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