For a list of speakers for the 2009 ELP Introductory Session, February 25 - March 1, 2009 in Washington D.C., click here.

These are some of the speakers who have participated in past ELP sessions:

• Caesar Andrews, Editor, Gannett News Service
• Cyndi Augustine, Senior VP, Human Resources, The New York Times Company
• Gilbert Bailon, Vice President and Executive Editor, The Dallas Morning News
• Jeanette Barrett-Stokes, Managing Editor, Features/Photo/Graphics and the News Desk Gannett News Service
• Gerald Boyd, former Managing Editor, The New York Times
• Peter Bhatia, Executive Editor, The Oregonian
• Juju Chang, Correspondent, ABC News
• Joie Chen, Washington Correspondent, CBS News
• Milton Coleman, Deputy Managing Editor, The Washington Post
• Steve Coll, former Managing Editor, The Washington Post
• Leonard Downie, Executive Editor, The Washington Post
• Jill Dutt, Assistant Managing Editor for Financial News, The Washington Post
• Mindy Fetterman, Deputy Managing Editor/News, USA TODAY
• Andrew Fisher, President, Cox Television
• Wendy Foster, Vice President, AOL Web Properties
• Lisa Hsia, Vice President, NBC News
• Bennie L. Ivory, Executive Editor and Vice President/News, The Courier-Journal
• Michael Jack, President and General Manager, WRC-TV
• Arthur Joseph, President, Voice Awareness Institute
• Pam Johnson, Leadership & Management Faculty, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
• Bill Keller, Executive Editor, The New York Times
• Tonnya Kennedy, Managing Editor, The State
• Carolyn Lee, former Assistant Managing Editor, The New York Times
• Randy Lovely, Managing Editor, The Arizona Republic
• Alex MacLeod, former Managing Editor, The Seattle Times
• Linda Mason, Vice President Public Affairs, CBS News
• Diane McFarlin, President and Publisher, Sarasota Herald Tribune
• Marcy McGinnis, Senior Vice President, News Coverage, CBS News
• Judy Miller, Managing Editor/News Features, The Miami Herald
• Bob Murphy, Senior Vice President, ABC News
• David Ng, Assistant Managing Editor/Production, The Star-Ledger
• Tom O'Brien, President and General Manager, KXAS-TV
• Larry Olmstead, Vice President for Staff Development and Diversity, Knight Ridder Inc.
• Jeannie Park, Executive Editor, People magazine
• Ken Paulson, Editor, USA TODAY
• Rex Seline, Managing Editor, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Neal Shapiro, President, NBC News
• Cyndi Stivers, former President/Editorial Director, Time Out New York
• Darius Walker, Vice President/News Coverage, CNNfn
• DJ Wilson, Vice President/Assistant General Manager, KING-TV, KONG and Northwest Cable News
• Karin Winner, Editor, The San Diego Union-Tribune