JAMM Advisory Board

The School of Journalism and Mass Media enjoys a close professional association with UI graduates and supporters through their Advisory Board. Members of this group are industry professionals representing print journalism, broadcasting, public relations, advertising, and other media fields. Advisory board members contribute their knowledge, vision and experience to enable JAMM to meet and exceed their goals and to help chart a successful course for the future. They also contribute financially to support JAMM programs, such as accreditation expenses and the Outstanding Senior Awards reception. JAMM Advisory Board members meet to discuss issues and trends and make recommendations to JAMM's director.

The board's first meeting took place in November 1996 in Moscow. The board has since met twice a year, usually alternating between Boise and Moscow. Below is a list of board members.

A.L. “Butch” Alford Jr., Editor and Publisher Emeritus
Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, Idaho

Nathan Alford, Editor and Publisher
Lewiston Tribune and Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Lewiston, Idaho

Elaine Ambrose
Eagle, Idaho

Kathy Barnard-LaPointe, Director, CAHNRS/WSU Extension Marketing and News Services
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Sara Bartles, Political Consultant
Boise, Idaho

Rebecca Boone, Reporter
Associated Press, Boise, Idaho

Mark Browning, Communications Officer
Idaho State Board of Education. Boise, Idaho

Charles M. Christopher, President
Advantage Advertising, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho

Bill Drake, President
Elgin Syferd-Drake, Boise, Idaho

Suzanne Gore, Media/Political Consultant
MediaWorks, Boise, Idaho

Megan Guido, Executive Director
Pullman Regional Hospital Foundation, Pullman, Washington

Peter Haggart, Professor Emeritus
Moscow, Idaho

John C. Hecht, Technical Writer/Editor
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, Idaho

Karole Honas, Anchor/Senior Reporter
KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Marc Johnson, President and CEO
The Gallatin Group, Boise, Idaho

Mike Kerby, Managing Partner
c308 Marketing, Boise, Idaho

Esther Louie, Assistant Dean for Programming & Diversity
Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington

Peter Morrill, General Manager
Idaho Public Television, Boise, Idaho

Douglas Oppenheimer, President
Oppenheimer Companies, Inc., Boise, Idaho

Julie Pipal
Meridian, Idaho

Travis Quast, Advertising Director
The Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho

Maria Ranniger, CEO
MTR Communications, Spokane, Washington

Shannon Reagan
Nampa, Idaho

Casey Shelley
Boise, Idaho

Matthew M. Shelley, Media trainer and consultant
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), Spokane, Washington

Christopher Smith, Executive Editor
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho

Bruce Spotleson, Group Publisher
Greenspun Media Group, Henderson, Nevada

Mike Tracy, CEO
Tracy Communications, Inc., Boise, Idaho

Mark Trahant, Writer/public speaker/Twitter poet
Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Matt Van Vleet, Director, Corporate Communications
Clearwater Paper Corporation, Spokane, Washington