Club welcomes October's new members

The Club welcomed new members in October:

Journalists - Robert Wheelock ( Al Jazeera English), Ashley Alderman (Fox News), Ferdous Al-Faruque (FDA News), Clay Webster (Platts), Tim Devaney (Washington Times), Derrick Perkins(Alexandria Times), Jessica Estepa (E&E Publishing), Deborah Wilson (University of Lincoln, UK), Susan Dickenson (Home Accents Today)and Daniele Moro (TV News Channel 5, Italy).

Communicators - Kenneth Cummins (Capitol Group), Gregorio Laso (Embassy of Spain), Christopher Thorne (Beer Institute), Nels Ackerson (Ackerson, Kauffman, Fex Law Firm), John Price (Ambassador), Chelsea Boone( University of Maryland) and Matt Fleming (University of Maryland.)

A new member orientation is scheduled for November 21, 2012. There will be three sessions for members to attend: 8 a.m. breakfast orientation, noon lunch orientation and 5:30 p.m. happy hour Orientation.

All of the orientations will be held in the McClendon Room. Orientations are monthly and are open to any current member that would like to learn more about their membership opportunities.

If you have friends or co-workers interested in joining the National Press Club, please visit our web site to download the application at www.press.org/membership.

For more information on new member orientation, please contact Recruitment Manager, Allyson Cannon at [email protected].