Officers
President
Tammie Sloup
The Times, Ottawa
815-431-4041 / tsloup@shawmedia.com
Term expires 2021
1st Vice President
James Fuller
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
847-608-2726 / jfuller@dailyherald.com
Term expires 2021
2nd Vice President
Margarita Mendoza
El Observador
555 Colman Center Drive
Rockford, IL 61108
815-399-4300
mmendoza@rockforddiocese.org
Treasurer
Jim Slonoff
The Hinsdalean
(630) 323-4422 / jslonoff@thehinsdalean.com
Term expires 2021
Past President
Jay Dickerson
The Galena Gazette, Galena
815-777-0019 / jdickerson@galgazette.com
Term expires 2021
Member at Large
Roger Ruthhart
The Dispatch / Rock Island Argus
1720 Fifth Ave.
Moline, IL 61265
309-736-3517
rruthhart@qconline.com
Executive Secretary
Jason Akst
NIU Dept. of Communication
jakst@niu.edu
Communications Coordinator
Shelley Hendricks
Adviser
Northern Star, NIU
815-753-4239 / shendricks@niu.edu
NINA Board members
Dan Campana
DanCamCom.biz
dan@dancamcom.biz
Term expires 2020
Diane Dungey
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
847-427-4515 / ddungey@dailyherald.com
Term expires 2020
John Etheredge
Kendall County Record Newspapers
630-385-4409 / jetheredge@shawmedia.com
Term expires 2020
Phil Jurik
Suburban Trib editor / Chicago
pjurik@chicagotribune.com
Margarita Mendoza
The Observer, Rockford Diocese
815-399-4300 / MMendoza@RockfordDiocese.org
Rick Nagel
Kane County Outreach
ricknagel23@gmail.com
Term expires 2021
Eric Olson
Daily Chronicle, DeKalb
815-756-4841 X2257 / eolson@shawmedia.com
Term expires 2019
Tom Parisi
Northern Illinois University Division of Marketing and Communications
(815) 753-3635 / tparisi@niu.edu
Term expires 2018
Roger Ruthhart
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus
(309) 736-3517 / rruthhart@qconline.com
Term expires 2019
Patricia Szpekowski
PR Strategies & Communications
847-468-0210 / pmsadv@sbcglobal.net
Term expires 2021
Penny Wiegert
The Observer, Rockford Diocese
(815) 399-4300 / pwiegert@rockforddiocese.org
Term expires 2020
Committees
OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Chair: Nagel
Members: Hendricks, Fuller, Szpekowski, Dungey, Wiegert, Mendoza, Sloup
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Chair: Etheredge
Members: Campana, Akst, Hendricks, Ruthhart, Parisi, Dickerson, Sloup
TRAINING COMMITTEE
Chair: Dickerson
Members: Jurik, Slonoff, Olson, Akst, Ruthhart, Sloup, Hendricks
CONTEST COMMITTEE
Chair: Ruthhart
Hendricks, Nagel, Szpekowski, Dungey, Dickerson
NIU Departmental Support
Gary Burns
Chair, Communication Department
815-753-7028 / gburns@niu.edu
NINA Board Terms
Bylaws: No fewer than 15, each to serve 3-year terms
Class of 2021 (5)
- Jim Slonoff
- Jay Dickerson
- Pat Szpekowski
- Rick Nagel
- Jim Fuller
Class of 2020 (6)
- Penny Wiegert
- John Etheredge
- Dan Campana
- Diane Dungey
- Tom Martin
Class of 2019 (6)
- Roger Ruthhart
- Tom Parisi
- Margarita Mendoza (Sharon Boehlefeld term)
- Wally Haas
- Eric Olson
- Tammie Sloup
Jason Akst and Shelley Hendricks are appointed to their positions and do not serve terms.
