First Amendment Coalition Board of Directors – 2016
- Carol Melamed, President, Vice-President Government Affairs, Washington Post, (retired)
- James Chadwick, Vice-President, Attorney, Sheppard Mullin
- Duffy Carolan, Second Vice-President, Attorney, Jassy, Vick, Carolan
- Mel Opotowsky, Treasurer, newspaper consultant and former managing editor, Press-Enterprise, Riverside
- Melanie Sill, Secretary, Executive Editor, KPCC Public Radio for LA and Orange Counties
Board of Directors
- Tim Alger, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Palo Alto, CA
- Kevin Bankston, Senior Counsel, Center for Democracy and Technology, Washington, DC
- Bruce B. Brugmann, Editor and Publisher, San Francisco Bay Guardian, retired
- Thomas Burke, Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine, SF,CA
- Guylyn Cummins, Attorney, Sheppard Mullin, LA, CA
- Hal Fuson, Attorney, Former Executive Vice President, The Copley Press, Inc.
- Dan Gillmor, Knight Center, Cronkite School of Journalism, University of Arizona, Phoenix
- Richard Gingras, Head, Google News Products
- Paul Gullixson, Editorial Director, Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA
- Jay Harris, Media Consultant, Former Publisher Mother Jones and The American Prospect
- Jean-Paul Jassy, Attorney, Jassy Vick Carolan, LLP, LA, CA
- Quentin Kopp, San Mateo County Superior Court Judge, retired
- Scott Lindlaw, Principal, Sard Verbinnen & Co., SF
- Jim Newton,UCLA, Luskin School of Public Affairs
- Karl Olson, Attorney, Ram Olson Cereghino & Kopczynski, SF, CA
- John Raess, Associated Press, Bureau Chief, SF. CA
- Rowland Rebele, Newspaper Consultant, Aptos, CA
- Dick Rogers, Reader Representative, San Francisco Chronicle, retired
- Arnold York, Publisher, Malibu Times
FAC Board Members Emeriti:
- K. C. Meadows, Editor Ukiah Daily Journal, Ukiah, CA
- James “Bert” Robinson, Managing Editor, Bay Area News Group
- Raymond Pryke, Valleywide Newspapers, Publisher, Hesperia, California
- Evan Hansen, Senior Editor, Science & Technology, Medium.com
- Allen McCombs, Publisher Emeritus, Chino Champion
- Anh Do, Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, Orange County Bureau
- Steve Montiel, Media Specialist, UC Communications
- Edward Davis, Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- William S. Johnson, Publisher, Palo Alto Weekly
- Jerry Ceppos, Dean, The Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno
- Rick Pullen, Dean of the College of Communications, Cal-State, Fullerton
- Tony Ridder, former Chairman and CEO of Knight-Ridder
- Dan Day, Modesto Bee
- Stephen Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law – Boalt Hall
- Carole Wagner Vallianos, Attorney, Manhattan Beach
- Morton I. Levine, Publisher Emeritus, Milpitas Post
- Barbara Blinderman, Attorney, Moskowitz, Brestoff, Winston & Blinderman; Los Angeles
- Ray Herndon, Los Angeles Times
- Martin Weinberger, Publisher, Claremont Courier
- Michael Hoffman, Training Editor, Ventura County Star
- Ginger Moorhouse, President, Bakersfield Californian
