Welcome new members from the Washington Post, AFP, Japanese Embassy and many others

Joel Whitaker

October 03, 2011

Please join the Board of Governors in welcoming these new members of the National Press Club:

Journalist
Matthew J. Schudel – The Washington Post, Staff Writer; Veronica Smith – Agence France-Presse, Economics Correspondent; Kevin Wack – American Banker Newspaper, Reporter; Thomas W. Roberts – National Catholic Reporter, Editor at Large

Journalist Young Member
Michael Edward Walsh – The Diplomat, DC Correspondent/ASEAN Beat; ElReco R. Gillison – 96.3 WHUR FM, Creative Services Director/Production Director; Patricia Geli – WTOP/Zone 2.8, Photographer; Carlo Munoz – AOL/Huffington Post Media Group, Deputy Editor; Aaron Kessler – Detroit Free Press, Washington Correspondent; Patrick Ferguson – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada

Journalist Retired
Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds – Reynolds News Service, Commentator;

Communicator
Toshihide Ando – Embassy of Japan, Head of Public Affairs Section, Counselor

Communicator News Source
William H. Byrnes – Thomas Jefferson School of Law & National Underwriters, Professor, Author in Chief; PhD Sheldon Elizabeth Manuel – Harvest Projects International, Inc., Radio Show Host; Ron Benet (Building Tenant) – Clutch Legal LLC, Discovery Attorney; Raymond Tanter – Iran Policy Committee and Georgetown University, Professor & President of IPC; Christos S. Efessiou – SRXA Strategic Pharmaceutical Advisors, LLC, Author of Non-fiction book

Communicator Non-Resident
Alan J. Cousin, Jr (New Orleans, LA) – Get up Radio Global Media Broadcasting, LLC, Marketing Consultant & Journalist Reporter

Communicator Young Member
Jason Bluke (Building Tenant) – ACEEE, IT Support Specialist; Monica Gray – Hypervocal.com, Culture & Lifestyle Editor, Video Blogger

Student
Chanelle E. Havey – George Washington University; Anthony Palmer – American University; Alexandra Solderer – American University; Jiaxin Quan – American University; Thomas Beck – American University; Linn Wilk – American University; Samuel Adams – American University; Wen Yan – Georgetown University, Student.