Past Presidents

2003 – 2004 was the Society for News Design's 25th Anniversary and we would like to share some of our history with you. Our presidents have been:

1979–1980
Robert Lockwood
Art Director
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.

1980–1981 and 1981–1982
Phil Ritzenberg
Publisher
Jewish Weekly, New York City, N.Y.

1982–1983
Richard Curtis
ME/Graphics and Photography
USA Today
1983–1984
Rob Austin
Associate Managing Editor
The Hamilton Spectator, Ontario, Canada

1984–1985
Marty Petty
Managing Editor
The Harford Courant, Conn.

1985–1986
Phil Nesbitt
Graphics Director
The Record, Bergen, N.J.
1986–1987
Maggie Balough

Assistant Managing Editor
Austin American-Statesman, Texas
1988
Tony Majeri

Art Director
The Chicago Tribune, Ill.
1989
Rob Covey

Art Director
U.S. News & World Report, Washington, D.C.
1990
Nanette Bisher

Assistant Art Director
U.S. News & World Report, Washington, D.C.
1991
Jacqueline A. Combs
Assistant Graphics Editor
The Chicago Tribune, Ill.
1992
C. Randy Stano

Director of Editorial Art & Design
The Miami Hearld, Fla.
1993
Nancy Tobin

President
Tobin Paperworks, Buffalo, N.Y.
1994
George Benge

Executive Editor
The Phoenix, Muskogee, Okla.
1995
Deborah Withey

Design Consultant
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
1996
Jim Jennings

Design Consultant
Lexington, Ky.
1997
Neal Pattison

AME
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wash.
1998
Lynn Staley

Design Director
Newsweek, New York City, N.Y.
1999
Ed Kohorst

Design Editor
The Dallas Morning News, Texas
2000
Jean Dodd

Senior Artist
Kansas City Star, Mo.
2001
Lucie Lacava

President/Design Consultant
Lucie Lacava Publication Design Inc., Montréal, QC

2002
Svenåke Boström
Quality Assurance Manager
Sundsvalls Tidning, Sundsvall, Sweden


2003
Warren Watson
,
V.P. for Communications & Extended Learning
American Press Institute, Reston, Va.

2004
Susan Curtis Mango
,
Assistant Professor, Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill.

2005
William Gaspard

Los Angeles

2006
Christine McNeal

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel