Our journalists go to great lengths, often overcoming tremendous obstacles, to report the news quickly, accurately and honestly, with the utmost attention paid to AP’s high standards.
Outside the newsroom, our teams provide outstanding service, with a focus on customer care, ensuring AP meets the needs of our diverse client base.
As an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative, our U.S. newspaper members elect a board of directors to provide corporate direction according to AP bylaws.
Within AP, the senior managers who oversee our essential operations make up The Associated Press Executive Leadership Team. This team meets regularly to make policy and business decisions that keep us at the forefront of accurate and trustworthy global journalism.
Daisy Veerasingham
President
Chief Executive Officer
Gianluca D’Aniello
Senior Vice President
Chief Technology Officer
Kristin Heitmann
Senior Vice President
Chief Revenue Officer
Karen Kaiser
Senior Vice President
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Julie Pace
Senior Vice President
Executive Editor
Charles Pavlounis
Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Hilda Auguste Senior
Senior Vice President
Chief People Officer
Gracia C. Martore
AP Board Chair
Arlington, Virginia
William Lewis
CEO, The Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
Maha Abouelenein
CEO and Founder, Digital and Savvy
Mark Adams
President and CEO, Adams Publishing Group
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Emily L. Barr
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Lisa M. DeSisto
Portland, Maine
Kevin D. Mowbray
President and CEO, Lee Enterprises
Davenport, Iowa
Michael Newhouse
Director and Senior Executive Officer, Advance/Newhouse Companies
New York, New York
Mi-Ai Parrish
Professor Arizona State University President and CEO, MAP Strategies Group
Phoenix, Arizona
Maribel Perez Wadsworth
President and CEO, The Knight Foundation
Miami, Florida
Visitors to our global headquarters in New York enter the newsroom by passing the Wall of Honor — a memorial to the 37 AP journalists who have died on assignment since we were founded in 1846.
Our journalists routinely cover perilous situations, from the war in Afghanistan to the front lines of the Ebola outbreak, putting themselves in danger on a daily basis to tell the world’s stories. Here we remember those who lost their lives while reporting the news.
When conflict and disaster affect our staffers and their families, we do everything we can to help. In 2005, we established the AP Emergency Relief Fund, raising money to rebuild their homes, replace their destroyed belongings and move their families to safe places.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans and neighboring areas leaving a trail of destruction and chaos. As our local staffers provided round-the-clock coverage, many of them suffered — their homes destroyed or damaged and relatives rendered homeless. Hearing of their hardships, colleagues around the AP world asked how they could help.
Those heartfelt offers led to the establishment of The Associated Press Emergency Relief Fund, an independent 501(c)(3), which in the years since has provided quick cash relief to staffers and their families who have been adversely affected by conflict or natural disasters — beyond insurance or the assistance that AP offers.
In the decade since Katrina, the fund has distributed nearly 50 grants totaling over $250,000 — all thanks to the generosity of fellow AP colleagues and others who revere AP.
The fund has helped rebuild houses for staffers in Myanmar after a devastating cyclone, repair and replace cars for staff in Baghdad whose vehicles were destroyed by bombs and provide rental assistance for several people in our New York headquarters after Hurricane Sandy. In one instance, after the Taliban invaded a region of Afghanistan and threatened residents, the fund provided money for a staffer there to move his family to safety. In 2020, grants went to staffers whose homes were significantly damaged by the port explosion in Beirut.
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In order to be ready to help the moment emergencies strike, the Fund relies on the generous and ongoing support of the extended AP community. Donations, which range from $10 to $100,000, and are tax deductible, can be made by check or credit card at any time throughout the year.
Donate by check
Within the U.S. and Canada, donations can be made by check, payable to AP Emergency Relief Fund; mail your check to AP Emergency Relief Fund, The Associated Press, 200 Liberty Street, NY, NY 10281, and be sure to include your name, address and contact information. (Donations outside of the U.S. and Canada should be made online by credit or debit card.)
Relief Fund Board
On behalf of the AP staffers and families who receive aid in times of crisis, the AP Emergency Relief Fund Directors and Officers thank you.
| Directors | Officers |
| Karen Kaiser Chairman SVP, general counsel and CCO |
Karen Kaiser SVP, general counsel and CCO |
| Hilda Auguste Senior Director Global Director, HR |
Hilda Auguste Senior Acting Secretary |
| YK Chan Director Vice President of Sales, Asia |
Angela Villacis Treasurer, corporate finance |
| Ken Dale Director SVP, Chief Financial Officer |
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| Susan Gilkey Director Global Director, employee benefits Retired |
