Honorary Members of SEJ

SEJ's honorary members include:

James Detjen

• founding board president (1990-1994)
• conference chair (Michigan State University, 2000)
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Robert Engelman

• founding board secretary (1990-1993)
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Michael Mansur

• former board member (1993-1994, 1995-97); second vice pres. & membership chair (1997-98); president (1998-2000); treasurer & finance chair (2000-2001)
• former editor of SEJournal
• conference co-chair (Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1996)
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Beth Parke

• founding executive director (1993-2017)
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Gary Polakovic

• former board member (1996-1997, 1999-2000); secretary (1997-1999)
• conference chair (University of California, Los Angeles 1999)
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David Ropeik

• former board member (1992-1998); first vice president & programs chair (1998-1999)
• conference chair (MIT, 1995)
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Philip Shabecoff

• former board member (1992-1993)
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Sara Thurin Rollin

• former board member; treasurer & finance chair (1996-2000)
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Rae Tyson

• founding board member (1990-1991); first vice president & programs chair (1990-1996); president (1996-1997)
• judge, SEJ's annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
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JoAnn Valenti (d. July 23, 2023)

• former board member; representative for academic membership (1995-1998)
• conference co-chair (Sundance; Brigham Young University, Utah 1994)
• judge, SEJ's annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
• 2022 recipient of SEJ's Stolberg Award for Meritorious Service
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Morris "Bud" Ward

• SEJ founding member (1990)
• former writer, SEJournal column E-Reporting Biz
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