PRESIDENT

Nicolle Sartain is the editor for The News Courier in Athens, Ala.

VICE PRESIDENT

Michelle Watson is a national news editor for CNN’s national newsgathering team

SECRETARY

Jatika Hudson works as a corporate communications copywriter for Synovus, freelance writer for Fulton County Schools and MAN UP Mentoring, Inc. She chairs the SPJ Georgia freelance committee.

TREASURER

Stell Simonton is a former digital producer/editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Rahul Bali is news anchor for Oconee Radio Group in Georgia’s Lake Oconee and Lake Sinclair areas. He also reports from the State Capitol when the Georgia General Assembly is in session.

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Laura J. Downey serves as the executive editor of WebMD Magazine and its point-of-care products. In addition, she serves as the company’s lifestyle features consumer team lead on the digital side.

AT-LARGE MEMBER

Jennifer Parks a public affairs specialist at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany and former reporter at the Albany Herald.

AT-LARGE MEMBER

John B. (Jack) Zibluk, PhD, is professor of communication at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and writes for the Lookout Mountain Mirror.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Lars Lonnroth is a junior journalism and political science student at Mercer University and he has worked with 13 WMAZ and interned with Georgia Public Broadcasting.