Board of Trustees
Jan Neuharth
Chair and CEO, Freedom Forum
James W. Abbott
Former president, University of South Dakota
Michael Coleman
Secretary, Freedom Forum
Newspaper management consultant
Former chair, Cape Publications, Inc.
Lucy Dalglish
Professor, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
R. David Edelman
Chair, Freedom Forum Special Events Committee
IPRI Distinguished Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brent W. Jones
Former Editor of Culture, Training & Outreach, The Wall Street Journal
Former Senior Vice President, Training, Culture & Community, Dow Jones
Jack Kirschenbaum
Chair, Freedom Forum Nominating Committee
Lawyer
Josh Kirschenbaum
Chief Advancement and Special Initiatives Officer, PolicyLink
Malcolm R. Kirschenbaum
Chair, Freedom Forum Finance and Executive Committee
Lawyer and civic leader
John C. Lee IV
Vice-Chair, Freedom Forum Finance and Executive Committee
Former chair, Middleburg Financial Corp.
Dani Neuharth-Keusch
Senior Manager of Development and Engagement at Only One
Peter S. Prichard
Chair, Freedom Forum Special Committee on Succession
Former editor-in-chief, USA Today
Orage Quarles III
Chair, Freedom Forum Audit Committee
Former president and publisher, The News & Observer
Barbara Wall
Former chief legal and operating officer, current board director, Gannett Co. Inc.
Judy Woodruff
PBS News senior correspondent
Trustees Emeritus
Louis Boccardi
Former president and CEO, The Associated Press
Shelby Coffey III
Former editor, Los Angeles Times
Phil Currie
Former senior vice president, News, Gannett Co. Inc.
Michael Gartner
Former owner, Iowa Cubs baseball team
Former president, NBC News
Félix Gutiérrez
Professor emeritus, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
Alberto Ibargüen
Former president and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Madelyn P. Jennings
Former senior vice president, Personnel, Gannett Co. Inc
Robert C. Khayat
Chancellor emeritus, University of Mississippi
Bette Bao Lord
Author
Will Norton Jr.
Former dean, School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi
Charles L. Overby
Former chair and CEO, Freedom Forum and Newseum
John M. Seigenthaler
Senior partner, FINN Partners