 689-1084
E-mail: sunshine@floridafaf.org
Second E-mail: foi@earthlink.net
Pat Rice
Editor, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
901 Sixth St.
Daytona Beach, FL 32120
Phone: (386) 681-2222
Fax: (386) 258-8465
Pat.Rice@news-jrnl.com
Joined Board: August 2017
Dean Ridings
Ex-officio
President and CEO, Florida Press Association
610 Crescent Executive Court, Suite 112
Lake Mary, FL 32746-2111
Phone: (321) 283-5277
Fax: (850) 577-3600
deanr@flpress.com
Last updated August 2018
For membership and other questions contact:
Joe Trovato
Director of Membership
(321) 283-5257
jtrovato@mediagenius.com