ROBERT C. KHAYAT, chairman
Oxford, Miss.
Chancellor emeritus, The University of Mississippi

JAMES W. ABBOTT
Vermillion, S.D.
President, University of South Dakota

MICHAEL COLEMAN
Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Newspaper management consultant; chairman, Cool Media Consultants; and former chairman, Cape Publications

MICHAEL G. GARTNER
Des Moines, Iowa
Principal owner, Iowa Cubs baseball team, and former president, NBC News

FELIX F. GUTIERREZ
Los Angeles
Professor of journalism, University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication

CHARLENE DREW JARVIS
Washington, D.C.

MALCOLM R. KIRSCHENBAUM
Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Lawyer and civic leader

BETTE BAO LORD
New York City
Author

H. WILBERT NORTON JR.
Oxford, Miss.
Dean, Meek School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi

CHARLES L. OVERBY,
Brentwood, Tenn.
Former chairman and chief executive officer; former newspaper editor and former vice president/news, Gannett Co.

ORAGE QUARLES III
Raleigh, N. C.
President and publisher, The News & Observer

GARY SISCO
Franklin, Tenn.
President, Sisco Group

MARK TRAHANT
Bainbridge Island, Wash.

NICHOLAS ZEPPOS
Nashville, Tenn.
Chancellor, Vanderbilt University