Campaign Organizing Committee

Mike Beck, Iowa City
President and Publisher, Iowa City Press-Citizen

Venise Berry, Iowa City
Associate Professor, UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Neil Brown, St. Petersburg, Florida
Managing Editor and Vice President, St. Petersburg Times

Bill Casey, Iowa City
Publisher, The Daily Iowan

John Cochran, Washington, D.C.
Chief Washington Correspondent, ABC News

Gilbert Cranberg, Des Moines, Iowa
George H. Gallup Professor Emeritus, UI School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Pam Creedon, Iowa City
Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Jerry Depew, Rolling Hills Estate, California
Corporate Manager, Toyota Motor Sales (retired)

Sarah Jepsen de Tagyos, Santa Barbara, California
Vice President, Public Relations, AT&T (retired)

Jerry Hargitt, Scottsdale, Arizona
Vice President, Public Relations, Northwestern Bell (retired)

Joe Hladky, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Publisher, The Gazette

Peter Jeffries, Washington, D.C.
Communications Director, U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert

Liz Mathis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
News Anchor and Reporter, KCRG-TV

Mark Mathis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Creative Director, ME&V Advertising

Dick Mau, La Jolla, California
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Rockwell International (retired)

Bill Mertens, Burlington, Iowa
Editor and Publisher, The Hawk Eye

Mike Moran, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
President and CEO, Janda Motor Services

Lamont Olson, Des Moines, Iowa
Managing Editor, Better Homes and Gardens

Shari Roan, Orange, California
Health Writer, The Los Angeles Times

Brian Ross, New York, New York
Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News

Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Phoenix, Arizona
Partner, Snell and Wilmer, L.L.P.

Ron Steele, Hudson, Iowa
News Anchor and Reporter, KWWL-TV

Peter Sturtevant, New York, New York
Senior Vice President, NBC

Woody Wallace, Des Plaines, Illinois
Chairman of the Board, The Investor Relations Company

Chuck Wanninger, Port Huron, Michigan
President and Publisher, Port Huron Times Herald

Alan Waxenberg, Scarsdale, Arizona
Publisher, Hearst Magazines (retired)
Chair, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Campaign Committee