Club welcomes 54 new members

The Board of Governors approved the following applications for membership:

Journalist: Timothy D. Ahmann – Reuters News, Editor in Charge; Charles S. Clark – Government Executive Magazine, Senior Correspondent; Richard F. Daly – Modern Healthcare, Reporter; Emily Feistritzer – Feistritzer Publications, Publisher; William Lester – The Associated Press, Copy Editor; James A. McTague – Barron’s, Washington Editor; Sean F. Oberle – Product Safety Letter, Publisher; Ronald D. Orol – Marketwatch.com, Banking Reporter; Michael L. Palmer – The Associated Press, Director of Broadcast Digital Distribution; Shihab Rattansi – Al Jazeera English, Lead Anchor

Journalist Non-resident: Gabrielle D. Gurley (Boston, MA) – Commonwealth Magazine, Senior Associate Editor; Jill Hieronimus, D.H.L. (Owings Mills, MD) – Author; Elizabeth McGowan (Brooklyn, NY) – Solve Climate News, Senior Reporter; Beth Hegedus (Lansdale, PA) – Freelance Reporter

Journalist Young Member: Laura Helbling – The RPM Report, Reporter; Paul Lee – The Christian Post, Web Master; Lindsey Mastis – WUSA-TV 9 News Now, Multimedia Journalist and Reporter; Edwin Mora – CNSNews.com, Reporter; Aprille Muscara – Inter Press Service News Agency, Correspondent; Jacob Serwer – Bloomberg News, TV Producer

Communicator: Elinore Black – HiMSS, Senior Manager, Public Policy Communications; Mark R. Cannon – APCO International, Deputy Executive Director and Managing Editor; Mark W. Davis – The White House Writers Group, Senior Director; Ray Farmer – Time, Inc., Mid Atlantic Advertising Sales Manager; Suzanne Ffolkes – American Heart Association; Director of Media Advocacy, Communications Director; Olav Ljosne – Shell Oil, Senior Manager International Operations; John A. Lippman – International Broadcasting Bureau, Analyst; Kelly Miller – Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Executive Director of Strategic Communications; Misty Ray – The Foundation for Biomedical Research, Public Relations Manager; Chahrazed Lamari Rezgui – Embassy of Tunisia, Press Officer; Matthias Rumpf – OECD, Chief Media Officer; Adam Shapiro – Lipman Hearne, Vice President, Media Relations; Nancy White – AAA National Office, Director of Public Relations, Communications and Media; Nyree D. Wright – TMG Strategies, Vice President, Crisis Communications and Corporate Relations

Communicator Non-resident: Dr. Sat Bhattacharya (New York, NY) – Harlem Children Society, President & CEO; Todd M. Gutnick (New York, NY) – Anti-Defamation League, Director of Media Relations and Public Information; Valerie Hopkins (Sarajevo, Bosnia) – OSCE, Writer and Editor; Andrew Shaw (Waldorf, MD) – PVA – P.N. Magazines, Senior Appellate Representative, Public Relations; Joseph J. Trento (Front Royal, VA) – Public Education Center, President & Reporter

Communicator Young Member: Krista Gesaman – EIFS Industry Members Association (EIMA), Manager of Public Affairs; Christian Gleim – Coalition for a Secure Driver’s License, Coordinator of Communications; Tamara R. Hinton – U.S. House of Representatives, Agriculture Committee, Communications Director

Communicator Student: Andrew Davis – University of Texas at Austin; Kaeleigh Forsyth – Diplomatic Courier, Internship; Nick Gass – University of Missouri; Sara Juedes – Siena College; Laura Lee – Capital News Service, Internship; Kathleen Majorsky – University of Missouri; Daniel Miller – Georgetown University; Joseph Sparks – University of Missouri; Nicole Thompson – Daily Herald, Intership

-- Joel Whitaker, Club Secretary