IRE elects three new members to board, re-elects three


They are:
• Incumbent James Grimaldi, The Washington Post
• New member Lise Olsen, Houston Chronicle
• Incumbent Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times
• Incumbent Lea Thompson, ThomThom Media, LLC
• New member Marilyn Thompson, Los Angeles Times
• New member Alison Young, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The other board members are Wendell Cochran, American University; Renee Ferguson, WMAQ-Chicago; Manny Garcia, The Miami Herald; Dianna Hunt, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Mark Katches, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Stephen C. Miller, The New York Times; Duff Wilson, The New York Times.

David Heath of The Seattle Times and Mark Rochester of the Associated Press were elected contest judges and will join several board members and a Missouri School of Journalism faculty member on the contest committee.

The board re-elected Grimaldi as president, Phillips as vice president, Hunt as treasurer and Miller as secretary. The board elected Lea Thompson as a member of the executive committee, which is composed of the officers and one other board member.

Election results:

Candidate Total votes
  (includes absentee)
James Grimaldi 185
Lise Olsen 156
Marilyn Thompson 145
Lea Thompson 137
Cheryl Phillips 122
Alison Young 117
David Heath 102
Kevin Keeshan 95
Nancy Stancill 92
Mark Rochester 76
Candidate Absentee votes
James Grimaldi 27
Alison Young 26
Marilyn Thompson 25
Lise Olsen 24
Nancy Stancill 17
Cheryl Phillips 15
David Heath 13
Lea Thompson 12
Kevin Keeshan 0
Mark Rochester 0