Boards of Directors

Although the Canadian Newspaper Association and the Canadian Community Newspapers Association are co-managed under the Newspapers Canada brand, each association is governed by its own board of directors. Each board is comprised of publishers and senior executives representing the diverse interests of the association's membership. The role of the boards is to identify priorities, approve a budget, develop policy, oversee the committees, and monitor the associations' directions and performance. Committees are chaired by members of the board of directors.

Canadian Newspaper Association
(CNA)

Chair
Peter Kvarnstrom, Vice-President, Glacier Media Inc.

Vice-Chair
Dana Robbins, Publisher, Hamilton Spectator

Treasurer
Bob Cox, Publisher, Winnipeg Free Press

Directors

Alan Allnutt, Publisher, The Gazette, Montreal
Craig Barnard, SVP, Community Publishing Group and Reader Sales & Service, Postmedia
Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO, The Globe and Mail
John Cruickshank, Publisher, Toronto Star
Guy Huntingford, Publisher, Calgary Herald
Jamie Irving, Vice-President, Brunswick News Inc.
Marc Ouellette, Senior Vice-President, Local Solutions Group, TC. Media
M. Jacques Pronovost, Président et éditeur, Le Droit

President & Chief Executive Officer
John Hinds

Canadian Community Newspapers Association (CCNA)

Chairman
Paul MacNeill, Island Press, Montague, PE

Executive Committee

President
Greg Nesbitt, Crossroads This Week, Shoal Lake, MB

First Vice-President
Abbas Homayed, Northern Life, Sudbury, ON

Second Vice-President
Neil Thom, Yorkton This Week, Yorkton, SK

Treasurer
Roger Holmes, Star News Inc., Wainwright, AB

Corporate Secretary
Hugh Nicholson, Vancouver Island Newspaper division, Glacier Media, BC

Directors

BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association
Brad Alden, NOW Newspapers, Burnaby, BC
Maurice Donn, Nanaimo News Bulletin, Nanaimo, BC
Hugh Nicholson, Vancouver Island Newspaper division, Glacier Media, BC

Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association
Roger Holmes, Star News Inc., Wainwright, AB
Murray Elliott, Olds Albertan, Olds, AB
George Brown, Ponoka News, Ponoka, AB

Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association
Chris Ashfield, Whitewood Herald, Whitewood, SK
Alison Squires, Wadena News, Wadena ,SK
Neil Thom, Yorkton This Week, Yorkton, SK

Manitoba Community Newspaper Association
Greg Nesbitt, Crossroads This Week, Shoal Lake, MB
Brent Wright, Dauphin Herald, Dauphin, MB

Ontario Community Newspapers Association
Abbas Homayed, Northern Life, Sudbury, ON
Maureen Keeler, The Quinte Media Group, Belleville, ON
Don MacLeod, CAPS Community News, Kawartha Lakes, ON
Rick Shaver, Seaway News, Cornwall, ON

Quebec Community Newspapers Association
George Bakoyannis, The Laval News, Laval, QC
Heather Dickson, The Equity, Shawville, QC

Atlantic Community Newspapers Association
Fred Fiander, Western Nova Scotia News Group, TC. Media, NS
Lynn Hennigar, Lighthouse Publishing, Bridgewater, NS

Association de la presse francophone
Étienne Alary, Le Franco, Edmonton, AB
Sophie Gaulin, La Liberté, Winnipeg, MB

Chief Executive Officer
John Hinds

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