The Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees

The Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees was created in 1983 to support the Cronkite School. The board is composed of top media leaders from across Phoenix, the nation’s fifth largest city, and from around the Valley. Newspaper editors and publishers, television and radio station general managers, magazine editors and publishers, public relations executives and other industry leaders all serve on the board.

Cronkite School Dean Christopher Callahan calls the Cronkite Endowment Board of Trustees “the most influential and hardest working board of its type in journalism education.” The board meets quarterly to plan the school’s annual Cronkite Luncheon, at which the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism is presented each year to a leading journalist. The event is one of the most popular in the Valley, with more than 1,000 people attending.

The board provides important counsel and advice to the dean on a wide array of issues facing the school. Board members also regularly offer internships to Cronkite students and many personally mentor students.

“The Cronkite Endowment Board is one of our school’s biggest assets,” Callahan said. “The board’s partnership with and dedication to the Cronkite School through the years has helped create a world-class journalism program.”

Win Holden, publisher of Arizona Highways Magazine, is serving as the board president in 2008.

Current board members include:

• Ray Artigue, executive director, Sports Business, MBA, W. P. Carey School of Business
• Susan Bitter Smith, executive director, Arizona-New Mexico Cable Communications Association
• David Bodney, partner, Steptoe and Johnson, LLP
• Art Brooks, president and CEO, Arizona Broadcasters Association
• Christopher Callahan, dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Paula Casey, executive director, Arizona Newspapers Association
• Tom Chauncey, attorney, Gust Rosenfeld
• Jack Clifford, president, Clifford Consulting
• Michael Connelly, senior vice president/general manager, FSN Arizona
• Araceli de Leon, general manager, Telemundo Arizona - NBCU
• Michael Dee, president, Arizona Foothills Magazine
• David Eichler, founder, David and Sam PR
• Elvira Espinoza, publisher, La Voz Publishing, LLC
• Nat Galvin, general manager, The Edge 103.9 and Power 98.3
• Eric Hellum, president, GAP Broadcasting
• Don Henninger, publisher, Business Journal
• Win Holden, publisher, Arizona Highways Magazine
• Roger Hurni, partner, Off Madison Ave.
• Laura Jordan, owner, The Jordan Group, Inc.
• Susan Karis, executive vice president of operations/western region, Clear Channel Radio
• Dottie Kobik, president, Monarch Events, Inc.
• Ken Kwilosz, vice president/general manager, KPHE - TV/Lotus TV
• Ginger Lamb, vice president and publisher, Arizona Capitol Times
• Fritz Leigh, associate dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Randy Lovely, editor, The Arizona Republic
• Fran Mallace, vice president/general manager, Cox Media
• Joe Milner, Professor Emeritus, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
• John Misner, president and general manager, KPNX-TV Channel 12
• Art Mobley, president and CEO, World Wide Radio
• Manny Molina, president, Molina Media Group
• Julie Moreno, CEO and publisher, The East Valley Tribune
• Mary Morrison, owner, Mary M Media
• Pat Nevin, general manager, KSAZ-TV
• Nick Nicholson, president and general manager, KTVK - TV/KASW - TV
• Mary O'Hanlon, president, Barclay Communications Inc.
• Jose Luis Padilla, vice president and general manager, Univision
• Jose Rodiles, general manager, Sun City Communications, KVIB-FM
• Carleton Rosenburgh, senior VP- newspaper division (retired), Gannett Co. Inc.
• Mark Steinmetz, president, Gross Communications
• Robert Stieve, editor, Arizona Highways Magazine
• Scott Sutherland, vice president/market manager, KTAR
• Loren Tapahe, publisher, Arizona Native Scene
• James Taszarek, president, TazMedia, Inc.
• Janice Todd, vice president and general manager, ABC 15 KNXV-TV
• Alicia Wadas, director of public relations, The Lavidge Company
• Mark Waters, senior vice president/market manager, CBS Radio
• Clancy Woods, president, Sporting News Radio
• John Zidich, publisher, The Arizona Republic