OPA COMMITTEES

2007-2008 Committees
Board President & Vice President


Name Newspaper Title
Stu Phillips Seminole Producer Board President
Steve Booher Cherokee Mesenger & Republican Board Vice President




Awards Committee

Name Newspaper Title
Jeff Funk Enid News & Eagle Chairman
Jeff Shultz Pauls Valley Daily Democrat Board Liaison
Cindy Allen Enid News & Eagle
Loné Beasley Ada Evening News
Carol Cole Norman Transcript
Bill Robinson Holdenville Tribune
Cindy Sheets Perkins Journal
Faith Wylie Oologah Lake Leader

Staff assignment
Lisa Potts,
lpotts@okpress.com
Jennifer Gilliland,
jgilliland@okpress.com



Education Committee

Name Newspaper Title
Kimberly Noe Newcastle Pacer Chairman
Rusty Ferguson Cleveland American Board Liaison
Cindy Allen Enid News & Eagle
Rick Barnes Edmond Sun
Terry Clark University of Central Oklahoma
Carolyn Estes Oologah Lake Leader
Sean Evans Claremore Daily Progress
Amy Johns Pryor Daily Times
Mike Kellogg Stillwater NewsPress
Gracie Montgomery Purcell Register
Jerry Pittman Chickasha Express Star
Ted Streuli OKC Journal Record
Barb Walter Hennessey Clipper

Staff assignment
Mark Thomas,
mthomas@okpress.com
Lisa Potts,
lpotts@okpress.com



Government Relations Committee

Name Newspaper Title
Sean Dyer El Reno Tribune Chairman
John D. Montgomery Purcell Register Board Liaison
Jim Fienup Spiro Graphic
Jeff Funk Enid News & Eagle
Leland Gourley OKC Friday
Mary Mélon OKC Journal Record
Mack Miller Dewey County Record
John Denny Montgomery Purcell Register
Suzy Oberholtz For the Record (Yale)
Roger Pugh Piedmont Surrey Gazette
Joe Worley Tulsa World
Mary Tucker Newcastle Pacer

Staff assignment
Mark Thomas,
mthomas@okpress.com



LSP Committee

Name Newspaper Title
Mack Miller Dewey County Record Chairman
Wayne White Newkirk Herald Journal Vice Chair
Jeff Mayo Sequoyah County Times Board Liaison
Mike Minnis Oklahoma City LSP Attorney
Cindy Allen Enid News & Eagle
Bill Walter Hennessey Clipper
John Wylie Oologah Lake Leader

Staff assignment
Mark Thomas,
mthomas@okpress.com



Marketing Committee

Name Newspaper Title
Roger Pugh
Piedmont Surrey Gazette
Chairman
Gloria Trotter
Tecumseh Countywide News
Board Liaison
Larry Corvi Muskogee Phoenix
Kevin Hook
Community Publishers Inc.
Saundra Morris
Norman Transcript
Kimberly Noe
Newcastle Pacer
Delanna Nutter
Sequoyah County Times
Alan Reeves
Piedmont Surrey Gazette
Jill Steger OKC Journal Record
Tiffany Voight Marlow Review
Dennis Warren Enid News & Eagle

Staff assignment
Brian Blansett,
bblansett@okpress.com



Technology Committee

Name Newspaper Title
Rod Serfoss Clinton Daily News Chairman and Board Liaison
Suzie Campbell Tecumseh Countywide News
Roger Frye Community Publishers Inc.
Bill Harper Tulsa World
David Hicks Stillwater NewsPress
John Hruby Marlow Review
Louis Ink Granite Enterprise
Matt Lane McAlester News-Capital

Staff assignment
Jennifer Gilliland,
jgilliland@okpress.com
Wilma Melot,
wmelot@okpress.com















































































































































































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