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Leadership team

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 Management Committee. The APMC meets regularly to make policy and business decisions that keep us at the forefront of accurate and trustworthy global journalism.

AP Management Committee


Daisy Veerasingham

President
Chief Executive Officer


Jessica Bruce

Senior Vice President
Human Resources & Corporate Communications

Ken Dale

Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer

Gianluca D'Aniello
Gianluca D'Aniello
Senior Vice President
Chief Technology Officer


Kristin Heitmann
Senior Vice President
Chief Revenue Officer

 Karen Kaiser
Karen Kaiser
Senior Vice President
General Counsel, Corporate Secretary


Julie Pace
Senior Vice President
Executive Editor



AP Board of Directors

Gracia C. Martore
Gracia C. Martore
Chair
Arlington, Virginia

William Lewis

William Lewis
Vice Chair
London, England


Maha Abouelenein 
CEO and Founder
Digital and Savvy


Mark Adams
Minneapolis, Minnesota
President and CEO
Adams Publishing Group

Emily L. Barr
Emily L. Barr
Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Kirk Davis
Kirk Davis
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CEO
Metro Corp Media

Lisa M. DeSisto

Lisa M. DeSisto
Portland, Maine
CEO
Masthead Maine



Bill Hoffman
Kevin D. Mowbray
Davenport, Iowa
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lee Enterprises

Michael Newhouse
Michael Newhouse
New York, New York
Director and Senior Executive Officer
Advance/Newhouse Companies

Isaac Lee
Mi-Ai Parrish
Phoenix, Arizona
Professor
Arizona State University
President and CEO
MAP Strategies Group


Maribel Perez Wadsworth
McLean, Virginia