KPA Board of Directors

  • Jeff Cott

    President

    Jeff Cott is publisher of the Derby Weekly Informer, a second generation Kansas newspaper publisher. He has served as treasurer after serving several years as legislative director. In the 1960s and 1970s, he was involved with and grew up in a family operation of five weekly newspapers that were...

  • Chad Lawhorn

    First Vice President

    Chad Lawhorn, editor and publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World, is the seond vice president and treasurer for the Kansas Press Association Board of Directors. Lawhorn has been with the Journal-World since 2001. He has served as a reporter, managing editor and editor during his time at the...

  • Adam Strunk

    Second Vice President/Treasurer/Legislative Director

    Adam Strunk is a partner and director of editorial content with Kansas Publishing Ventures and serves on the board as legislative director for the Kansas Press Association. He has also served as the managing editor of Harvey County Now, since its founding in 2015. He graduated with a journalism...

  • Nickole Byers

    Northwest District Director

    Nickole Byers has been with Main Street Media, a company of 34 weekly newspapers spread throughout in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, since July 2003. She started in the Ellis Review newspaper office as a typesetter and is currently the editor at the Ellis Review and the Western Kansas World in...

  • Jay Senter

    Presidential Appointment

    Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Shawnee Mission Post and the Blue Valley Post, which have been recognized by Harvard's Nieman Lab and NPR's Morning Edition as a model for a sustainable community news operation.

  • Judy Duryee

    Southwest District Director

    Judy Duryee is the publisher at the Great Bend Tribune. She started her career in the circulation department, though over the years she transitioned into roles within sales and marketing. After taking a 15-year hiatus from the newspaper industry she returned as the publisher in 2021. The Great Bend...

  • Brian McCauley

    Northeast District Director

  • Christy Hopkins

    At-Large Member

       

  • Tim Stauffer

    Past President

    Tim Stauffer is the managing editor of The Iola Register. He is the fifth generation in his family to work for the daily newspaper, located in southeast Kansas. Before working for The Register, Tim taught English at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas. He earned his master’s degree in...