MAP Board of Directors
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John O. Bell is the third generation of this family-owned publications printing company in business since 1924. Born and raised in Fulton, Mo., John Bell began working in the plant as a teenager and joined the business in 1973. He became President in l989 and worked along side his father, Ovid Bell, until he died in l998. During that time the press made dramatic technological strides and now boasts a fully digital prepress, on-line soft proofing, in support of heat-set web presses. |
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Steve Fairchild has been covering Midwest agriculture in Missouri publications for the past 11 years. After graduating from the University of Missouri, Fairchild joined the Missouri Ruralist as a field editor in 1994. In 2001 he moved to Today's Farmer as an associate editor and became editor there in 2004. |
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John Fennell has served as editor of Milwaukee Magazine, an award-winning monthly city magazine. The publication won some 160 awards during his 13-plus years tenure, including a nomination for the National Magazine Awards and two for the Gerald Loeb Award for Business and Financial Journalism. Fennell has just completed a book about the life of Harry V. Quadracci, the late founder of Quad/Graphics, the third largest printer in North America. John is a former newspaper reporter who worked as assistant to the Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Mike Royko. He was also editor of the international design journal, Step-By-Step Graphics |
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MAP Vice President Charlene Finck joined Farm Journal Media in 1989, and in 1992, she was instrumental in opening Farm Journal’s crop production headquarters in Missouri. In 2004, she was named Managing Editor of Farm Journal, as the magazine’s editorial headquarters was moved to the Midwest. In her present position, Finck continues to run the test plot program and spearhead the magazine’s machinery coverage. During her career, Finck has won numerous writing awards in the Oscars of Agriculture and American Agricultural Editor’s Association competitions. The awards include the Writer of the Year in 1988. Prior to joining Farm Journal, she was associate machinery editor for Successful Farming magazine. Her strong ties to agriculture began while working in her family’s diversified farming operation near Mexico, Mo. |
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Mike Gude is a veteran publishing professional with expertise in the food industry. His current position at Sosland Publishing Co. is Director of Publishing of Food Business News, the bi-weekly news magazine of the food industry, the monthly magazine Baking & Snack as well as the annual Baking/Snack Directory & Buyer's Guide , and Associate Publisher of the baking industry's news journals Milling & Baking News , and the weekly “Orange Sheet”. Gude began his grain-based foods industry career 23 years ago with Sosland Publishing as Secretary of The China Encounter, a breakthrough grain-based foods trade mission to the Peoples Republic of China . Gude is a member of the American Society of Baking, the American Association of Cereal Chemists and the Allied Trades of the Baking Industry. He serves on the allied boards of the Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturers' Association and the Grain Foods Foundation. He also is the current Chairman of the board of BEMA, the baking industry suppliers association and President of the Allied Trades of the Baking Industry. He has a bachelor's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism, and he lives in Kansas City with his wife Becky and their three children, Claire, Robert and Ellen.
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Shannon Hanson is an associate editor at VFW magazine, the monthly publication of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Mo., where she has worked since graduating from Kansas State University in 2000. She writes and edits for the magazine, coordinates yearly book-publishing projects and edits manuscripts, processes magazine advertising and handles all department accounting. She lives in Roeland Park, Kan., with her husband and son. |
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Ann Leach is the owner of Ann Leach Coaching and Writing and has written freelance articles for regional and national magazines for over twenty years. She is the co-author of Goal Sisters: Live the Life You Want With a Little Help From Your Friends (New World Library), a self-help book for women and is currently writing a second book on various religions and their beliefs about mourning. As a coach, Ann works with individuals and small business teams in designing success strategies for personal and business growth. She has worked as a publicist for professional theatres, a counselor for AIDS and cancer patients and is currently establishing a non-profit global grief community called Life Preservers. She is passionate about assisting others in thinking bigger about who they are and how that might express itself in today's world. |
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Jim McCarty joined the staff of Rural Missouri in November of 1985 and became editor in 1987. He oversees a staff of six who have won hundreds of awards for photography, writing and publications. Jim was the writer of the year for the Cooperative Communicators Association in 1994 and in 1995 won that group's Michael Graznak Young Communicators Award. Jim helped found the National Country Market advertising cooperative and is vice president of that organization’s board of directors. From 1997 to 2000 he was editor of The Anvil's Ring, an international quarterly blacksmithing magazine. He is past president of the National Electric Cooperative Statewide Editor’s Association. Jim is married to Gretchen and has three children, James, Daniel and Emily. He lives in Taos, Mo., and is a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He coaches basketball, cross country and track for St. Francis Xavier School. In his spare time he operates The Father Helias Forge where he does blacksmithing and woodworking. |
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Dennis McDermott formed McDermott Association Services LLC in 2006 after managing local, state and national trade and professional associations for 33 years. He consults on strategic planning, financial management, association operations, and executive coaching, and speaks on leadership, news media relations, parliamentary procedure and other association-related topics. He retired after serving 18 years as executive vice president of the Missouri Association of REALTORS® (MAR), the largest membership association in the state. Prior to MAR, he worked at the local and state levels of California REALTOR® organizations, serving four years as the executive vice president of the board and member services department of the California Association of REALTORS®. For the seven years prior, he was executive director of the Emergency Nursing Association in Chicago and assistant executive director of the American School Health Association in Kent, Ohio. McDermott served four years in the U.S. Air Force as a processor of high-altitude reconnaissance photographs during the Vietnam War. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University and completed all coursework toward a master's degree in public relations. He also worked three years as a reporter for the Akron (Ohio) Beacon-Journal. |
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Since fall of 1998 Jennifer has taught five magazine classes in the Missouri School of Journalsim including Magazine Editing, Magazine Design, Advanced Magazine Design, Magazine Staff and Intermediate Writing. She is also editorial director of Vox, an award-winning weekly city magazine that appears in the Columbia Missourian newspaper and is distributed throughout Columbia. She worked as communications coordinator and editor for an association in St. Louis from 1989 to 1996. Jennifer also served as president of an association of editors during that time. She has a bachelor¹s and master¹s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism. Jennifer is a contributing editor for Italian Cooking and Living magazine as well as the Magazine of Cucina Italiana. Recent freelance writing projects have appeared in Elle, Real Simple and Missouri Life magazines. In 2004 she was a recipient of the Provost¹s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award. |
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Sherry Osburn is the owner of Osburn Public Relations, a consulting firm that specializes in healthcare writing and publications. Prior to starting her own firm, Sherry worked as a public relations specialist for Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, Mo. In addition to serving on the MAP board, Sherry is the 2005 chairperson for the Kansas City Healthcare Communicators Society and is also a member of the Missouri Association of Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing. Sherry has a bachelor of journalism degree from the Missouri School of Journalism and has received more than 40 awards recognizing her work in healthcare marketing and public relations. |
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Suzie Osterloh has been working in the print media arena for 13 years. She gained invaluable knowledge on the importance of building and maintaining a client base insuring profitability as an account executive with a direct mail newspaper reaching over 100,000 households. From there, she jumped into the magazine world and was the publisher of St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles magazine for eight years. Under Suzie's leadership, the magazine experienced substantial growth every year. Her latest endeavor is publisher of Commercial Journal-St. Louis, a business-to-business publication which will be launched by Anthem Publishing in the summer of 2005. Suzie Osterloh PR also publishes a direct mail piece to affluent homeowners in the St. Louis and St. Charles area called the St. Louis Distinctive Lifestyles card pack. |
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Fred Parry is the owner and publisher of Inside Columbia magazine. He has worked for newspapers in Chicago , Washington , D.C., and Pittsburgh, and spent three years on the advertising faculty at the MU School of Journalism . He worked as an advertising executive for the Gannett newspaper chain before he and his wife started their own publishing company, Parry Publishing, Inc., in 1994. In 1999, the Parrys merged their company¹s seven publications with the radio stations of the Premier Marketing Group. Parry hosted the KFRU "Business Times" radio program on Sunday mornings for six years before becoming the permanent co-host of the Morning Meeting in April 2001. Parry sold his remaining interests in Parry Publishing in January 2005 and started Inside Columbia. Parry is very active in the community, serving as an elected member of the Board of Trustees for Boone Hospital Center, commissioner for the Columbia Housing Authority and former president of Columbia 's Northwest Rotary Club. He also serves on the boards of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre. In June 2006, Parry was named the 2006 Outstanding Citizen of the Year by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce |
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Don Ranly, professor emeritus of the Missouri School of Journalism, was head of the magazine sequence for 28 years. Dr. Ranly has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, a weekly columnist, a radio host and television producer, director and host. He has conducted more than 1,000 communication seminars for corporations, associations, organizations and individual newspapers and magazines. He has been a featured speaker at The Folio: Show, a national magazine conference, for the past two decades. He has co-authored News Reporting and Writing; Beyond the Inverted Pyramid and Telling the Story: The Convergence of Print, Broadcast and Online Media and is author of Publication Editing. In 1995 Dr. Ranly received a University of Missouri-Columbia Faculty-Alumni Award and was named the O.O. McIntyre Distinguished Professor of Journalism for 1995-96. In 1998, he received a Gold Chalk Award for outstanding service in the training and mentoring of professional students. In June 2002, he was named a Fellow of the International Association of Business Communicators. In 2003, he won a William T. Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching. In 2005 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Business Publications Editors. |
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Sharon Reus is a communications professional with more than 25 years of experience in various forms of media. Under her own company, Positive Image Communications, she serves as a coach, creative strategist and facilitator, helping organizations and individuals achieve their creative potential through workshops and group strategy sessions. Sharon also writes and produces motivational videos, websites, magazine articles and corporate communications. She is a lecturer at her alma mater, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, teaching television production and media planning. In 2000 Sharon founded Louie, the Magazine for St. Louis Teens, which she published until 2007 when she sold the business. Previous roles have included Executive Producer and Group Manager at Busch Creative Services; Field Unit Manager and Producer for “The Gordon Elliott Show” at CBS New York; and News Editor for the Suburban Journals of St. Louis. A mother of one daughter and avid traveler, Sharon serves on the boards of Kids Under Twenty One and the Missouri Association of Publications and is a deacon at First Presbyterian Church of St. Louis. |
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Dennis Triola joined Ascend Media in December 2005. Since then, the Los Angeles-based Allied Healthcare division has significantly diversified their product offerings. In Triola's first six months, Allied redesigned or launched 15 Web sites and seven e-newsletters, introduced a wide array of custom publishing opportunities and added research across 13 magazines. Allied's success has garnered Triola some personal recognition. In Spring 2006, he was honored in Folio: magazine's 40 Most Influential People in the Industry in April and was voted into mins Sales Executive Hall of Fame. Triola began his publishing career with Intertec Publishing, now Prism Business Media, immediately after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1974. He spent his early career in ad sales and then left the company to found a highly successful broadcast industry publication. He returned to Intertec Publishing in 1993 as a publisher. During his 12-year “second tour,” his group of publications served the television, radio, video post production, systems contracting, lighting, entertainment, and power-delivery industries. His group was the only one that delivered worldwide emphasis. In addition, Triola and his group have redefined traditional trade publishing by broadening their expertise to include international show dailies, live customer events, custom research, custom publishing, an international digital magazine and a growing stable of e-newsletters. |
