Past Presidents and Conferences

President	Newspaper	Date(s)	Hotel	City
Frank M. Coppola	Daily News, Mckeesport, Pa.	Apr 9-12 & Oct 8-11, 1983	Hyatt Regency	Baltimore, Md.
Louis E. Ottey	Times, Beaver, Pa.	Apr 28 – May 1 & Oct 6-9, 1984	Pocono Hershey	White Haven, Pa.
Don E. Lipp	Ogden Newspapers, Wheeling, Wv	Apr 13-16 & Oct 5-8, 1985	Columbia Inn	Columbia, Md.
Norman Falk	Lancaster (Pa) Newspapers, Inc.	Apr 12-15 & Oct 4-7, 1986	Adam’s Mark	Philadelphia, Pa.
Frank Lamanna	Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pa.	Apr 25-28 & Oct 10-13, 1987	Sheraton Inner Harbor	Baltimore, Md.
Jacob Terrell, Jr	The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.	Apr 16-19 & Oct 15-18, 1988	Harrah’s	Atlantic City, NJ
Donald Belasco	Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.	Apr 15-18 & Oct 14-17, 1989	Hotel Hershey	Hershey, Pa.
John Moffitt	Times, Scranton, Pa.	Apr 22-25 & Oct 14-17, 1990	Vista International	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bruce McEntee	The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Md.	Apr 14-17 & Oct 6-9, 1991	Harrah’s	Atlantic City, NJ
Betty Way	The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.	Oct 10-13, 1992	Hilton	Harrisburg, Pa.
Ben Whittemore	The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.	Oct 16-19, 1993	Omni Shoreham	Washington, D.C.
Ben Whittemore	The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.	Oct 22-25, 1994	Vista	Pittsburgh, Pa.
William B. Lobecker	Intelligencer, Doylestown, Pa.	Oct 15-17, 1995	Park Ridge Hotel	Valley Forge, Pa.
Richard Forgay Ii	Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.	Oct 13-15, 1996	Hilton	Allentown, Pa.
Thomas McGeehan	The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.	Oct 19-21, 1997	Hotel Hershey	Hershey, Pa.
Jay O’Hare	The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.	Oct 18-20, 1998	Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.
George Stevenson	Bucks County Courier Times, Pa.	Oct 17-19, 1999	Adam’s Mark	Philadelphia, Pa.
Keith Lenhart	Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.	Oct 15-17, 2000	Hilton	Allentown, Pa.
Ron Bieberich	Capital-Gazette, Annapolis, Md.	Oct 14-16, 2001	Loews Annapolis Hotel	Annapolis, Md.
Sam Foglesong	Daily American, Somerset, Pa.	Oct 13-15, 2002	Westin	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Carroll Quinn	Tribune Review, Pittsburg Pa.	Oct 5-7, 2003	Hotel Hershey	Hershey, Pa.
Diane Prather	Post, Washington D.C.	Oct 10-12, 2004	Renaissance Hotel	Washington, D.C.
Keith Kirchner	Lancaster Newspapers, Pa.	Oct 9-11, 2005	Trump Plaza	Atlantic City, NJ
Kurt Hower	Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pa	Oct 13-17, 2006	Nittany Lion Inn	State College, Pa.
Joe O’Toole	Frederick News-Post, Md.	Oct 13-16, 2007	Eisenhower Hotel	Gettysburg, Pa.
Rich Auman	Reading Eagle, Pa.	Oct 12-14, 2008	The Inn at Reading	Reading, Pa.
Dick Dehaven	Times Leader, Wilkes Barre, Pa.	Oct 10-13, 2009	Radisson Penn Harris	Camp Hill, Pa.
Larry Boggs	Times, Beaver, Pa.	Oct 10-12, 2010	Renaissance Hotel	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Bridget Vilenica	Observer Reporter, Washington, Pa.	Oct 10-12, 2011	Nittany Lion Inn	State College, Pa.
Dan Christ	Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.	Oct 7-9, 2012	Sheraton Inner Harbor	Baltimore, Md.
Bill McMahon	Lancaster Newspapers, Lancaster, Pa.	Oct 13-15, 2013	Lancaster Marriott	Lancaster, Pa.
Mike Kane	Gannett Newspapers, McLean, Va.	Oct 19-21, 2014	Turf Valley	Ellicott City, Md.
Jeff Simmons	Trib Total Media, Greensburg, Pa.	Mar 30-31, 2015	Lodge & Convention Center	Hershey, Pa.
Jeff Simmons	Trib Total Media, Greensburg, Pa.	April 3-4, 2016	Lodge & Convention Center	Hershey, Pa.
Dan Slep	Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa.	Sept 24-25, 2017	Double Tree by Greenhill	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Joe Salomone	Dow Jones, Princeton, NJ	Sept 22-24, 2018	Double Tree by Greenhill	Pittsburgh, Pa.
Chris Miller	Advance Local Media, Harrisburg, Pa.	Sept 16-18, 2019	Radisson Penn Harris	Camp Hill, Pa.
Roque Carrasco	Indiana Gazette, Indiana, Pa.	COVID-19
Joe Nealon	The Citizens' Voice and The Times-Tribune Wilkes Barre, Pa.	Oct. 14-15, 2021	Doubletree Hotel, BWI Airport	Baltimore, Md.
Susan Snover-Probert	Advance Local Media Iselin, NJ	Oct. 13-14, 2022	Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel	Harrisburg, Pa.
Tom Salvo	Lee Enterprises Blackwood, NJ	Sept. 19, 2023