About the staff

	Mark Horvit, Executive Director Mark Horvit is the executive director of Investigative Reporters & Editors. He oversees training, conferences and services for more than 4,300 members worldwide, and for programs including the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) and DocumentCloud. Horvit also is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he teaches investigative reporting. He serves as a member of the board of directors of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. A longtime IRE member, Horvit most recently served as projects editor at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He worked as a reporter, editor and on the projects teams at newspapers in Texas, North Carolina, Missouri and Florida. Email: mhorvit@ire.org

	Jaimi Dowdell, Training Director Jaimi Dowdell joined IRE as training director in October 2008. Before that she was computer-assisted reporting editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for more than three years. In addition to her work at the Post-Dispatch, she taught a CAR course for Washington University in St. Louis. Previously she worked at IRE and NICAR in the Database Library and Resource Center while completing her master’s degree at the University of Missouri. Email: jaimi@ire.org Twitter: @JaimiDowdell

	Lauren Grandestaff, Resource Center Director Lauren Grandestaff is the Eugene S. Pulliam research director for IRE. As such, she coordinates the collection, indexing and archiving of research materials within a center that now includes more than 25,000 investigative stories and over 3,000 reporter tipsheets. She coordinates the processing of the entries in the annual IRE awards program. She also offers support to the growing number of users of DocumentCloud. Before joining IRE, she worked as a senior student supervisor at both the Missouri School of Journalism Library and the Columbia Missourian Newspaper Library. Email: lauren@ire.org Phone: (573) 882-6668

	John Green, IRE Membership Coordinator As Membership Coordinator, John Green administers member services and periodical subscriptions. He also performs HR duties for IRE and directs office personnel. He previously served as video producer and office manager for another journalism nonprofit, New Directions for News. Prior to that, Green served as a unit coordinator before his appointment to financial counselor and special projects coordinator for a Mississippi Gulf Coast hospital and ran his own business in mid-Missouri. Email: jgreen@ire.org Phone: (573) 882-2772

	Ted Han, DocumentCloud Lead Developer Ted Han joins DocumentCloud from Videojuicer, an online video platform focused on open standards and software integration. He's a computational linguist by degree, developer by trade, and Sci-Fi nerd by leisure. He was selected as a participant in the Knight Mozilla Journalism Challenge and has worked on DataMapper, Merb and a variety of data-based projects, including the CrisisCommons response to the Tohoku earthquake & tsunami. Email: ted.han@ire.org Twitter: @knowtheory Phone: (573) 884-2175

	Heather Feldmann Henry, Financial Officer Heather Feldmann Henry manages IRE's financial records, ensuring the organization's compliance with the IRS as a nonprofit organization. E-mail: heather@ire.org Phone: (573) 884-7902

	David Herzog, Academic Adviser to NICAR David Herzog is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he teaches CAR. He serves as the academic adviser to NICAR and is managing editor of Uplink, the institute's newsletter. As a fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, he launched OpenMissouri.org, where journalists and citizens can find, request and share state and local government data. He has been an investigative reporter for The Providence Journal in Rhode Island and the computer-assisted reporting editor at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. Email: dherzog@ire.org Twitter: @davidherzog Phone: (573) 882-2127

	Amy Johnston, Executive Staff Assistant Amy Johnston helps coordinate member services and registration for IRE's events. She has worked at IRE since 1999. Email: amy@ire.org Phone: (573) 884-1444

	Elizabeth Lucas, Director of the NICAR Database Library Elizabeth Lucas came to IRE from The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, DC, where she analyzed data for investigative projects on political, environmental and health topics. She worked on Poisoned Places, which won the Sigma Delta Chi award for Public Service journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists and was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize. This will be her second stint at the Database Library, having worked there as a graduate student while getting a master's at the University of Missouri. Email: liz@ire.org Phone: (573) 882-1982.

	Megan Luther, Training Director Megan Luther joined IRE as training director in February 2012. Megan has worked in radio, TV and most recently, newspapers. Before she joined IRE, Megan was a government reporter for the Argus Leader in South Dakota and a computer-assisted reporting specialist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Previously, she worked at IRE and NICAR in the Database Library while completing her master's degree at the University of Missouri. Email: megan@ire.org Twitter: @MeganLuther

	Alan Lynes, Development Officer Alan Lynes heads the fundraising effort for IRE. He came to IRE after several years as an independent consultant, advising non-profits as well as city agencies and politicians. Previously, he was Director of Major Gifts at Stephens College. Before that, his work in New York City included management positions in the arts and education. He was the first president of an advocacy association in New York State — Association of Teaching Artists — which championed the work of artists in the schools and community settings. Email: alan@ire.org Phone: (573) 884-2222.

	Ted Peterson, System Administrator Ted Peterson is IRE and NICAR's System Administrator, and keeps the computers and information services running. He has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the University of Missouri and has worked as a System Administrator for IRE since 1997, excluding a three-year period from 2004-2007. Email: ted@ire.org Phone: (573) 884-7321

	Stephanie Sinn, Conference & Events Director Stephanie Sinn serves as the conference & events director for IRE and NICAR. She handles site selection, hotel negotiations and speaker arrangements for national and regional conferences. She also handles on-the-road training logistics, maintains IRE's events calendar, and other specialized training seminars. Before joining IRE, Sinn worked for the University of Missouri’s School of Social Work, planning their special events and managing their office operations. She has been in the conference planning field for over 10 years. Email: stephanie@ire.org Phone: (901) 316-5192
	Tony Schick, Web Editor Tony Schick handles web content for IRE and NICAR. He joined the staff in September 2012 and previously worked in the NICAR database library as a graduate student at the Missouri School of Journalism. Email: tony@ire.org Phone: (573) 882-8969

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About the staff