Published: March 01, 1997
Last Updated: May 26, 1999
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ASNE on the move

Springtime is busy for ASNE

ASNE elects eight new directors.

Members re-elected the three incumbents running to continue as ASNE directors and named six others to join the ASNE board.

Re-elected to three-year terms were Diane McFarlin, executive editor, Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune; Karla Garrett Harshaw, editor, Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun; and Linda Lightfoot, executive editor, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. Also elected to three-year terms were Peter Bhatia, managing editor, The Oregonian, Portland; and Wanda Lloyd, managing editor/features, administration and planning, The Greenville (S.C.) News. Rick Rodriguez, managing editor, The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, won a two-year term and two one-year terms were filled by Edward W. Jones, managing editor, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.; and Ralph Langer, executive vice president and editor, The Dallas Morning News.

The board of directors elected the 1997-98 officers, as determined by the bylaws and board action last fall. Richard A. Oppel, editor, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, was named treasurer; N. Christian Anderson III, publisher, The Gazette, Colorado Springs, secretary; Edward L. Seaton, editor-in-chief, The Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury, vice president; and Sandra Mims Rowe, editor, The Oregonian, Portland, president.