Theresa Werner becomes first freelancer elected Club president | The National Press Club

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“Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) congratulates Theresa Werner , elected President of the National Press Club; Angela Greiling Keane , as Vice President and Nyia Hawkins as Membership Secretary . NPC member Hazel Henderson is delighted that these three well-qualified officials, for whom she voted , have won! Our warmest congratulations to All.”

Theresa Werner becomes first freelancer elected Club president

December 12, 2011 | By Joel Whitaker, Club Secretary | [email protected]

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Theresa M. Werner swept to victory in the National Press Club’s 2011 election Friday, Dec. 9, becoming the first freelancer elected president of the Club and soundly defeating her two opponents in a hotly contested race to head the world’s leading professional organization for journalists.

Werner, currently chairman of the Club’s Board of Governors, defeated Vice President Keith M. Hill and Young Members Chairman Tim Young for the Club’s top member position, garnering 264 votes to 61 votes and 55 votes for Hill and Young, respectively.

Hill had the sort of resume of heavy Club activity – including serving as a governor and in every officer position — that normally would result in victory. But Werner ran a textbook campaign, gathering the support of several former Club presidents and reaching out to potential voters with a series of e-mail messages.

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