MCPA Board of Directors

The board is the official governing unit of the organization. Officers include a president, immediate past-president, vice president/president-elect, secretary/treasurer and six at-large directors, two from each division, as defined:

Division I – Papers publishing more than once a week;
Division II – Papers publishing once a week;
Division III – Papers are two-year colleges or publishing less than once a week.

Officers and directors shall be elected at the annual winter convention meeting, as provided for in the MCPA bylaws.

Neil Hopp
hopp1nc@cmich.edu
President 2005-06
Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University
 
Brian Abbott
bpabbott@svsu.edu
Vice President, President-Elect 2005-06
The Valley Vanguard, Saginaw Valley State University

Lawrence Beery
beeryl@gvsu.edu
Immediate Past President, 2005-06
The Grand Valley Lanthorn, Grand Valley State University

Sandra Svoboda
s.svoboda@wayne.edu
Secretary-Treasurer 2005-06
The South End, Wayne State University

Kevin Devine
kdevine@emich.edu
At-Large Director, Div. I, 2005-06 (elected 2006)
The Eastern Echo, Eastern Michigan University

Perry Parks
parksp@msu.edu
At-Large Director, Div. I, 2005-06 (elected 2006)
The State News, Michigan State University

Alan Blanchard
alan_blanchard@cornerstone.edu
At-Large Director, Div. II 2005-06, 2-year (elected 2005)
The Herald, Cornerstone University

Dee Drummond
ddrummond@adrian.edu
At-Large Director, Div. II 2005-06, 1-year (elected 2006)
The College World, Adrian College

JoAnne Willliams
jwilliams@olivetcollege.edu
At-Large Director, Div. III 2005-06, 2-year (elected 2005)
The Echo, Olivet

Larry Hook
hookl@lcc.edu
At-Large Director, Div. III 2006, 1-year (elected 2006)
The Lookout, Lansing Community College