Board of Directors 2009 – 2010

Megan Kamerick	Megan Kamerick Senior reporter New Mexico Business Journal Albuquerque, N.M. mkamerick@bizjournals.com
First Vice President	Amy Resnick Editor-in-Chief The Bond Buyer New York, N.Y. amy.resnick@sourcemedia.com
Second Vice Presiden	Katherine Rowlands Assistant Managing Editor/News Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group/East Bay Walnut Creek, Calif. krowlands@bayareanewsgroup.com
Secretary	Janet Vitt Night City Editor Sacramento Bee Sacramento, Calif. janet.vitt@gmail.com
Treasurer	Celina Ottaway Essayist and food writer Blogger, celinabean.com Albany, N.Y. cottaway@nycap.rr.com
Director	Arnesa Howell Freelance Writer Washington, D.C. arnesah@yahoo.com
Directo	Teresa Puente Faculty, Journalism Dept. Columbia College Chicago tpuente@colum.edu Chicago, Ill.
Director	Bonnie Rollins Producer NBC News Channel Arlington, Va.rollinsbonnie@gmail.com
Director	Sharon Walsh Enterprise Editor Lexington Herald-Leader Lexington, Ky. swalsh@herald-leader.com
Director	Fara Warner Journalist and Author/Professor Ann Arbor, Mich. farataye@yahoo.com
Nina Zacuto	Nina Zacuto Producer/photographer NBC Network News (retired) Los Angeles, Calif.
Executive Directo	Becky Day Executive Director beckyd@jaws.org Journalism & Women Symposium

For more about the board, see the JAWS by-laws.

About the Board

Election of JAWS officers and new board members takes place at the annual business meeting, the Monday of fall camp.

Eligibility for the JAWS board: Any active member who has camped with JAWS twice. Officers serve one-year terms; board members serve two-year terms. All are elected by a vote of the membership.

Job description for the board: The primary responsibility of the board of directors is to ensure that the organization operates in a fashion true to its stated mission and principles. The board provides continuity to the organization as individual members come and go.

The board has two trusts: The group’s growth and future, and to further the group’s goals.

It is responsible for setting policies, making decisions, delegating work and assuring the decisions are carried out. The board is legally responsible for governance of the organization and adherence to federal, state and local laws, audits done annually and income tax form filing.

A director’s responsibilities include:

• Building and guiding long-range plans. This requires the ability to see and predict clearly the future needs of JAWS.
• Making sure programs and services address membership needs.
• Recruiting members and making sure members are involved in the group.
• Raising funds.
• Contributing and/or recruiting stories and items for the JAWS newsletter.
• Contributing and/or recruiting program ideas for JAWS camp.
• Spreading the word in the larger journalism commmunity about JAWS.
• Attending camp, paying membership dues and attending board meetings.