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

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

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

Journalism Today Chair: Hollis Towns, The Cincinnati Enquirer

Treasurer: Karen Peterson, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.

Mark Mittelstadt, APME, New York

(officers above plus)

Past President: Karen Magnuson, Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle

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

AP Vice President/Managing Editor: Mike Silverman, New York

APME News Editor: Andrew Oppmann, The Tennessean, Nashville and The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro

Conference Program: Everett Mitchell, The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J., and Carole Tarrant, The Roanoke (Va.) Times.

(Terms expiring in 2008)

Jennifer Houtman, The Marietta (Ohio) Times

Everett Mitchell, The Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J.

Tom Eblen, The Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader

Hank Klibanoff, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Rob Humphreys, Culpeper (Va.) Star-Exponent

Ken Chavez, The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee

Maria Lettman, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.

(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 Tennessean, Nashville and The Daily News Journal, Murfreesboro

Peter Kovacs, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

Carole Tarrant, The Roanoke (Va.) Times

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

(Terms expiring in 2010)

Mark Bowden

Joseph Garcia, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix

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

Peggy Bellows, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch

Jan Touney, Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa

Adell Crowe

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

Jim Brady, washingtonpost.com, Washington, D.C.