San Diego Press Club Announces 2019-2020 Board of Directors

The San Diego Press Club has announced its 2019-2020 board of directors. Albert Fulcher, journalist with LGBTQ San Diego County News and San Diego Neighborhood Newspapers, will serve as president.

Other members of the executive committee include: Eileen Gaffen, Steres Gaffen Media, as first VP; Ed Joyce, San Diego County Water Authority, as second VP; Cliff Albert, News Radio KOGO 600-AM, as treasurer; Laura Walcher, retired, as secretary; Karyl Carmignani, San Diego Zoo Global, as immediate past president.

Other board members include: Cynthia Dial, travel journalist; Kathi Diamant, freelance writer; Kris Eitland, sandiegostory.com; Maggie Espinosa, freelance travel journalist; Mayte Rodriguez, Traveler Publications; Francisco Ramos-Moreno; CBS News 8; Thom Senzee, freelance journalist; Nicole Vargas, San Diego City College.

Additional board members who were recently elected to three-year terms through 2022 include Albert and Carmignani, along with: Patrick Bartosch, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute; Kristen Castillo, freelance journalist; Rick Griffin, Rick Griffin Marketing Communications; Denise Scatena, Scatena Daniels Marketing.

The board also includes four former board members with director emeritus status. They include retirees Reid Carroll and Laura Walcher, Gayle Lynn Falkenthal of the Falcon Valley Group and Barbara Metz of Metz Public Relations.

Founded in 1973, the San Diego Press Club is proud to be one of the largest clubs of its kind in the nation with nearly 400 members in the news communications field. Offering a blend of social and professional growth activities, the club seeks to foster a community where the relevant professional and social needs of news communications professionals can be met in an environment of professional advancement, integrity and high ethical standards.