KPA Board of Directors
Ben Marshall
President -- Sterling Bulletin -- bmarshall31 [at] cox [dot] net (Email)
Ben Marshall moved into community journalism when he acquired the Sterling Bulletin in 1997, following a 35-year career in corporate, agency and collegiate marketing communications.
Dena Sattler
First Vice President -- Garden City Telegram -- denas [at] gctelegram [dot] com (Email)
Dena Sattler has served as editor-publisher of the Garden City Telegram since April 2004.
Dan Thalmann
Second Vice President -- Washington County News -- Email
Dan Thalmann’s newspaper career started as an accident. As a jobless history major finishing his degree at the University of Kansas and in need of employment, Thalmann took a job in early 2000 as a school and general reporter at the Washington County News, a job he considered “temporary until...
Susan Lynn
Treasurer -- Iola Register -- susanlynnks [at] yahoo [dot] com (Email)
Susan Lynn extends her family’s tradition with The Iola Register into a fourth generation. Susan took the helm from her father, Emerson E. Lynn, in 2000. Emerson continues to write editorials for The Register...
Patrick Lowry
Past President -- Hays Daily News -- plowry [at] dailynews [dot] net (Email)
A lifelong journalist, Lowry has been publisher of The Atchison Daily Globe, managing editor of the Kansas City Kansan, editor of Ingram’s business magazine in Kansas City, Mo., and has worked at other newspapers in Indiana, Michigan and Germany.
A.J. Bozarth
Central District Dir. -- Norwich News, South Haven New Era -- ajprinting [at] havilandtelco [dot] com (Email)
A. J. Bozarth started his newspaper career at the age of 16. After only five weeks of printing at Derby Senior High School, he started working after school for the Derby News. After the Derby News went out of business, he worked for the Mulvane News during the...
Susan Cantrell
Northeast District Director -- Lawrence Journal-World -- scantrell [at] ljworld [dot] com (Email)
Susan Cantrell, vice president of sales and marketing for the World Co. in Lawrence, is the newest member of the Kansas Press Association board.
Gregg Ireland
Daily Director -- Topeka Capital-Journal -- gregg [dot] ireland [at] cjonline [dot] com (Email)
Sarah Kessinger
Nondaily Director -- Marysville Advocate -- skessinger [at] marysvilleonline [dot] net (Email)
Raised in a newspaper family, she studied journalism and Spanish at Kansas State University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1987. She earned a master’s degree in Latin American studies from the University of Kansas in 1989 and has worked in newsrooms ever...
Brad Lowell
NW District Director -- Concordia Blade-Empire -- Email
Lowell, a 1960 graduate of Montana State University, after serving in the U.S. Army for two years returned to Concordia and went to work for his father selling ads, taking photos, writing sports and unloading paper.
Randy Mitchell
SW District Director -- Newton Kansan -- randy [dot] mitchell [at] thekansan [dot] com (Email)
Randy Mitchell is Group Publisher for GateHouse in south-central and southwest Kansas.
Mitchell's responsibilities include the Newton Kansan, McPherson Sentinel, Wellington News, Pratt Tribune and Dodge City Daily Globe.
Rebecca Rice
Legislative Director -- The Lindsborg News-Record -- rebecca [at] rebeccarice [dot] com (Email)
Andy Taylor
Southeast District Director -- Montgomery County Chronicle -- chronicle [at] taylornews [dot] org (Email)
Andy Taylor is the editor of the Montgomery County Chronicle, a weekly newspaper that serves the the communities of Coffeyville, Caney, Cherryvale and many smaller communities in between.