Board
The policies of WPI are set by its Board of Directors. Click on the names in blue below to read a short bio of that board member.
Dan E. Gahlon
Chair
Retired Vice President, Public Relations and Corporate Communications, 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ginny Morris
Vice Chair
Chair, Hubbard Radio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Lori Johnson
Vice Chair
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, and director of global communications for Cargill, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ron Iori
Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Communications, Kaplan Higher Education, Chicago, Illinois
Susan J. Albright
Secretary
Managing Editor, MinnPost, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kris Bunton
Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
Claude Erbsen
Former VP and Director of World Services, The Associated Press, Scarsdale, New York
James Fallows
Longtime writer for The Atlantic, and chair in U.S. media at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney in Australia
Jim Farley
Vice President of News and Programming at WTOP Radio, an all-news station in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Jerry K. Fisher
Retired Professor of Communication Studies and History, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Nina Fudala
Media and Public Relations Consultant Syndey, Australia
John Hoeschler
Attorney, John G. Hoeschler, P.A., Eagan, Minnesota
Denise Johnson
Editorial Board Member, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Conrad Kiechel
Former Editorial Director, International Reader’s Digest Association, Pleasantville, New York
Rob Litt
Public Affairs Manager at the Mosaic Company, Plymouth, Minnesota
Bruno Lopez
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Univision Online, Miami, Florida
Howard Morgan
Partner and Senior Managing Director, Argand Partners, New York, New York
Kip Morgan
Director, Media and Brand Analytics, Prudential Financial, Newark, New Jersey
Tim McNulty
Co-director, National Security Journalism Initiative, Medill School of Journalism, Chicago, Illinois
Kaius Niemi
Editor-in-chief for the leading Finnish evening newspaper, Ilta-Sanomat, Helsinki, Finland
Eric Nilsson
Attorney and Partner, Nilsson Midness, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota
John Schidlovsky
Director, International Reporting Project, Washington, D.C.
Wendy Tai
Director, Global Communications, General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota