Club welcomes 36 new members

Please join the National Press Club Board of Governors in welcoming these new members to the World's Leading Professional Organization for Journalists:

Journalist

John R. Grano – Christian Post, Senior Managing Editor; William R. Koenig – Koenig International, White House Correspondent; Fermin Lares – Tal Cual, Washington Correspondent; John Kolucar – Associated Press, Broadcast Sports Supervisor; Kaznhiro Aoyama – Nippon TV, Bureau Chief; Mi-Kung Jung – Dong-A Ilbo Washington Bureau, Correspondent; John Michael Williams – Assistive Technology News, Reproter.

Journalist Non-Resident

Lena Lewis (Philadelphia, PA) – Fox 29 News, Reporter; David P. Karas (Brick, NJ) - The Times of Trenton, Reporter; Catherine Ngai ( New York, NY)- Thomas Reuters, Commissioning Editor.

Journalist Young Member

Lewis E. McCrary – The American Conservative Magazine, Senior Editor; Elaine Mui – Voice of Russia, Reporter; Blair Chancey – Food News Media, Editorial Director; Kimberly J. Brown – Voice of Russia, Host of Weekday Radio Show; Jared Rizzi – Sirius XM Satellite Radio, Producer & Washington Correspondent; Mark David Szakonyi – Journal of Commerce, Editor; Rachel Witkowski – American Banker, Reporter; Roya Stephens – Thomson Reuter, Reporter/Producer; Ayuko Hirano – Nippon TV, Correspondent; Allen Gannet – George Washington University, Freelance.

Journalist Non-Resident Retired

Jeffrey Prussin (Pebble Beach, CA) – Washington Institute, Editor/Publisher.

Communicator

Don Podesta – Center for International Media Assistance, Manager & Editor; Dick Custin – U.S. Department of State, Foreign Press Center, Deputy Director; Thomas Young – Novelist.

Communicator News Source

Barbara Keebler – Momenum Magazine & NCEA Notes, Communications Director & Editor; James L. Rogers – Kaiser Permanente, Director of Public Relations; Samuel Wells – Sodexo Inc., Director of Public Relations; Rebecca Snyder – Federal News Service, Vice President/General Manager; Susan Matthews Apgood – News Generation, Inc., President, Co-Founder;James V. Parenti – Georgetown University, Associate Dean Global Institute; Brenda Simms – IMSolutions, LLC, Consultant/Writer.

Communicator Non-Resident

Michael Brenner (Austin, TX) – University of Texas, Director, International Relations; William G. Hyland, Jr. (Palm Harbor, FL) – Law Offices of Jack D. Evans, Professor; Dylan Miyake (Harpswell, ME) – Nonfiction Author.

Communicator Young Member

Patrick Kiker – American Council for Energy Efficient Economy, Communications Associate.

Student

Traci Snyder – American University; Paulette Waltz – Georgetown University.