Board and Officers

Pictured are 2022-23 board members for SPJ of Central Ohio.

OFFICERS FOR 2022-23

Officers of the Central Ohio SPJ for the 2023-2024 programming year are:

  • President: Eleanor Kennedy, assistant managing editor, Columbus Business First
  • First Vice President (programming): Mikel Livingston, Statehouse reporter, Gongwer News Service
  • Second Vice President (membership): Lisa Benton, contributing writer, Columbus African American News Journal
  • Secretary: Garth Bishop, content writer, ForeFront Web; contributing editor, CityScene Media Group
  • Treasurer: Susan Post, associate editor, Columbus Underground; editor, The Metropreneur

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Central Ohio SPJ Board of Directors consists of 12 members. Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with four directors starting new terms each year.

Our 2023-24 Directors are:

Elected in 2023 – to serve 2023-23, 2024-25, 2025-26
  • Garth Bishop, content writer, ForeFront Web; contributing editor, CityScene Media Group
  • Hayleigh Colombo, reporter, Lee Enterprises’ Public Service Journalism Team
  • Mary Ann Edwards, retired editorial writer, The Columbus Dispatch
  • Julanne Hohbach, editor, Columbus Parent
Elected in 2022 – to serve 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25
  • Lisa Benton, MD, contributing writer, Columbus African American News Journal
  • Eleanor Kennedy, assistant managing editor, Columbus Business First
  • Mikel Livingston, Statehouse reporter, Gongwer News Service
  • Chuck Ringwalt, anchor, Spectrum News
Elected in 2021– to serve 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-2024
  • Sarah Mills Bacha, president, SMB Communications
  • Amelia Robinson, opinion and community engagement editor, The Columbus Dispatch
    • (Robinson replaced Mark Ferenchik and Earl Hopkins in 2022)
  • Carol Ann Lease, retired Metro editor, The Columbus Dispatch
  • Susan Post, associate editor, Columbus Underground; editor, The Metropreneur