Please Welcome 35 New Members

October 19, 2010

The Board of Governors approved 35 member applications Oct. 18. They are listed according to the newly approved membership categories.

Journalist
*Kristie Ann Avery (Texarkana, Texas) - Texarkana Gazette Newspaper, business reporter; Samuel P. Bonfante - Chronicle of Higher Education, associate publisher; *Stephen Grey (London, England) - PBS Frontline, Channel 4, Sunday Times (London), correspondent/freelance; Marc Hujer - Der Spiegel, Washington bureau chief; Lalit K. Jha - Press Trust of India, principal U.S. correspondent; Jerry Norton - Thomson Reuters, journalist/copy editing; Gregor Peter Schmitz - Der Spiegel, Washington correspondent; Satoko Shimana (Shimbori) - TV Asahi America Inc. bureau chief/senior vice president

Journalist Young Member
Elizabeth Bewley – Gannett, Washington correspondent; Hilary Costa – Platts, associate editor; Karoun Demirjian - Las Vegas Sun, D.C. correspondent; Jeff Mason – Reuters, White House correspondent; Karen Mracek - Kiplinger Washington Editors, associate editor; Craig Schulz – Fox News, producer; Michiyo Yanamine - Ryukyu Shimpo, correspondent

Communicator
Phaedra Annan - self-employed/freelance; Hortensia R.E. Balla - Action for Hope founder/executive director; *Michael Curley (Timonium, Md.) International Center for Environmental Finance founder; Jeri Curry - Internews Network, senior vice president, global communications and outreach; William Francis Eyre - U.S. Senate, senior information security services specialist; Mike Gonzalez - Heritage Foundation, vice president of communications; Denise Graveline - Don't Get Caught president; Dr. Inayat Kathio - self-employed consultant for United Nations/veterinary surgeon; *Hank Kearney (Sebastian, Fla.) - PHM International Inc. editor/publisher; M. Afzal Khan - self-employed independent analyst; *Chovvakkaran P. Saleem (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) Islamic Development Bank, chief of information disclosure; *Nagy G. Soliman (Fairlawn, N.J.) - retired, Dept. of Public Service - Fairlawn, N.J., electric supervisor/engineer; Teresa Washington - Washington Convention and Sports Authority, director of communications

Communicator Young Member
Brian Dunn - Global Solar Initiative, chief of staff, vice president PR

Student
Nada Al-Mousa - George Washington University MBA/marketing student; Winnie Chao - George Washington University MBA/marketing student; Yasmin Djabarian - American University student, Washington Semester Program; Hillary Hearn - George Washington University MBA/marketing student; Andrea Nowack - George Washington University MBA/marketing student; Shana Mihovics - American University student, Washington Semester Program

(* denotes non-resident member)

-- Myron Belkind, Club Secretary, [email protected]