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Past board presidents
The Colorado Press Association has a long history of having strong industry leaders as its volunteer board presidents — from small to large publications — helping direct it on its path.
Board presidents since 1878
| Year | Board president | Affiliation (at the time) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | ||
| 2024-25 | Linda Carpio Shapley | Colorado Community Media |
| 2024 | Brian Porter | Prairie Mountain Media |
| 2023 | Niki Turner | Rio Blanco Herald Times |
| 2022 | Dan Petty | MediaNews Group / ProPublica |
| 2021 | Jerry Healey | Colorado Community Media |
| 2020 | Mike Wiggins | Ouray County Plaindealer |
| 2010s | ||
| 2019 | Lisa Schlichtman | Steamboat Pilot & Today |
| 2018 | Matt Lubich | Johnstown Breeze |
| 2017 | Bart Smith | Greeley Tribune |
| 2016 | Keith Cerny | Alamosa Valley Courier |
| 2015 | Terri House | The Pagosa Springs Sun |
| 2014 | Bryce Jacobson | The Greeley Tribune |
| 2012-13 | Brenda Brandt | The Holyoke Enterprise |
| 2011 | Bob Moore | Fort Collins Coloradoan |
| 2010 | Jeanette Chavez | The Denver Post |
| 2000s | ||
| 2009 | Dean Lehman | Longmont Times-Call |
| 2008 | Steve Henson | The Pueblo Chieftain |
| 2007 | Tom Bredehoft | The Flagler News |
| 2006 | Randy Sunderland | Delta County Independent |
| 2005 | Andy Stone | Colorado Mountain News Media |
| 2004 | Suzy Meyer | Cortez Journal |
| 2003 | Suzanne Schlicht | Steamboat Pilot & Today |
| 2002 | Dorothy Bland | Fort Collins Coloradoan |
| 2001 | Ken Amundson | Lehman Communications |
| 2000 | Jack Wyss | The Pueblo Chieftain |
| 1990s | ||
| 1999 | Richard Ballantine | Durango Herald |
| 1998 | Jacque Scott | Golden Transcript |
| 1997 | Bill Muldoon | Craig Daily Press |
| 1996 | Barrie Hartman | Boulder Daily Camera |
| 1995 | Bill Kezziah | The Monument Tribune |
| 1994 | Jean Gray | The Haxtun-Fleming Herald |
| 1993 | Dennis Dressman | Rocky Mountain News |
| 1992 | Kay Turnbaugh | Nederland Mountain-Ear |
| 1991 | J.R. Thompson | Rocky Ford Gazette |
| 1990 | Barclay Jameson | Pueblo Chieftain |
| 1980s | ||
| 1989 | Merle Baranczyk | Salida Mountain Mail |
| 1988 | Steve Haynes | Monte Vista Journal |
| 1987 | Robert Lombardi | Castle Rock Daily News-Press |
| 1986 | Don Schlichting | Durango Herald |
| 1985 | Robert Rawlings | Pueblo Chieftain |
| 1984 | Tom Betz | Lamar Daily News |
| 1983 | Gibb Green | Windsor Beacon |
| 1982 | Ruth G. Lehman | Longmont Times-Call |
| 1981 | Percy Conarroe | Louisville Times |
| 1980 | John Sheldon | Alamosa Valley Courier |
| 1970s | ||
| 1979 | Robert Sweeney | Craig Daily Press |
| 1978 | Garrett Ray | Littleton Independent |
| 1977 | Wilbur E. Flachman | Eagle Valley Enterprise |
| 1976 | Tom Reeves | Loveland Reporter-Herald |
| 1975 | Wallace Foster | Gunnison Newspapers |
| 1974 | Charles J. Leckenby | Steamboat Pilot |
| 1973 | Robert W. Spencer Jr. | Fort Morgan Times |
| 1972 | Roy Robinson Woodland | Park Ute Pass Courier |
| 1971 | Gene Wells | Delta County Independent |
| 1970 | Ed Lehman | Longmont Times-Call |
| 1960s | ||
| 1969 | Russ Brown | Cortez Newspapers |
| 1968 | Ken Johnson | Grand Junction Sentinel |
| 1967 | Coyne Cooley | Akron News-Reporter |
| 1966 | John Jameson | Englewood Herald |
| 1965 | Laurence T. Paddock | Boulder Camera |
| 1964 | Joe Payton | Westcliffe Wet Mountain Tribune |
| 1963 | George E. Oyler | Salida Mountain Mail |
| 1962 | Charles A. Stoddard, Jr. | Craig Empire-Courier |
| 1961 | Dale Cooley | Limon Leader |
| 1960 | John E. Holden | Loveland Reporter-Herald |
| 1950s | ||
| 1959 | Glenn Prosser | Estes Park Trail |
| 1958 | Glen Edmonds | Pagosa Springs Sun |
| 1957 | Maurice Leckenby | Steamboat Pilot |
| 1956 | Fred M. Betz, Jr. | Lamar News |
| 1955 | Lonnie Pippin | Monte Vista Journal |
| 1954 | Al Burtis | La Junta Tribune-Democrat |
| 1953 | C. Dewey Brown | Cortez Montezuma Valley Journal |
| 1952 | Lu P. Monroe | Boulder Camera |
| 1951 | Richard G. Lyttle | Meeker Herald |
| 1950 | Robert W. Spencer | Fort Morgan Times |
| 1940s | ||
| 1949 | Dean Hammond | Del Norte Prospector |
| 1948 | James Madison | Sterling Farm Journal |
| 1947 | Roscoe Bullard | Wray Gazette |
| 1946 | Clyde E. Moffitt | Fort Collins Coloradoan |
| 1945 | Rial R. Lake | Gunnison News-Champion |
| 1944 | Frank S. Hoag, Jr. | Pueblo Star-Journal & Chieftain |
| 1943 | Rae L. Laird | Central City Register-Call |
| 1942 | Don Hardy | Canon City Record |
| 1941 | J. Ember Sterling | Hugo Plainsman |
| 1940 | Preston Walker | Grand Junction Sentinel |
| 1930s | ||
| 1938 | John L. Dier | Alamosa Courier |
| 1937 | Harold H. Smith | Julesburg Grit-Advocate; resigned (term completed by John L. Dier) |
| 1936 | Charles E. Adams | Montrose Press |
| 1935 | Charles A. Stoddard | Craig Empire-Courier |
| 1933-34 | T.E. Nowels | Colorado Springs Gazette & Telegraph |
| 1932 | M.O. York | Weldona Tribune; resigned (term completed by T.E. Nowels) |
| 1931 | Ray Lanyon | Longmont Times |
| 1930 | Mary H. Isham | Brighton Blade |
| 1920s | ||
| 1929 | R.B. Spencer | Ft. Morgan Times |
| 1928 | A.W. Quin | Alamosa Journal |
| 1927 | R.J. Ball | Loveland Reporter-Herald |
| 1926 | Arthur L. Craig | Greeley News |
| 1925 | John N. Green | Colorado Springs Farm News |
| 1924 | Patrick Byrnes | Pueblo Indicator |
| 1923 | J. Leo Sterling | Canon City Record |
| 1922 | Edwin A. Bemis | Littleton Independent |
| 1921 | L.I. Griffin | Ordway New Era |
| 1920 | Lois F. Allen | Canon City Leader |
| 1910s | ||
| 1919 | C.F. Wadsworth | Denver WNU; resigned (term completed by S.A. Crary, Lamar News) |
| 1918 | J.A. Barclay | Grand Junction News |
| 1917 | David C. Elliott | Colorado Springs Telegraph |
| 1916 | Roy Ray | Windsor Poudre Valley |
| 1915 | Charles H. Leckenby | Steamboat Pilot |
| 1914 | George McCormick | Fort Collins Express |
| 1913 | W.E. Cain | Cheyenne Wells Republican |
| 1912 | John Barkhausen | Denver Democrat |
| 1911 | Henry F. Lake, Jr. | Gunnison News-Champion |
| 1910 | Frank A. Moore Florence | Paradox |
| 1900s | ||
| 1909 | George E. Hosmer | Ft. Morgan Herald |
| 1908 | Guy U. Hardy | Canon City Record |
| 1907 | Charles E. Adams | Montrose Press |
| 1906 | O.E. Blair | Trinidad Chronicle-News |
| 1904-05 | H.J. Holmes | Glenwood Springs Avalanche |
| 1903 | Otto H. Wangelin | Boulder Herald |
| 1902 | J.T. Lawless | Lamar Sparks |
| 1901 | I.N. Bunting | Grand Junction Sentinel |
| 1900 | Howard Russell | Ft. Collins Express |
| 1890s | ||
| 1899 | Clarence O. Finch | Castle Rock Journal |
| 1896-98 | Charles S. Sprague | Colorado Springs Telegraph |
| 1895 | C.H. Frowine | Manitou Daily Journal |
| 1894 | J.E. Temple | Denver Western Newspaper Union |
| 1891-93 | A.E. Pierce | Denver Eye; A.O.U.W. Record |
| 1890 | W.E. Pabor | Fruita Star |
| 1880s | ||
| 1889 | Frank P. Sheafor | Canon City Clipper |
| 1887-88 | J.D. Dillenbeck | Denver WNU; Denver Mercury |
| 1886 | W.G. Smith | Golden Globe |
| 1885 | Charles P. Bryan Idaho | Springs Gazette |
| 1884 | Gen. George West | Golden Transcript |
| 1883 | B.W. Steele | Colorado Springs Gazette |
| 1882 | John Arkins | Rocky Mountain News |
| 1881 | O.H. Rothacker | Denver Tribune |
| 1880 | R.M. Stevenson | Pueblo Chieftain |
| 1870s | ||
| 1879 | C.W. Bowman | Las Animas Leader |
| 1878 | W.B. Vickers | Denver Tribune |
Past board presidents through the years
