
Regina Catlett
Sebree Banner/Sturgis News

Glenn Gray
Manchester Enterprise

Jane Ashley Pace
Oldham Era

Dennis Brown
Lewis County Herald

Sharon Burton
Adair County Community Voice
Current Board Members
District 1 – Loyd Ford – The Lake News
District 2 – Allison Mick, Crittenden Press
District 3 – Dave Taylor – Hancock Clarion
District 4 – Steve Gaines – Bowling Green Daily News
District 5 – Allison Shepherd – LaRue County Herald News
District 6 – Bruce Maples – Kentucky Forward
District 7 – Neil Belcher – Falmouth Outlook
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
Chanda Veno – Frankfort State Journal
Chris Ordway – Elizabethtown News Enterprise
Charles Myrick – Mountain Advocate
John McGary – Woodford Sun
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 – Tricia Kelley – Eastern Progress
News Editorial Division – Ricki Pryor – Richmond Register
Journalism Education Representatives
Erika Engstrom – University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information
Stan McKinney – The Campus Times, Campbellsville Univ.
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:
2021 – Sharon Burton
2020 – Jeff Jobe
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
Kentucky Press Association
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