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.

Joanne Williams
jwilliams@olivetcollege.edu
President 2009-2011
Olivet College Echo, Olivet College 

Brian Abbott
Immediate Past President, 2007-2009 

Omar Sofradzija
omars@msu.edu
Vice President, President-Elect, 2009-2011
The State News, Michigan State University 

Lawrence Beery
beeryl@gvsu.edu
Secretary-Treasurer, 2009-2011
The Grand Valley Lantern, Grand Valley State University 

Kevin Devine
kdevine@emich.edu
At-Large Director, Div. I
The Eastern Echo, Eastern Michigan University 

Neil Hopp
Hopp1nc@cmich.edu
At-Large Director, Div. I
Central Michigan Life, Central Michigan University 

Renee Collins
rcollins@adrian.edu
At-Large Director, Div. II
The College World, Adrian College 

Ingrid Jacques
ijacques@hillsdale.edu
At-Large Director, Div. II
The Collegian, Hillsdale College 

Laura Williams
ljwilliams@albion.edu
At-Large Director, Div. II
The Pleiad, Albion College 

Larry Hook
hoolk@lcc.edu
At-Large Director, Div. III
The Lookout, Lansing Community College 

Lisa McGraw
lisa@michiganpress.org
Ex-Officio
Michigan Press Association 

Janet Mendler
janet@michiganpress.org
Ex-Officio
Michigan Press Association 

Open and available positions:
At-Large Director, Div. III
At Large Director, Div. I