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  • PRESIDENT: Craig T. Fifer, Deputy Communications Director, City of Alexandria
  • VICE PRESIDENT: Dick Hammerstrom, local news editor, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
  • SECRETARY: Olga Hernandez, former president of League of Women Voters, Centreville
  • TREASURER: Paul Casalaspi, Director, Information Technology, Library of Virginia
  • IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Dorothy Abernathy, chief of bureau, The Associated Press
  • Mark Caramanica, FOI Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
  • Bob Gibson, director, The Sorensen Institute
  • Mark Grunewald, professor of law, Washington & Lee University
  • Wat Hopkins, professor, communications studies, Va. Tech
  • Forrest M. "Frosty" Landon, Retired VCOG founding director
  • Jeff Lester, News Editor, Coalfield Progress
  • Del. Jim LeMunyon, Chantilly
  • Pam Luecke, Reynolds Professor of Business Journalism, Washington & Lee
  • Lawrence McConnell, Charlottesville; publisher, Daily Progress
  • Thomas Moncure, Associate Vice President for University Counsel, George Mason University
  • Patricia O'Bannon, Henrico County Board of Supervisors
  • Melody Scalley, WESR Radio, Eastville
  • Nancy Kent Smith, VP/News WWBT-TV
  • Jeff South, Associate Professor, VCU School of Mass Communications
  • Michael Stowe, The Roanoke Times
  • EX OFFICIO MEMBER: Ginger Stanley, executive director, Virginia Press Association
  • EX OFFICIO MEMBER: Doug Easter, executive director, Virginia Association of Broadcasters
  • COUNSEL: Joseph P. Smith III, Vienna
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Megan Rhyne, Williamsburg

 

 

Making Your FOIA Life Easier

A seminar for state and local records managers at the Library of Virginia
800 E. Broad St., Richmond
Thursday, May 30, 2013
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Upcoming Events

  • May 20 FOIA Council Subcommittee on Rights & Responsibilities
  • May 20 FOIA Council Subcommittee on Electronic Meetings
  • May 30 Making Your FOIA Life Easier - a records management seminar

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"How many clicks does it take to get to your local budget?"
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