Overseas Press Club Has a New Board of Governors

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Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:59pm EDT 

NEW YORK, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Overseas Press Club of
America has elected a new board of governors with Allan Dodds Frank of
Bloomberg News as the 40th President of the Club.  Frank stated that "In this
challenging environment for journalists, the OPC will continue to strive to
protect and promote the highest standards of journalism.  The newly elected
board also wants to thank a consortium of foundations, Ford, Knight, McCormick
and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism, for the Challenge Grant of $25,000 to
help us support the mission of the club which, since its founding in 1939, has
been steadfastly committed to upholding the principles of the profession and
saluting its greatest practitioners."
    * denotes a new member of the board

    President
    Allan Dodds Frank
    Correspondent, Bloomberg News

    1st Vice President
    Arlene Getz*
    Senior Editor, Newsweek
    World Wide Special Editions

    2nd Vice President
    Marcus Mabry
    International Business Editor, The New York Times

    3rd Vice President
    Michael Serrill
    Senior Editor, Bloomberg Markets

    Treasurer
    Jacqueline Albert-Simon
    U.S. Bureau Chief, Politique Internationale

    Secretary
    Jane Ciabattari
    Author/Journalist

    ACTIVE BOARD
    Ron Allen*
    Correspondent, NBC News

    David A. Andelman*
    Editor
    World Policy Journal

    Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews*
    Foreign Editor, CBS News

    Roger Cohen
    International Writer at Large, The New York Times

    George de Lama
    Freelance Editor

    Chrystia Freeland*
    U.S. Managing Editor, Financial Times

    Klara Glowczewska*
    Editor in Chief, Conde Nast Traveler

    Frederick Kempe
    President & CEO
    The Atlantic Council

    Jim Laurie
    Director, Broadcast Journalism
    University of Hong Kong

    Kevin McDermott
    Managing Partner, Collective Intelligence

    Cait Murphy
    Writer/Editor

    Maggie Murphy
    Assistant Managing Editor, People

    Calvin Sims
    Program Officer, News Media, The Ford Foundation

    ACTIVE ALTERNATES
    Chuck Lustig*
    Director of Foreign News, ABC News

    Nikhil Deogun*
    International Editor, The Wall Street Journal

    Tim Ferguson*
    Editor, Forbes Asia


    ASSOCIATE BOARD
    Bill Collins
    Director, Public & Business Affairs, Ford Motor Company

    Kathleen Hunt
    United Nations Representative, Care International

    Minky Worden
    Media Director, Human Rights Watch

    ASSOCIATE ALTERNATE
    David Fondiller
    Director of Media Relations, The Boston Consulting Group


    Election results were announced at the OPC's Annual Meeting held on August
20th.
SOURCE  The Overseas Press Club of America

Sonya Fry, Executive Director of The Overseas Press Club of America,
+1-212-626-9220, sonya@opcofamerica.org
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