The Missouri Press Association nominating committee meets each July to slate officer candidates. If you would like to nominate someone, or yourself, for an officer or director position, please complete the nomination form and return it to Missouri Press Association by July 1.

 

Interested in serving on the MPA Board of Directors? Complete a candidate profile in Jumbl.
Or fill out the candidate profile as a PDF.

 

Looking for the Newspaper Hall of Fame nomination form? Find it here.

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2026 Missouri Press Association
Officers and Directors

President

Second Vice-President

Mike Scott

NEMO News Media Group, Kahoka 

NNA Chair

Dawn Suggs
The St. Louis American

Director
Ron Schott
Wright County Journal | Mountain Grove

Director
Donna Bischoff
BridgeTower Media, St. Louis

 

Director
Jaime Mowers
Webster-Kirkwood Times, St. Louis

Past President

Peggy Scott

Leader Publications | Festus

2025 Missouri Press Service Officers and Directors

MPS President
Amos Bridges
Springfield News-Leader

MPS Vice President
Roger Dillon
The Current Wave | Eminence

MPS Secretary-Treasurer
Liz Irwin
Missouri Lawyers Weekly

MPS Director
Trevor Vernon
Eldon Advertiser

MPS Director
Jeff Schrag
Formerly  of The Daily Events | Springfield