National Press Club Announces 2011 Committee Chairs

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Feb 15, 2011, 03:03 ET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Press Club announced the Club Members who will serve as Committee Chairs for 2011. The Chairs are appointed for one year by NPC President Mark Hamrick. "The Committee Structure is the backbone of the volunteer experience at the Press Club," said Hamrick. "These professionals in news and public relations work very hard to help manage hundreds of events and programs that draw huge audiences to our Club and even larger audiences via media all over the world. It is truly amazing what they accomplish while working with our staff."

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The Club has 28 committees – from Awards to Young Members. A list, including the Committee Chair as well as their contact information, is provided below as a resource to media seeking more information about our many content-rich events including: Speakers, Newsmakers, Book & Author and International Correspondents.

COMMITTEE	CHAIR	CONTACT

Awards	Will Lester	410-867-9720

Book Fair	Barbara Bird	703-737-7816

Book & Author	Joe Motheral	703-737-2171

Wine Dinners	Donna Leinwand	703-899-8771

Books & Brunch	Jack Williams	703-845-8293

Broadcast	Ken Mellgren	301-929-1062

Communications/Marketing	Tom McMahon	202-429-3106

Social Networking	Thomas Sanchez	816-261-3834

Diversity	Greg Mott	301-467-4764

Events	Abeer Abdulla	407-574-0460

Fellowship	John Cosgrove	202-628-3400

5-K Run	Melissa Charbonneau	703-915-8601

Fourth Estate Dinner	Jerry Zremski	202-737-3188

Freedom of the Press	John Donnelly	202-419-8738

World Press Freedom Day	Alan Bjerga	202-624-1857

Freelance	Ken Giglio	240-277-0692

History & Heritage	Bill Hickman	202-251-3126

House	Lou Priebe	703-569-0946

Int'l Correspondents	Myron Belkind	202-412-9257

Membership	Leslie Sage	202-626-2511

Newsmakers	Ron Baygents	202-250-1635

Photography	Darlene Shields	703-845-8293

Mentorship	Rod Kuckro	202-383-2119

Publications	Mark Schoeff	202-256-5822

Scholarships	Andrea Snyder	202-624-1831

Speakers	Melissa Charbonneau	703-915-8601

Travel	Pat Schoeni	703-548-2539

Young Members	Tim Young	443-722-3286