Donna Barrett elected chairman of NAA

Donna Barrett

Donna Barrett, president and CEO of Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., has been elected as the Newspaper Association of America's next chairman. The gavel passed to Barrett by last year's chairman, Robert J. Dickey, during NAA mediaXchange 2015 in Nashville on Tuesday, March 17. Dickey, the president of Gannett Company Inc.'s U.S. Community Publishing, will continue to serve of the NAA Board of Directors as immediate past chairman.

Donna Barrett assumed her role as president and chief executive officer of Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. in January 2006. Previously she held the position of senior vice president and chief operating officer. In addition to her duties at CNHI, Donna is active in the newspaper industry and serves on the boards of directors of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, The Associated Press and the American Press Institute.

Other NAA officers elected were: Stephen Hills, president and general manager of The Washington Post, vice chairman; Tony Hunter, president and CEO of Chicago Tribune Media Group, secretary; and Michael J. Klingensmith, publisher and CEO of Star Tribune, treasurer.

Elected to initial two-year terms on the NAA Board of Directors were:

• Mark Contreras, CEO, Calkins Media
• Michael Christman, president and CEO, Fort Wayne Newspapers
• Gordon McLeod, publisher, Newsday Media Group
• Laura Hollingsworth, president and publisher, The Tennessean