Yumi Wilson is a tenured journalism professor at San Francisco State University and a former news reporter and editor.
Election of JAWS officers and new board members takes place at the annual business meeting, in conjunction with our fall Conference and Mentoring Project.
Eligibility for the JAWS board: Any active member who has camped with JAWS twice. Officers and board members serve one- or 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:
For more about the board and the by-laws governing JAWS, see the JAWS Bylaws.
To read our plans, see the 2012-2017 Strategic Plan.
The members of the JAWS Board of Directors set policy and represent the organization as we pursue our mission of supporting the professional empowerment and personal growth of women in journalism. Each has committed to helping strengthen and grow our unique organization.
Yumi Wilson is a tenured journalism professor at San Francisco State University and a former news reporter and editor.
Lindsey Anderson is a freelancer based in the Kansas City area.
Mira Lowe is Director of the Innovation News Center (INC) at the University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Emily DeRuy covers higher education for the Bay Area News Group, including the Mercury News and East Bay Times.
Before becoming a writer, Jane Isay was an editor and publisher for over 40 years, publishing a broad range of nonfiction, with a special focus on psychology. She developed the Yale University Press’s distinguished list in the behavioral sciences and published leading psychoanalysts and child development experts.
Rachel Sams is editor-in-chief of Albuquerque Business First, where she manages newsroom strategy and has the privilege of helping amazing journalists do their best work online every day and in print once a week.
Andrea Stone is director of career services at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where she loves her job, helping launch the careers of a new generation of journalists.
Sarah Garrecht Gassen is the Editorial Page Editor, award-winning columnist and host of the opinion podcast “The Point Being” at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, where she has taught at the University of Arizona School of Journalism for more than a decade.
Megan Kamerick is a former JAWS president and also a former CAMP fellow.
Marina Villeneuve is an Associated Press state government reporter based in Augusta, Maine.