President: Bobbie Jo Buel, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz.

Vice President: Otis Sanford, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.

Secretary: Hollis Towns, Asbury Park Press, Neptune, N.J.

Treasurer: Jan Touney, Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa

Mark Mittelstadt, APME, New York

(officers above plus)

Past President: David Ledford, The News Journal, Wilmington, Del.

AP Senior Vice President/Executive Editor: Kathleen Carroll, New York

APME News Editor: Andrew Oppmann, The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, Tenn.

Conference Program: Jon Broadbooks, The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill.

(Terms expiring in 2009)

Karen Peterson, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.

Calvin Stovall, Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y.

Ken Tuck, The Dothan (Ala.) Eagle

Andrew Oppmann, The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and The Leaf Chronicle, Clarksville, Tenn.

Peter Kovacs, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

Carole Tarrant, The Roanoke (Va.) Times

Jill Nevels-Haun, The News-Messenger, Fremont, Ohio

Jack Lail, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel

(Terms expiring in 2010)

Jon Broadbooks, The State Journal-Register, Springfield, Ill.

Peggy Bellows, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch

Jan Touney, Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa

Bob Heisse, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.

Brad Dennison, Gatehouse Media, Fairport, N.Y.

Alan D. Miller, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

(Terms expiring in 2011)

Debra Adams Simmons, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland

Kurt Franck, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio

Randy Lovely, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix

Martin G. Reynolds, The Oakland Tribune

Michael Days, Philadelphia Daily News

David Bailey, Arkansas Democrat, Little Rock, Ark.

Kathy Best, The Seattle Times