Board

Oakland Voices is a program of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. 

Maynard Institute Board Members

• John X. Miller, chair
• Christian Hendricks, President, Local Media Consortium (LMC)
• Bill Celis, associate professor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism 
• Dickson Louie, principal, Louie & Associates

• Dorothy Butler Gilliam, former Washington Post former reporter, editor and columnist
• Sarah Allen, board member, Bay Area Black Journalists Association
• Kim Bardakian, director of Media Relations, Kapor Center
• Susan Leath, Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media. 
• Kevin Merida, former executive editor, Los Angeles Times
• Debra Adams Simmons, executive editor for culture, National Geographic Magazine
• Virgil L. Smith, principal consultant, Smith Edwards Group, LLC
• Aprill O. Turner, principal, Turner Communications, LLC

For more information about the Maynard Institute’s Board of Directors, visit MIJE.org.

Advisory Board

In formation.

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Last updated: July 1, 2024.