Past Board Leadership
RTDNA has a long history of board leadership, each of whom played a critical role in moving the organization forward.
Past Chairs
2021: Allison McGinley
2020: Andrea Stahlman
2019: Terence Shepherd
2018: Jerry Walsh
2017: Scott Libin
2016: Vincent Duffy
2015: Kathy Walker
2014: Amy Tardif
2013: Chris Carl
2012: Vincent Duffy
2011: Kevin Benz
2010: Mark Kraham
2009: Stacey Woelfel
2008: Ed Esposito
2007: Bill Roswell
2006: Angie Kucharski
2005: Dan Shelley
2004: Bob Priddy
2003: Bob Salsberg
2002: Dave Busiek
2001: Mark Millage
2000: Robert Garcia
1999: John Sears
1998: Lucy Himstedt
1997: Mike Cavender
1996: Loren Tobia
1995: Bill Yeager
1994: Marci Burdick
1993: Gary Hanson
1992: Jeffrey Marks
1991: Rob Sunde
1990: Tom Bier
1989: Bob Priddy
1988: Bob Brunner
1987: Spence Kinard*
1986: John Spain
1985: Lou Adler
1984: Ed Godfrey
1983: Dean Mell
1982: Wayne Godsey
1981: Jack Hogan
1980: Curtis Beckmann
1979: Paul Davis
1978: Ernie Schultz
1977: Wayne Vriesman
1976: John Salisbury
1975: Tom Frawley
1974: Bos Johnson
1973: Chuck Harrison
1972: Chet Casselman
1971: Jim McCulla
1970: Bill Roberts
1969: Eddie Barker
1968: Jay Crouse
1967: Bruce Dennis
1966: Bob Gamble
1965: Bruce Palmer
1964: Ed Ryan
1963: Bill Garry
1962: Dick Cheverton
1961: Bill Monroe
1960: Bill Small
1959: Ralph Renick
1958: Jack Krueger
1957: Ted Koop
1956: Harold Baker
1955: Russ Van Dyke
1954: Jim Byron
1953: Tom Eaton
1952: Jim Bormann
1951: Ben Chatfield
1950: Jack Shelley
1949: Sig Mickelson
1946-1948: John Hogan
*Title changed from President to Chair in 1987
Past Treasurers
2001-2022: Loren Tobia
1981-2001: Lou Prato
1977-1980: Phil Mueller
1973-1977: Paul Davis
1968-1973: Bos Johnson
1965-1968: Nick Basso
1959-1965: Lee White
1957-1959: F.O. Carver
1948-1948: Dave Kessler
1946-1947: John Murphy
About the RTDNA Foundation
The RTDNA Foundation, a 501(c)3 educational foundation, offers education and leadership development around the country to empower journalists with the tools they need to be news leaders. The Foundation awards scholarships and fellowships to help grow and strengthen the next generation of journalists. We train and equip local journalists and journalism students to know their rights and seek and report the truth ethically in support of a free and vibrant press. Gifts to RTDNA Foundation contribute to training journalists today and ensuring journalists can pursue the constitutional duty to seek and report truth in perpetuity.