2024 – 2025 Board of Governors

Executive Officers

President
James B. Nelson, business editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; instructor, Marquette University
@jamesbnelson
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Vice President
Pia Sarkar, deputy business editor for enterprise and storytelling, Associated Press
@PiaSarkar_TK
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Secretary/Treasurer
Oliver Staley, freelance editor and reporter
@Ostaley
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Board Members Term Ending 2025

David Crow, executive editor, The Wall Street Journal
@bydavidcrow
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Alan Deutschman, professor and Reynolds Endowed Chair of Business Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno
@alan_deutschman
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Nancy Farghalli, executive producer, Marketplace
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Kristen Hallam, deputy managing editor, S&P Global Market Intelligence
@kristen_hallam
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James T. Madore, economics writer, Newsday
@JamesTMadore
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Scott Wenger, freelance editor, content creator, media strategist
@ScottWengerNYC 
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Board Members Term Ending 2026

Rebecca Baker, editor-at-large, Bloomberg Industry Group
@MsRebeccaBaker
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Robert Barba, news editor, U.S. News, The Wall Street Journal
@Barbawire
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Kelli Grant, CFP®, deputy personal finance editor, CNBC
@kelligrant
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Jennifer Liberto, economics editor, The Washington Post
@jenliberto
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Dean Murphy, associate managing editor of investigations, The New York Times
@deanemurphy
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Stacey Vanek Smith, global economics correspondent, NPR
@svaneksmith
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Board Members Term Ending 2027

Mark DeCambre, editor-in-chief, MarketWatch
@mdecambre
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Stuart Elliott, editor-in-chief and CEO, The Real Deal
@StuartwElliott
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Matthew Goldberg, senior consumer banking reporter, Bankrate
@MattAtBankrate
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Chuck Jaffee, host of “Money Life with Chuck Jaffe,” freelance columnist, MarketWatch
@ChuckJaffe
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Janelle Nanos, assistant business editor for news innovation, The Boston Globe
@JanelleNanos
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Rita Trichur, senior business writer and columnist, The Globe and Mail
@RitaTrichur
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Ex-Officio

Desiree Hanford, professor and director of academic integrity and appeals, Medill/Northwestern University
@djh89 
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Glenn Hall, partner and executive editor, Brunswick Group
@GlennHall
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Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief and senior vice president, Investopedia
@calebsilver
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Marty Steffens, SABEW Chair in business and financial journalism, School of Journalism, University of Missouri
@MartySteffens
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