Board and Officers
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