The AAJA National Officers are elected by the membership -- full members who are professional journalists.
The Advisory Board is composed of the five national officers and at least one representative from each AAJA chapter. Advisory Board members represent chapters' interests in the organization, the organization's interests in the chapters, and the interests of both in the community.
The Governing Board is composed of the five national officers and six board members elected from the Advisory Board every two years. The Governing Board ensures that the organization fulfills its mission, meets the needs of its constituencies, and operates legally, effectively, and efficiently.
National Officers
NATIONAL
PRESIDENT
Jeanne Mariani-Belding*
Editorial And
Opinion Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser
NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR BROADCAST
Jam Sardar*
Assistant News Director , WLNS TV 6
NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR PRINT
Janet H. Cho*
Business Reporter, The Plain
Dealer
NATIONAL SECRETARY
Doris Truong*
Deputy Metro Copy Chief
(Extras), The Washington Post
NATIONAL TREASURER
Cynthia Wang*
Associate Bureau
Chief, Los Angeles, People Magazine
Advisory Board Members
ARIZONA
Abe
Kwok*
Director - News Now Center, azcentral/The Arizona Republic
ASIA
Tomoko Hosaka
Editor-Tokyo Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires
ATLANTA
Richard Lui
Anchor, CNN
CHICAGO
Ameet Sachdev*
Business Reporter, Chicago
Tribune
FLORIDA
Paul Cheung
Deputy Multimedia Presentation Editor, The Miami Herald
HAWAI'I
Stanley Lee
High School Sports Reporter, The
Honolulu Advertiser
LOS ANGELES
Caroline Paras
News Design Editor, Los
Angeles Times
Leezel Tanglao
Staff Writer, The
Press-Enterprise
MICHIGAN
Frank Witsil
Staff Writer, Detroit
Free Press
MINNESOTA
Nancy Ngo
Features Reporter, St.
Paul Pioneer Press
NEW ENGLAND
Tara Arden-Smith
Principal, AspicioMedia
NEW YORK
Bob Der
Managing Editor, Sports
Illustrated Kids
Cheryl Tan*
Fashion Writer, The Wall
Street Journal
NORTH CAROLINA
Ellen Sung
Freelance Editor
PHILADELPHIA
Denise Nakano
Anchor/Reporter, NBC10
PORTLAND
Jason Lim
Community Outreach
Coordinator, The Asian Reporter Newspaper
SACRAMENTO
Bobby Caina Calvan
Staff Writer, The Sacramento
Bee
SAN DIEGO
Don Chareunsy*
Freelance Journalist
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Matt Dunn*
Freelance Television Director
Ellen Lee
Technology Reporter, San
Francisco Chronicle
SEATTLE
Sharon Chan*
Staff Reporter, Seattle
Times
Athima Chansanchai
Staff
Reporter, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
TEXAS
Suzanne Marta
Staff Writer, Dallas
Morning News
WASHINGTON D.C.
Sherri Ly
Reporter, WTTG/FOX 5
REPRESENTING AT-LARGE
MEMBERS
Lu'isa Mataele
Production Asst/Guest Coordinator,
The Mtn Sports Network
* Governing Board