David Mazzarella

1965 — Newsman, Associated Press Newark, N.J., and New York Bureaus.

1966-1968 — Newsman, Associated Press Rome, Italy, Bureau. Covered events in Italy, the Vatican, Greece (colonel’s coup), Turkey, Yugoslavia (Tito), Israel (Six-Day War).

1969 — Correspondent in charge, Associated Press, Lisbon, Portugal, Bureau. Covered fall of dictator Antonio Salazar, Biafran civil war.

1971 — News Editor, Associated Press Rome, Italy, Bureau

1971-1975 — Managing Editor, Rome, Italy, Daily American, English-language daily serving expatriate readership in southern Mediterranean.

1976-1977 — Foreign Editor, Gannett News Service, Washington, D.C.

1977-1979 — Editor, Bridgewater, N.J. Courier-News, 60,000-circulation Gannett Company Daily in Central New Jersey.

1979-1983 — President and Publisher, The Courier-News

1983-1985 — General Manager, USA TODAY, New York Region. Responsible for distribution and marketing of the new national daily in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut.

1985-1995 — President, Gannett International. Responsible for satellite print launching of the International Edition of USA TODAY. Established printing sites in Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, England and Germany and distribution in approximately 90 countries.

Initiated partnership between Gannett and the Ringier company of Switzerland for joint launching of national general-interest dailies in Hungary and Romania and specialized weekly national publications in Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Vietnam.

1999 — Editor, USA TODAY

1999 Retired from Gannett Co. Inc.

2001 — Ombudsman, Stars and Stripes

2001-Present — Editorial Director, Stars and Stripes

Education: B.A. Political Science, Rutgers University, 1961