Board of Directors 2007 - 2008

President	Dawn Garcia president@jaws.org Deputy Director Knight Fellowships at Stanford University
Vice President	Mary Kay Blakely Professor of Journalism Missouri School of Journalism
Deputy Vice President	Julie Dunlap Freelance editor/writer, New Mexico
Secretary	Eunnie Park Reporter The Record (Bergen County/Hackensack, N.J.)
Treasurer	Nancy Day Chair, Journalism Department Columbia College Chicago
Directors	Peggy Collins Multimedia editor/producer MSN.com Adrienne Drell Journalist and educator Chicago Sandra Fish Journalism instructor University of Colorado Carol Guensburg Senior editor, Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families; freelance reporter and editor Cheryl Hampton Director, news staffing and administration National Public Radio Julia Kagan Health Director Ladies' Home Journal Merrill Perlman Director of copy desks The New York Times Janet Vitt Night city editor Sacramento Bee
Staff	Becky Day Business 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.