WNA Foundation Board of Directors

About the Board

The WNA Foundation is a not-for-profit organization created in 1980. WNAF works to improve the quality and future of Wisconsin’s newspaper enterprises, the industry and the communities they serve. The foundation solicits, manages and disburses funds and other resources for the benefit of Wisconsin’s newspaper industry and, ultimately, the citizens of our state.

WNA Foundation Board

Officers

President
Scott Peterson
Managing Editor
Watertown Daily Times
Vice President
Mark Stodder
President
Xcential Legislative
Technologies
Secretary-Treasurer
James Friedman
Attorney
Godfrey & Kahn
Milwaukee

Directors

Bill Barth
Former Editor
Beloit Daily News
Herman Baumann
Founder & Retired
Managing Director
Green Line Strategies
Dave Bennett
Former Executive
Director
Illinois & Oregon
Newspaper Associations
Richard E. Brown
Director of
Engagement, Growth
& Innovation
Wisconsin Watch
Rusty Cunningham
Former Editor
La Crosse Tribune
Eve Galanter
President
Galanter Public
Affairs Consulting
Ross McDuffie
Chief Portfolio Officer
National Trust for
Local News
Carol O’Leary
Publisher
The Star News
Medford
Patrick Reilly
Publisher
The Dodgeville
Chronicle
Gregg Walker
Publisher
The Lakeland Times,
Minocqua