NAHJ Elects New Region Directors and Student Representative to the Board of Directors

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists certified the election of its new region directors and student representative to the board of directors on Tuesday, July 31.

The region directors representing the eight regions will serve on the board until the summer of 2009. The student representative will serve on the NAHJ board for one year. These newly elected directors will join the eight other members of the board of directors who currently serve in the executive office posts and at-large positions.

Of the nine people certified Tuesday as the winners, three are incumbents who were re-elected and six are new to the board.

“I congratulate the new and returning board members and hope they bring renewed energy and vision to our task, which remains vitally important in this constantly changing media landscape,” said NAHJ President Rafael Olmeda. “It's an honor to serve with them.”

The elected board members are:

Region 1 – Josι E. Maldonado, business editor, El Nuevo Dνa, San Juan Puerto Rico; Region 1 Alternate – Miguel Rosa, photographer, WIPR Canal 6, San Juan Puerto Rico

Region 2 – Diego Ribadeneira, assistant metro editor, The New York Times

Region 3 – *Regina Medina, reporter, Philadelphia Daily News

Region 4 – Erin Ailsworth, staff writer, West Orange County, The Orlando Sentinel

Region 5 – Gustavo Reveles Acosta, education reporter, El Paso Times

Region 6 – Brandon Benavides, news producer, KSTP-TV/5 Eyewitness News, St. Paul, Minnesota

Region 7 – *Elizabeth Aguilera, reporter, The Denver Post

Region 8 – *Veronica Garcia, copy editor, national desk, Los Angeles Times

Student Representative – Aisha Al-Muslim, Lehman College, Bronx, New York

*denotes incumbent

They assume their offices immediately and will attend their first board meeting jointly as a newly constituted board next October 4-6, 2007 in Washington, D.C. These directors join the rest of the NAHJ Board of Directors listed below: