President
Jay Dickerson
The Galena Gazette, Galena
815-777-0019 / jdickerson@galgazette.com
Term expires 2018
1st Vice President
Wally Haas
Rockford Register Star
(815) 987-1359 / whaas@rrstar.com
Term expires 2016
2nd Vice President
Tammie Sloup
The Times, Ottawa
815-431-4041 / tammies@mywebtimes.com
Term expires 2016
Treasurer
Jim Slonoff
The Hinsdalean
(630) 323-4422 / jslonoff@thehinsdalean.com
Term expires 2018
Past President/Member at Large
Roger Ruthhart
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus
(309) 736-3517 / rruthhart@qconline.com
Term expires 2016
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
Sharon Boehlefeld
The Observer, Rockford Diocese
815-399-4300 / sboehlefeld@
rockforddiocese.org
Term expires 2016
Dan Campana
Self
dan@dancamcom.biz
Term expires 2018
John Etheredge
Kendall County Record Newspapers
630-385-4409 / jetheredge@shawmedia.com
Term expires 2017
Kathy Balcazar
Kane County Chronicle
(630) 845-5368 / kbalcazar@shawmedia.com
Term expires 2018
Diane Dungey
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
847-427-4515 / ddungey@dailyherald.com
Term expires 2017
James Fuller
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights
847-608-2726 / jfuller@dailyherald.com
Phil Jurik
Suburban Trib editor / Chicago
pjurik@chicagotribune.com
Tom Martin
The Register-Mail, Galesburg
309-343-7181 ext. 250 / tmartin@register-mail.com
Margarita Mendoza
The Observer, Rockford Diocese
815-399-4300 / MMendoza@RockfordDiocese.org
Rick Nagel
Self
ricknagel23@gmail.com
Term expires 2018
Eric Olson
Daily Chronicle, DeKalb
815-756-4841 X2257 / eolson@shawmedia.com
Term expires 2016
Tom Parisi
Northern Illinois University Division of Marketing and Communications
(815) 753-3635 / tparisi@niu.edu
Term expires 2018
Patricia Szpekowski
PR Strategies & Communications
847-468-0210 / pmsadv@sbcglobal.net
Term expires 2018
Penny Wiegert
The Observer, Rockford Diocese
(815) 399-4300 / pwiegert@rockforddiocese.org
Term expires 2017
Stan Zoller
Lake Forest College
847-421-5278 / sezoller@gmail.com
Term expires 2017
COMMITTEES
OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Chair: Balcazar
Members: Boehlefeld, Hendricks, Slonoff, Szpekowski, Dungey, Wiegert, Nagel, Ruthhart
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Chair: Haas
Members: Zoller, Etheredge, Akst, Hendricks, Ruthhart
TRAINING COMMITTEE
Chair: Olson
Members: Dungey, Hendricks, Dickerson, Akst, Ruthhart, Sloop, Dickerson
AD HOC WEBSITE COMMITTEE
Hendricks, Akst, Nagel, Boehlefeld
AD HOC CONTEST COMMITTEE
Hendricks, Nagel, Szpekowski, Ruthhart, Dungey, Boehlefeld
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 2019 (6)
Roger Ruthhart
Tom Parisi
Margarita Mendoza (Sharon Boehlefeld term)
Wally Haas
Eric Olson
Tammie Sloup
Class of 2017 (6)
Penny Wiegert
John Etheredge
Dan Campana
Stan Zoller
Diane Dungey
Tom Martin
Class of 2018 (6)
Kathy Balcazar
Jim Slonoff
Jay Dickerson
Pat Szpekowski
Rick Nagel
Jim Fuller
Tom Parisi (appointed March 2016); Dan Campana & Tom Martin (appointed June ’16), Jim Fuller (appointed Sept. ’16)
Jason Akst and Shelley Hendricks are appointed to their positions and do not serve terms.
