Board of Directors

The policies of WPI are set by its Board of Directors. Click on the names in blue below to read a short bio of that board member.

  • Chair, Dan E. Gahlon, Vice President, Public Relations and Corporate Communications, 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Vice Chair, Ginny Morris, President, Hubbard Radio, St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Treasurer, Ron Iori, former Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, Aramark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Secretary, Susan J. Albright, Managing Editor, MinnPost, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • James P. Dolan, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Dolan Media Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Claude Erbsen, former VP and Director of World Services, The Associated Press, Scarsdale, New York

  • Dr. Jerry K. Fisher, former Professor of Communication Studies and History, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Kathleen A. Hansen, Director, Minnesota Journalism Center, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

  • John Hoeschler, Attorney, John G. Hoeschler, P.A., Eagan, Minnesota

  • Denise Johnson, Editorial Board Member, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Conrad Kiechel, The Dilenschneider Group, Inc., New York

  • Bruno Lopez, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Univision Online, Miami, Florida

  • Sherrie Marshall, Executive Editor, Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia

  • Howard Morgan, Senior Managing Director, Castle Harlan, Inc., New York, New York

  • Kip Morgan, Chief Marketing Officer, eMusic, Darien, Connecticut

  • Mark A. Nammacher, retired physician, St. Louis Park, Minnesota

  • Tim McNulty, Co-director, Nationall Security Journalism Initiative, Medill School of Journalism, Chicago, Illinois

  • Kaius Niemi, Managing Editor, Helsingin Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland

  • Nora Paul, Director, Institute for New Media Studies, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

  • Paula Prahl, Senior Vice President, Communications, Best Buy Company, Richfield, Minnesota

  • James L. Rowe Jr., former Sunday Editor, The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.

  • John Schidlovsky, Director, International Reporting Project, Washington, D.C,

  • Jonathan Thompson, JThompson, LLC, New York