Columbia Journalism Board of Visitors
The Board of Visitors meets with the Dean and his leadership team to provide input and guidance in matters involving the school. CJS is extremely grateful for this group of professionals who volunteer their time and expertise.
Current Members
- Raney Aronson-Rath '95, Board Chair, Executive Producer & Editor-in-Chief at Frontline, PBS
- Phil Balboni '71, Executive Chairman, Editor at Large, and Co-Founder of GlobalPost Media Corporation
- Ben Cotton CC '11, General Manager, News, The New York Times
- Laura Dimon '13, Journalist, ABC News
- Amy Entelis '79, Board Chair Emerita, Executive Vice President for Talent, CNN Originals, and Creative Development for CNN Worldwide
- Samuel G. Freedman, Professor Emeritus, Columbia Journalism School
- Keith Goggin '91, Managing Partner, STR Trading Partners
- Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, '93, President & Publisher, Summit Media Publishing
- Claire Hoffman '04, Vice Chair, Journalist and Author
- Mark Hoffman, Chairman (retired), CNBC Worldwide
- Nobuhisa Iida, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nikkei Inc.
- Lauren Kern, Editor in Chief, Apple News
- Neeraj Khemlani '93, Former President of CBS News & Stations
- Wendy Metcalfe, Senior Vice President of Content & Editor-in-Chief, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council; Executive Sponsor, Hearst Connecticut Media Group
- Janice Min '91, CEO and Founder, The Ankler
- Morgan Radford '12, NBC News Anchor, “NBC News Daily”
- Janelle Richards '10, Senior Producer, NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
- Richard M. Smith '70, President, The Pinkerton Fund
- Katherine Field Stephen '77, Freelance Journalist & Author
- Ole Jacob Sunde, Chair of the Scott Trust and the Tinius Trust
- Pietro Supino, Chairman and Publisher, TX Group AG
- Karen Toulon '85, Director of Standards, Versant