During the Annual Meeting Tuesday night, the OPC announced results of this year’s election for Board of Governors. Over the last month, members cast ballots to select 12 Active board members and two Associate board members.
OPC President Marcus Mabry once again praised what he called “the best slate for the Board of Governors that anyone can remember.”
He said he hopes the OPC will build on successes of the last year, including leadership in the founding of a compact between freelance journalists and the media industry to improve safety in conflict zones.
“I think we have an extraordinary Board of Governors that gives us the connections and the networks and the brain power and the experience and the youthful energy to allow us to move forward and capitalize on all the strengths from last year,” he said.
Newly elected or re-elected Active Board Members:
- Hannah Allam, foreign affairs correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers
- Deborah Amos, international correspondent for NPR
- Molly Bingham, freelance journalist and filmmaker
- Anupreeta Das, reporter for The Wall Street Journal
- Scott Gilmore, international columnist for Maclean’s Magazine
- Steve Herman, Southeast Asia bureau chief for the Voice of America
- Anjali Kamat, correspondent for Fault Lines, an Al-Jazeera documentary program
- Robert Nickelsberg, contract photographer for Time magazine
- Mary Rajkumar, international enterprise editor for The Associated Press
- Martin Smith, producer for WGBH’s Frontline
- Charles Wallace, financial writer and former correspondent for UPI, the Los Angeles Times, Fortune and Time magazine
- Vivienne Walt, correspondent for Time magazine and Fortune
Newly elected or re-elected Associate Board Members:
- Daniel Sieberg, global head of media outreach for the Google News Lab
- Minky Worden, director of global initiatives for Human Rights Watch
The OPC appreciates the work of the Committee of the Judges of the Election Committee:
Linda Fasulo, Chair
Leah Spiro
Michael Moran