Board of Trustees

Jan Neuharth
Middleburg, Va.
Chair and chief executive officer, Freedom Forum

Peter S. Prichard
Essex, Conn.
Chair, Newseum
Former editor-in-chief, USA Today

James W. Abbott
Vermillion, S.D.
Chair, Freedom Forum Institute
President, University of South Dakota

Michael Coleman
Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Newspaper management consultant
Former chair, Cape Publications

Philip Currie
McLean, Va.
Former senior vice president, News, Gannett Co. Inc

R. David Edelman
Washington, D.C.
Former presidential technology and media policy advisor

Félix F. Gutiérrez
Oakland, Calif.
Professor emeritus, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California

Jack Kirschenbaum
Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Shareholder, Gray Robinson Attorneys at Law

Malcolm R. Kirschenbaum
Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Lawyer and civic leader

Michael Maness
New York, N.Y.
Co-Founder, Subculture

Orage Quarles III
Raleigh, N.C.
Former President and publisher, The News & Observer

John M. Seigenthaler
New York, N.Y.
Senior Counsel, Finn Partners

Mark N. Trahant
Pocatello, Idaho
Charles R. Johnson Endowed Professor of Journalism, University of North Dakota

Michael G. Gartner
Principal owner, Iowa Cubs baseball team
Former president, NBC News

Madelyn P. Jennings
Former senior vice president, personnel, Gannett Co. Inc.

Robert C. Khayat
Chancellor emeritus, University of Mississippi

Bette Bao Lord
Author

Will Norton Jr.
Oxford, Miss.
Dean, Meek School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi

Charles L. Overby
Former chair and chief executive officer, Freedom Forum and Newseum

John C. Quinn