Nine members were elected to the board of Associated Press Managing Editors during the group's conference Oct. 3-5 in Washington, D.C.

Re-elected to at-large seats were Mark Bowden, former editor of The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Joe Garcia, community conversations editor of the Arizona Republic in Phoenix. Joining them were Jon Broadbooks, executive editor of the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, N.Y.; Peggy Bellows, managing editor of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch; Jan Touney, managing editor of the Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa; Adell Crowe, staff development editor of USA Today, McLean, Va.; and Maria Lettman, managing editor/multimedia at the Naples (Fla.) Daily News.

Bob Heisse, executive editor/vice president of the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa., was elected to represent newspapers with daily circulation of 35,000 or less. Jim Brady, executive editor of washingtonpost.com, Arlington, Va., was elected to a seat designated for online editors.

All directors will serve three-year terms except for Lettman, who fills an unexpired one-year term.

APME's activities are governed by a board elected from AP membership. About one-third of the board stands for election each fall. Editors of AP member newspapers in the United States and the Canadian Press in Canada are eligible to vote.  APME bylaws give each member newspaper one vote.