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Wise Women Council
Every organization needs a network of advisors who can provide feedback, guidance and support. Here are a few wise women who are helping.
Ellen Berkovitch
Journalism Entrepreneur and Documentarian
Heather Bryant
Deputy Director of Product, News Catalyst; Founder, Project Facet and 2017 JSK Fellow at Stanford
Kim Bui
Director of Product and Audience Innovation, The Arizona Republic
Marcy Burstiner
Professor, Humboldt State University Journalism Department
Duffy Carolan
Media law attorney, Jassy Vick Carolan
Vera Chan
Senior Manager, Worldwide Journalist Relations at Microsoft
Nancy Colasurdo
Writer, Life Coach, Teaching Artist
Daisy Contreras
Editor and Reporter, Public Radio International
Emily Costello
Managing Editor, The Conversation US
Tammerlin Drummond
Strategic Communications Strategist at ACLU of Northern California; Former Oakland columnist and 2014 Nieman Fellow at Harvard
Dawn Garcia
Director, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University
Jill Geisler
Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity, Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership at The Newseum
Barbara Glickstein
Principal/Founder of Barbara Glickstein Strategies; Public Health Nurse and Health Reporter
Ann Grimes
The Starling Lab for Media Innovation; former director, Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism; former co-director, Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford
Jareen Imam
Senior Content and Editorial Manager, Amazon; former Director of Social Newsgathering, NBC News
S. Mitra Kalita
CEO and Co-Founder, URL Media Holdings; former VP Programming, CNN
Stacey Kennelly
User Experience Writer, Airbnb; Content Strategist
Jennifer Kho
Digital news strategy leader | Senior adviser for Canary Media | Consultant for Capital & Main | Former managing editor at HuffPost and the Guardian US
Danielle Kosecki
Content Strategist and Multimedia Journalist
Mira Lowe
Dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University (FAMU); Board Trustee, First Amendment Foundation; former Assistant Dean for Student Experiences, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications
Julie Makinen
Executive Editor of Palm Springs Desert Sun; 2017 JSK Fellow at Stanford
Susan Mernit
Executive Director, The Crucible; Founder, Hack the Hood
Beatrice Motamedi
Managing Director, Newsroom by the Bay at Stanford University
Carla Murphy
Editor, Writer, Immigrant
Donna Myrow
Former Publisher, L.A. Youth, a newspaper by and about teens
Marcia Parker
Publisher and Chief Operating Officer, CalMatters
Sylvia Paull
Strategist, Publicist, Networker
Sarah Pollock
Mills College Journalism Professor Emerita
Carolyn Purcell
Founder, Sweet P Media; Former News & Local Content Strategy, Verizon/Fios1 News Networks
Jesikah Maria Ross
Senior Community Engagement Strategist, Capitol Public Radio
Alejandra Saragoza
Managing Editor, Zendesk; Former Senior Content Manager, California.com
Angilee Shah
Journalist, Editor, Teacher
Sheila Solomon
Board President, Journalism Funding Partners; Consultant Democracy Fund and Rivet Radio
Joann Sutro
Former News Editor, Bay City News
Pamela Turntine
Editor-in-Chief, Berkeleyside; Former Metro News Curator, Bay Area News Group