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2019: Theresa Martinez, Paul Steinmetz, YooHee Hong, Alan Korman and Christine Chapon, Sue Gilmore, Dawn Garcia, Lindsey Pannell, Kate Bell, Laura Impellizzeri Wakeling, Lisen Stromberg, Lisa Wrenn, Liz Skeels, Terri Mino and John Collins, Alice Louie, Dave Newhouse, D Ross Cameron and Kathleen Kirkwood, Victor Rubin, Miami Foundation on behalf of John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lindsey Pannell, Dawn Garcia, Judy Miller, Betty Medsger, Bonnie Rollins, D’vera Cohn, Donna Myrow, Joann Sutro, Mariana Moore, Ari Soglin, Arjay and Frances Miller Foundation, Jonathan Bash, Kaerla Fellows, Sandra Fish, Harriet Swift, Laura Fraser, Sharon Goldfarb, Cherilyn Parsons, Vanessa Blyth-Gaeta, Julia Flynn Siler, John Pollock, Warren Lerude, Jonathan Marshall, Emily Mibach, Carolyn McMillan, Mary Ann Hogan, Jane Isay, Dora Scardina, Dawn Garcia, Kerry Tremain, Merrill Perlman, Kathryn Reiss, Andrew McGall, Amy Resnick, Judy S Miller, Joan Hamilton, Graeme Lee Rowlands, Jack Shea, Kelly McBride, Lynn Yarris, Laird Harrison, Ellen Berkovitch, Jessica Rettig, Marilyn McEntyre, Susan Ito, Randy McMullen, Carol Brydolf, Nancy Day, Michael Mayer, Fara Warner, Linda Kramer Jenning, Peter Suczek, Judy Irving, Peggy Spear Ucciferri, Sarah Pollock, Katherine Ann Rowlands, Carolyn Purcell, Frederic Filloux, Rebecca Parr, Loella Haskew, Wayne Futak, Anita Todd, Joann Sutro, Laura Chick, Doug Wheeler and Peggy Stein, Colleen Edwards, PolicyLink, Shelia Solomon, Eric Newton, Leila Gough, Gwenn Lennox, Dave Newhouse, Pete and Joanne Carey, Hogan-Newton Fund, Carolyn McMillan, Shirley Wheatland, Kate Bell, Graeme Lee Rowlands, Lauren Bonney, Rob Merker, Sarah Pollock, Julia Love, Lindsay Green-Barber, Ken Garcia, Mark and Connie McComb, Leslie Zimmerman, Nancy Philippine, Annie Steuart, Don Buchholz, Martha Sellers, Linda Tafur, Petra Schafer, Chris Treadway, Chris De Benedetti, Jessica Gyunn, Danny Willis, Vlae Kershner, Leslie Katz, Ken Miller, Nina Zacuto, Rose Grymes, Jeremy Liu, Carol Melamed, Dan Gillmor, Wayne and Lyn Futak, Alice Crane, Joceyln Larkin, Kate Bell, Cecily Burt, Carol High, Elaine Lo and Bernard Yu, Iona Cheng, Corwin and Margaret Booth, Sue Gilmore, Lindsey Pannell, Chris Holmes, Dawn Garcia, Daniel Rosenheim, Jean Sexton, Annie Eisenberg, Jeff Schwartz, Peggy Simpson, Carolyn McMillan, Lou Hansen, Neil Chase, Duffy Carolan, Rita Williams, Roland Rebele, Anderson Family, Gary and Kristin Gilger, Kristy Roschke, Stacy deCarion, Lindsay Green-Barber, Jo Stanley, Joann Sutro, Ann Eisenberg, Holly Hanke, Julia Bernstein, Elizabeth Weise, Ross Cameron and Kathleen Kirkwood, Beatrice Motamedi, Amy Resnick, Lakshmi Eassey, Jeff Schwartz, Paula Hamilton, Ann Grimes, Rita Beamish ~~~~ 2018: Arjay and Frances Miller Foundation, Dawn Garcia, Sue Gilmore, Chris Dolce, Martha Sellers, Sarah Pollock, Corwin Booth, Duffy Carolan, Mary Prisco, Sam Singer, Kate Bell, Rachele Kanigel, Margaret Rowlands, Katherine Rowlands, Sheila Solomon, Peggy Simpson, Julia Kagan Baumann, Rob and Beverly Merker, Marcia Parker and Bob Porterfield, Jim Bettinger, Graeme Lee Rowlands, Rebecca Rosen Lum, Jeffrey Schwartz, Bonnie Rollins, Gina Gotsill, Randy McMullen, Sarah Pollock, Merrill Perlman, Bruce Gerstman, Jeremy Hay, Lisa Reynolds, Carolyn McMillan, Sara Hare, Connemara Fund, Elaine and Hedrick Hooker Jackson, Victor Rubin, Leslie Katz, Faith and Tom Barnidge, Holly Hanke, Pete Carey, Rowland and Pat Rebele, Nina Zacuto, Wente Foundation, Solutions Journalism Network Grant, Mark and Connie McComb, Hilary Sloane, Benjamin Pimentel, Meg Waite Clayton, Julie Absey and Roy Allen, Julia Love, Amy Pyle, Chuck Todd, Mary Ireland, Cindy and Edward Miller, Carolyn and Karl Johnston ~~~~
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