Officers
President
Gerry Ahern
Director News Content
USA TODAY Sports Media Group
615 W. Lafayette Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226
Work: 313-222-6708
Cell: 651-357-5268
E-mail: gahern@usatoday.com
First Vice President
Tim Stephens
Deputy Managing Editor
CBS Interactive — Sports
1401 West Cypress Creek Road,
Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33309
Office: 954.689.3192
Cell: 954.873.0325
Twitter: @tstephensCBS
Email: tim.stephens@cbsinteractive.com
Second Vice President
Mike Sherman
Sports Editor
The Oklahoman
9000 N. Broadway
Oklahoma City, O
Cell: 405-990-0352
Fax: 405-475-3315
E-mail: msherman@oklahoman.com
Third Vice President
Tommy Deas
Executive Sports Editor
Tuscaloosa News
315 28th Ave
Tuscaloosa, Ala. 35401
Cell: 205-454-0117
Work: 205-722-0224
Fax: 205-722-0187
E-mail: tommy.deas@tuscaloosanews.com
Executive Director
Jack Berninger
Richmond Times-Dispatch (retired)
P.O. Box 29743
Richmond, VA 23242
Home: 804-741-1565
Cell: 804-754-6148
E-mail: jackapse@aol.com
Regions
Northeast
Hank Winnick (Chair)
Assistant managing editor/sports
Newsday
Work: (631) 843-4832
Cell: (631) 885-0223
Email: hank.winnicki@newsday.com
Judy Connelly (Vice chair)
Sports editor
Middletown (N.Y) Times Herald-Record.
Work: (845) 346-3189
Cell: (570) 371-7986
email: jconnelly@th-record.com
Mid-Atlantic
Paul Vigna (Chair)
Sports Editor
Patriot News (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
Work: (717) 255-8404
Cell: (717) 538-6639
Email: pvigna@pnco.com
Mike Harris (Vice chair)
Sports Editor
Washington Times
Work: (202) 636-4865
Cell: (804) 216-0512
Email: mharris@washingtontimes.com
Atlantic Coast
Steve Trosky (Chair)
Sports editor
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
Work: (804) 649-6456
Cell: (434) 386-1189
Email: strosky@timesdispatch.com
Andy Petrini (Vice chair)
Sports Editor
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Work: (757) 247-4643
Cell: (609) 364-0259
Email: apetrini@dailypress.com
Great Lakes
Jeff Kuehn (Chair)
Sports editor
Oakland (Mich.) Press
Work: (248) 745-4682
Cell: (248) 561-0904
Email: jeff.kuehn@oakpress.com
John Styf (Vice chair)
Sports Editor
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Work: (815) 459-4122
Email: jstyf@shawmedia.com
Great Plains
Jeff Rosen (Chair)
Assistant Managing Editor/Sports
Kansas City Star
Work: (816) 234-4706
Cell: (713) 416-0127
Email: jrosen@kcstar.com
Michael Peters (Vice chair)
Sports Editor
Tulsa World
Work: (918) 581-8348
Cell: (918) 732-9726
Email: michael.peters@tulsaworld.com
Southeast
John Bednarowski (Chair)
Sports editor
Marietta Journal
Work: 770-428-9411
Cell: 205-215-6287
Email: jbednarowski@aol.com
Mike Szvetitz (Vice chair)
Sports editor
Opelika-Auburn News
Work: 334-737-2513
Cell: 334-750-3572
Email: mszvetitz@oanow.com
Southwest
Nick Matthews (Chair)
Sports Editor
Houston Chronicle
Work: (713) 362-4293
Cell: (832) 509-9531
Email: nick.mathews@chron.com
West
Mark Faller (Chair)
Director
azcentral sports
Work: (602) 444-4937
Cell: (602) 370-0083
Email: mark.faller@arizonarepublic.com
Gene Warnick (Vice chair)
Sports editor
Los Angeles Daily News/L.A Newspaper Group
Work: (818) 713-3632
Cell: (818) 454-0834
Email: gene.warnick@dailynews.com
Northwest
Jerrel Swenning (Chair)
Sports editor
Yakima Herald-Republic
Work: 509-759-7854
Cell: 509-930-2632
Email: jswenning@yakimaherald.com
Seth Prince (Vice chair)
Sports editor
The Oregonian
Work: 503-294-50-69
Cell: 360-931-0604
Email: sprince@oregonian.com
