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IRE Committees Back to IRE Board

Investigative Reporters and Editors committees allow board members and rank-and-file members to focus on specific areas or projects of interest and to explore new projects.

Committees are sometimes asked to address issues that come up in the full board meetings but that need more research. The committees then make recommendations to the full board.

Committee members are appointed by the board president.

The IRE board of directors revamped IRE's committee structure at an April 2002 retreat in Missouri, aimed at improving communication and encouraging more membership participation in the organization. Read more about the changes.

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Current Committees:


Executive Committee - Responsible for planning oversight, finance, personnel issues and board development.

, The Seattle Times, President
Alison Young, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Vice President
, ThomThom Media, LLC, Treasurer
, The New York Times, Secretary
Manny Garcia, The Miami Herald, Member

Transition and Search Committee:

David Boardman, The Seattle Times
Renee Ferguson, WMAQ-Chicago
James Grimaldi, The Washington Post
Jan Colbert, Missouri School of Journalism
Chuck Lewis, Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence at American University, founding president of the Fund for Independence in Journalism
Shawn McIntosh, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Neal Shapiro, president and CEO of Education Broadcasting Corp., owner of Channel Thirteen/WNET-New York

Development Committee - Oversees fund-raising.

Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times, co-chair
Duff Wilson, The New York Times, co-chair
Renee Ferguson, WMAQ-Chicago
Dianna Hunt, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
David Dietz, Bloomberg Markets
David Cay Johnston, The New York Times
Kevin Keeshan, KGO-San Francisco
Arlene Morgan, Columbia University
Darcy Spears, KVBC-Las Vegas
James Steele, Vanity Fair

Education Committee - Reviews training efforts.

Wendell Cochran, American University, co-chair
Mark Katches, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, co-chair
Stephen C. Miller, The New York Times,
Zita Arocha, The University of Texas at El Paso
Jonathan Salant, Bloomberg News
Deborah Sherman, KUSA-Denver

Conference Committee - Oversees conferences.

Manny Garcia, The Miami Herald, co-chair
Lea Thompson, ThomThom Media, LLC, co-chair
Mark Katches, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Lise Olsen, Houston Chronicle
Matt Goldberg, KNBC - Los Angeles
Scott Zamost, WTVJ - Miami
Lana Durban Scott, Scripps Television Station Group
Aron Pilhofer, The New York Times
Phil Williams, WTVF-Nashville
McNelly Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Member Services Committee - Responsible for diversity, freedom of information, protection of journalists and membership development.

Manny Garcia, The Miami Herald
Sharon Chan, The Seattle Times
George Jordan, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger
Norberto Santana, The Orange County Register
Stephen Stock, WESH-Orlando
Jeff Taylor, Detroit Free Press
Alison Young, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Contest Committee

Marilyn Thompson, The New York Times, chair
Renee Ferguson, WMAQ-Chicago
David Heath, The Seattle Times
George Kennedy, Missouri School of Journalism
Mark Rochester, Associated Press
Oriana Zill de Granados, Center for Investigative Reporting

Endowment Committee - Oversees the endowment and IRE investments.

Dianna Hunt, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, chair
David Armstrong, Wall Street Journal
Diana Henriques, The New York Times
James Steele, Vanity Fair

Audit Committee - Oversees accountability of the organization and the annual external audit by a certified public accounting firm

James Grimaldi,The Washington Post
Cheryl Phillips, The Seattle Times
David Dietz, Bloomberg Markets