Executive Officers

President
Joanna Hernandez
Multiplatform Editor
The Washington Post
District of Columbia
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Vice President
Sharon Chan
Staff Reporter
Seattle Times
Biography »

Treasurer
Michaela Saunders
Education Reporter
Omaha World-Herald
Omaha, Neb.
Biography »

Secretary
Vacant

Directors

Tom Arviso, Jr.
Publisher and CEO
Navajo Times
Navajo Times Publishing Co., Inc.
Window Rock, Ariz.
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Cecilia Alvear
Freelance
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Janet Cho
Business reporter
The Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
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George Kiriyama
NBC News – Bay Area
California
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Darla Leslie
Reporter/Photographer
Yakama Nation Review
Biography »

Patty Loew
Associate Professor / Producer
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Wisconsin Public TV
UW-Madison Dept. Life Sciences
Madison, Wis.
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Peter Ortiz
Journalist
Ignites
Jersey City, N.J.
Biography »

Michele Salcedo
NAHJ President
Washington Bureau editor, The Associated Press
Washington, D.C.
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Doris Truong
Multiplatform Editor
The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
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EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Onica N. Makwakwa
Executive Director
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
Tel: (703) 854-3585 main
Fax: (703) 854-3586

Kathy Chow
Executive Director
Asian American Journalists Association
5 Third Street, Suite 1108
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: (415) 346-2051
Fax: (415) 346-6343

Anna Lopez-Buck
Interim Executive Director
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 662-7482
Fax: (202) 662-7144

Jeff Harjo
Executive Director
Native American Journalists Association
University of Oklahoma
Gaylord College
395 W. Lindsey
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-9008
Fax: (405) 325-6945