SNPA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

SNPA is led by its officers and an 18-member Board of Directors.  Directors include representatives of each of the 14 Southern states, plus four additional at-large-directors.

Officers are elected annually for one-year terms; directors are elected for three-year terms.  Terms on the board are staggered, meaning that one-third of the board positions are elected every year at the SNPA Annual Convention.
  • President
    Digby A. Solomon
    President, Publisher, CEO
    Daily Press
    Newport News, VA

  • President-Elect
    Thomas A. Silvestri
    President, Publisher
    Richmond Times-Dispatch
    Richmond, VA

  • Treasurer
    Charles Hill Morris, Jr.
    Publisher
    The Covington News
    Covington, GA

  • Chairman
    William O. Nutting
    Vice President
    Ogden Newspapers
    Wheeling, WV

Board of Directors

  • Tim Burke
    Publisher, Editor
    The Palm Beach Post
    West Palm Beach, FL

  • David Dunn-Rankin
    President, Publisher
    The Sun
    Port Charlotte, FL

  • Michael Ferguson
    President, Chief Executive Officer
    Stephens Media LLC
    Las Vegas, NV

  • Clay Foster
    President, Publisher, CEO
    Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
    Tupelo, MS

  • Carol Hudler
    Special Assistant to U.S. Community Publishing President
    Gannett Co. Inc.
    Nashville, TN

  • Nathaniel Lea, IV
    Vice President, General Manager
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
    Little Rock, AR

  • Ricky R. Mathews
    President, Publisher
    The Times-Picayune
    New Orleans, LA

  • F. Steve McPhaul
    Executive Vice President, Corporate Operations
    CNHI
    Montgomery, AL

  • David Mele
    Publisher
    The Virginian-Pilot
    Norfolk, VA

  • Grant Moise
    Vice President/Digital
    The Dallas Morning News
    Dallas, TX

  • Burgett H. Mooney, III
    President
    News Publishing Company
    Rome, GA

  • Kyle B. Osteen
    Co-Owner, Osteen Publishing Co.
    Osteen Publishing Co.
    Sumter, SC

  • Christopher P. Reen
    President, Publisher
    The Oklahoman
    Oklahoma City, OK

  • Scott C. Schurz, Jr.
    President, Editor, Publisher
    Advocate Communications, Inc.
    Danville, KY

  • Pam Siddall
    Vice President of Local Digital Strategy
    Advance Publications
    New York, NY

  • Lester T. Simpson
    Publisher
    Amarillo Globe-News
    Amarillo, TX

  • Robert J. Weil
    Vice President/Operations
    The McClatchy Company
    Sacramento, CA

  • David Woronoff
    Publisher
    The Pilot
    Southern Pines, NC