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

Vice President: Hollis Towns, Asbury Park Press, Neptune, N.J.

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

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

(officers above plus)

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

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

AP Vice President/Senior Managing Editor: Mike Oreskes, New York

APME News Editor: Michael Days, Philadelphia Daily News

Conference Program: Alan English, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle

(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

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

Alan D. Miller, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

Jack Lail, Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel

(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

J. Todd Foster, Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier

(Terms expiring in 2012)

Carole Tarrant, The Roanoke (Va.) Times

Alan English, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle

Laura Sellers-Earl, East Oregonian Publishing Co., Astoria, Ore.

Mark Baldwin, Stevens Point (Wis.) Journal

Cate Barron, The Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pa.

Dennis Anderson, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World