WNA Foundation Board of Directors

About the Board

The WNA Foundation is a not-for-profit organization created in 1980. WNAF works to improve the quality and future of Wisconsin’s newspaper enterprises, the industry and the communities they serve. The foundation solicits, manages and disburses funds and other resources for the benefit of Wisconsin’s newspaper industry and, ultimately, the citizens of our state.

Officers

Scott Peterson
President
Scott Peterson
Retired Managing Editor
Watertown Daily Times
Mark Stodder
Vice President
Mark Stodder
President
Xcential Legislative Technologies
James Friedman
Secretary-Treasurer
James Friedman
Attorney
Godfrey & Kahn

Directors

Herman Baumann
Herman Baumann
Founder and Retired Managing Director
Green Line Strategies
Dave Bennett
Dave Bennett
Former Executive Director
Illinois & Oregon Newspaper Associations
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Richard E. Brown
Senior Director of Retention
The Daily Beast
Rusty Cunningham
Rusty Cunningham
Former Editor
La Crosse Tribune
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Eve Galanter
President
Galanter Public Affairs Consulting
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Richard Lee
President
Inter-County Cooperative Publishing Asociation
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Ross McDuffie
Chief Portfolio Officer
National Trust for Local News
Carol O'Leary
Carol O’Leary
Publisher
The Star News, Medford
John Smalley
John Smalley
Former Editor
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
Gregg Walker
Gregg Walker
Publisher
The Lakeland Times
Wisconsin Newspaper Association