YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Youngstown Press Club this week elected Elise Skolnick as its new president.
Skolnick is communications and marketing director for the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and its agencies and editor of the Jewish Journal, a publication of the federation.
She was previously communications coordinator for the YWCA of Youngstown – now YWCA Mahoning Valley.
For more than 20 years, her reporting appeared in various newspapers, including The Vindicator and The Business Journal. Her writing has also appeared in Woman’s World magazine.
Others elected by the Youngstown Press Club’s membership to its board of governors are:
- President-elect: Tony Paglia, retired journalist and media and government relations professional.
- Past president: Lori Factor, director of P-12 and business partnerships and initiatives at Youngstown State University.
- Treasurer: Aundrea Heschmeyer, president of Marquee Creatives.
- Secretary: JoAnn Kolarik, WFMJ-TV account executive.
The following were elected to at-large positions on the board of governors:
- Madison Tromler, WFMJ-TV news anchor and reporter
- Jordan Cohen, former WFMJ-TV news director.
- Denise Dick, special project manager at The Business Journal.
All officers and board members were elected to two-year terms beginning July 1.