Les Simpson nominated as president of SNPA for 2017-18

Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2017 2:52 pm

Lester T. Simpson, publisher of the Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News, will be nominated during the SNPA-Inland Annual Meeting to be the next president of SNPA.

SNPA members will elect officers for 2017-18 on Monday afternoon, Sept. 11, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

In addition to Simpson, the following nominations will be made for officers:

Chairman: Chris Reen, president and publisher, The Oklahoman Media Co., Oklahoma City, Okla.
President-Elect: P.J. Browning, president and publisher, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Treasurer: Patrick Dorsey, president and publisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Fla.

Eight newspaper executives will be nominated to seats on the SNPA Board of Directors:

Top row: Bill Barker, Kevin Denny, Mike Fishman and Matthew Gray
Second row: Terry Jamerson, Tim Prince, Lucy Talley and Leonard Woolsey

Nominees for the Board of Directors are:

Tim Prince, president and publisher of the Shelby County Reporter in Columbiana, as the director from Alabama.
Kevin Denny, vice president and general manager, Advance Central Services Southeast, the director from Louisiana.
R. Michael Fishman, publisher and editor of the Citizen Tribune in Morristown, Tenn., the director from Tennessee.
Matthew Gray, senior vice president/general counsel, Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., the director from Oklahoma.
Leonard Woolsey, president and publisher, Galveston County Daily News, the director from Texas.
Terry Jamerson, publisher, The Roanoke Times, the director from Virginia.
Lucy Talley, regional vice president, GateHouse Media, Gastonia, N.C., an at-large director.
Bill Barker, president and publisher, Naples Daily News, Naples, Fla., an at-large director.

It's not too late to register for the Sept. 10-12 Annual Meeting: