Russert Welcomed with 40 Other New Club Members

The Board of Governors welcomes Luke Russert among the new members approved this year. Russert, a Washington correspondent for NBC News, is part of the Club's fastest-growing membership category, young members for (under age 35). Russert, the son of the late "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert, followed in his father's footsteps after college.

-- Angela Greiling Keane, membership secretary, [email protected]

Please join us in welcoming these 40 other members whose applications were approved March 22:

Active
Shibbir Ahmed - Khabor USA, Inc., Editor; Christopher Chambers - Georgetown University, Professor of journalism, Cultural Media Studies; Gerald Karey - McGraw-Hill/Platts, Senior Managing Editor; Denise Li - Georgetown University, Associate Dean, Master of Professional Studies in Journalism; Rui Sasaki - The Sankei Shimbun, Bureau Chief

Active Reinstatement
Kimberly Maria Chipman - Bloomberg, LP, Reporter; John Sodergreen - Scudder Publishing, Editor-in-Chief

Active 65+
Connie Lawn - Audio-Video News, President/Chief Correspondent

Active Non-Resident
Alexander Hitchen, New York, N.Y. - American Media, Inc., Senior Reporter; Dandy Koswaraputra, Bogor, Indonesia - Aljazeera Network, Producer; Scott McCleskey, New York, N.Y. – Complinet, Managing Editor, North America; Erik Stephen Meltzer, New York, N.Y .- New Tang Dynasty TV/WBFF, Fox 45 Baltimore, Producer/Photojournalist; Prune Perromat, New York, N.Y. – Freelance Journalist; Denis Serikov, New York, N.Y. - External Economic Relations Magazine, U.S. Deputy Editor/Columnist; Mian Shahbaz, El Sorbrante, Calif. - Pakistan Times USA, Editor-in-Chief (USA)

Active Under 35
Eileen Sullivan - Associated Press, Reporter

Provisional Under 35
Benjamin N. Dooley - Kyodo News, Assistant Correspondent

Active Under 30
Justin Duckham - Talk Radio News Service, Correspondent; Nick Schwellenbach - Center for Public Integrity, Staff Writer; Shawna Thomas - NBC News, Producer - Capitol Hill

Provisional Under 30
Michelle Payne - The Motley Fool, Editor

Affiliate
Anne J. Veigle - U.S. Telecom, Vice President, Media Affairs

Affiliate Non-Resident
Theresa Grant, Des Plaines, Ill. - American Health Information Management Association, Media Relations Manager; Martha LaGuardia Kotite, Niceville, Fla. - U.S. Coast Guard, Press Secretary for the Commandant; Daniel David McGinn, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland - University of Ulster, Director, Media and Corporate Relations

Associate
Carlos Calderone - Organization of American States Employees Federal Credit Union, President/CEO; Carla M. Decker - District Government Employees Federal Credit Union, CEO; John Heinze - John Adams Associates, Senior Vice President; Jeff Mascott - Adfero Group, Managing Partner; Constance E. Sorrentino - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Chief, Division of International Labor Comparisons

Associate 65+
Larry Pressler – U. S. Senate, Retired Senator, South Dakota

Associate Non-Resident
Mark L. Croatti, Annapolis, Md. - United States Naval Academy/Annapolis Magazine, Instructor, American Government/Politics Reporter; Bishop L. J. Guillory, Beverly Hills, Calif. - KNET 95.7 FM, 1450 AM/Ombudsman International Inc., Talk Show Host/Ombudsman General; Christopher A. Murray, Mt. Airy, Md. -Murray Financial Group, Inc./AM 930 WFMD, President/Producer & Host

Associate Under 35
Michael Aguilar - Macfadden/U.S.A.I.D., Recruiter/Project Associate; Sery Elizabeth Kim - NBC Washington (Around Town)/Congressman Burgess, Freelance Writer/Attorney; Paloma Garcia-Lopez - Posse Foundation, D.C. Director; Michael Stanat - SIS International Research, Marketing Manager; H. Catherine Woody - Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Director, Public Relations for Policy