Officers and Directors

Current Board Members

District 1 – Loyd Ford – The Lake News
District 2 – Josh Givens – Central City Leader News
District 3 – Dave Taylor – Hancock Clarion
District 4 – Steve Gaines – Bowling Green Daily News
District 5 – Allison Shepherd – LaRue County Herald News
District 6 – Jane Ashley Pace – Oldham Era/Henry County Local
District 7 – Jeff Moore – Carrollton News Democrat
District 8 – Dennis Brown – Lewis County Herald
District 9 – Russ Cassady – Appalachian News-Express, Pikeville
District 10 – Jessica Butler – Beattyville Enterprise/Booneville Sentinel
District 11 – Mark Hoskins – Manchester Enterprise
District 12 – Charlie VanLeuven – Casey County News
District 13 – James Scogin – Georgetown News-Graphic
District 14 – Keith Taylor – Berea Citizen

State At-Large
Forrest Berkshire – The Kentucky Standard
Jon Russelburg – Kentucky New Era
Charles Myrick – Mountain Advocate

KPA Division Officers

Advertising Division – Heather McGinnis – Lexington Herald-Leader

Associates Division –

Audience Development –

Digital Media Division – James Scogin – Georgetown News Graphic

Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association – Stephanie Anderson – Murray State (University) News

News Editorial Division – Jeff Moreland – Bluegrass NewsMedia

Past Presidents

The Kentucky Press Association, Inc., was organized at Frankfort in January 1869, with the election of the distinguished George P. Prentice as president.

the following persons have served as president of the Kentucky Press Association:

2019 – Jay Nolan
2018 – Peter Baniak
2017 – Ryan Craig
2016 – Loyd Ford
2015 – Rick Welch
2014 – Scott Schurz, Jr.
2013 – Willie Sawyers
2012 – John Mura
2011 – Jamie Sizemore
2010 – Chip Hutcheson
2009 – Edmund Shelby
2008 – Taylor Hayes
2007 – Kriss Johnson
2006 – Alice Rouse
2005 – Charlie Portmann*
2004 – John Nelson
2003 – Sharon Tuminski
2002 – Dave Eldridge
2001 – Marty Backus
2000 – Teresa Revlett
1999 – Tom Caudill
1998 – Guy Hatfield*
1997 – Gene Clabes*
1996 – John Del Santo
1995 – Dorothy Abernathy
1994 – Steve Lowery*
1993 – Jerry Lyles
1992 – Mary Schurz*
1991 – Celia McDonald*
1990 – David Hawpe
1989 – Larry Craig*
1988 – Steve Austin
1987 – Max Heath
1986 – Betty Berryman
1985 – Floe Bowles*
1984 – Lewis Owens*
1983 – John Munford, Sr.*
1982 – Donald B. Towles*
1981 – Russell Metz*
1980 – Walter Dear, II
1979 – Paul E. Mick*
1978 – Carroll Knicely*
1977 – William E. Matthews*
1976 – Robert C. Carter*
1975 – Albert P. Smith, Jr.
1974 – W.E. Crutcher*
1973 – James L. Crawford*
1972 – Ben E. Boone, III*
1971 – Al. J. Schansberg*
1970 – James T. Norris, Jr.*
1969 – George Wilson*
1968 – Howard H. Ogles*
1967 – S.C. Van Curon*
1966 – Larry Stone*
1965 – Maurice Henry*
1964 – George Joplin, III*
1963 – Fred J. Burkhard*
1962 – John B. Gaines*
1961 – W. Foster Adams*
1960 – Paul Westpheling*
1959 – Thomas Adams*
1958 – Martin Dyche*
1957 – Alfred S. Wathen, Jr.*
1956 – Charles E. Adams*
1955 – Wm. C. Caywood, Jr.*
1954 – James G. Wilson*
1953 – Enos Swain*
1952 – Bennett Roach*
1951 – Douglas D. Cornette*
1950 – Joe La Gore*
1949 – James M. Willis*
1948 – Fred B. Wachs*
1947 – Tyler Munford*
1946 – Harold A. Browning*
1945 – Chauncey Forgey*
1944 – Joe Richardson*
1943 – Vance Armentrout*
1942 – Harry Lee Waterfield*
1941 – Russell Dyche*
1940 – G.M. Pedley*
1939 – Thomas R. Underwood*
1938 – J.L. Bradley*
1937 – J.P. Gozder*
1936 – J.L. Crawford*
1935 – A. Robbins*
1934 – George A. Joplin, Jr.*
1933 – Lawrence W. Hager*
1932 – J.T. Norris*
1931 – Joe T. Lovett*
1930 – Herndon J. Evans*
1929 – J.M. Allen*
1928 – B.B. Cozine*
1927 – Malcolm Bayley*
1926 – Cecil Williams*
1925 – Keen Johnson*
1924 – S.M. Saufley, Sr.*
1923 – L.S. Fitzhugh*
1922 – G.B. Senff*
1921 – W.L. Dawson*
1920 – R.L. Elkin*
1919 – B.F. Forgey*
1918 – D.M. Hutton*
1917 – Robert J. McBryde, Jr.*
1916 – John B. Gaines*
1915 – J.B. Stears*
1914 – J.R. Lemon*
1913 – John S. Lawrence*
1912 – Ed D. Shinnick*
1911 – W.B Holdman*
1910 – A. D Miller*
1909 – T.C. Underwood*
1908 – Tim Needham*
1907 – Lew B. Brown*
1906 – D.W. Wallace*
1905 – E.A. Guillion*
1904 – Louis Landrum*
1903 – Paul M. Moore*
1902 – Thomas G. Watkins*
1901 – Harry McCarty*
1900 – R.W. Brown*
1899 – J.H. Westover*
1898 – H.E. Woolfolk*
1897 – L.W. Gaines*
1896 – Ben D. Ringo*
1895 – John A. Bell*
1894 – Ion B. Nall*
1893 – Sam J. Roberts*
1892 – C.H. Meacham*
1891 – H.A. Sommers*
1890 – Urey Woodson*
1887-89 – E. Polk Johnson*
1885-86 – John W. Hopper*
1871-84 – J. Stoddard Johnson*
1870 – A.G. Hodges*
1869 – George D. Prentice*

*Deceased