Thank you to our conference co-chairs over the years!

 

2025 [2] — Arizona State University / Kendal Blust, Deb Krol and Dylan Smith
2024 [3] — University of Pennsylvania / Meg McGuire
2023 [4] — Boise State University / Christy George and Tom Michael
2022 [5] — Rice University / Perla Trevizo and Naveena Sadasivam
2020 [6] — Boise State University / Rocky Barker and Christy George
2019 [7] — Colorado State University / Susan Moran and Joshua Zaffos
2018 [8] — University of Michigan-Flint / Emilia Askari and Brian Bienkowski
2017 [9] — University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering / Jennifer Bogo and Don Hopey
2016 [10] — Capital Public Radio and University of California, Davis / Joe Barr and Carolyn Whetzel
2015 [11] — University of Oklahoma / Nancy Gaarder and Sarah Terry-Cobo
2014 [12] — No university host (PAB, pg 34) / Mark Schleifstein
2013 [13] — University of Tennessee at Chattanooga / Anne Paine, David Sachsman and Pam Sohn
2012 [14] — Texas Tech University / Randy Lee Loftis
2011 [15] — University of Miami / Jeff Burnside and Angela Posada-Swafford
2010 [16] — The University of Montana / James Bruggers and Ray Ring
2009 [17] — The University of Wisconsin-Madison / Peter Annin and Chuck Quirmbach
2008 [18] — Virginia Tech / Bill Kovarik and Ken Ward Jr.
2007 [19] — Stanford University / Chris Bowman and Carolyn Whetzel
2006 [20] — University of Vermont and Vermont Law School / Nancy Bazilchuk
2005 [21] — The University of Texas at Austin / Dina Cappiello and Randy Lee Loftis
2004 [22] — Carnegie Mellon University / Don Hopey
2003 [23] — Loyola University New Orleans / Mark Schleifstein and Robert A. Thomas
2002 [24] — University System of Maryland / Tim Wheeler
2001 [25] — Portland State University / Christy George
2000 [26] — Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University / Jim Detjen
1999 [27] — University of California, Los Angeles / Gary Polakovic
1998 [28] — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and The Chattanooga Times / Peter Dykstra
1997 [29] — The University of Arizona, the Morris K. Udall Foundation and the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy / Russell Clemings and Randy Lee Loftis
1996 [30] — Washington University in St. Louis / Kevin Carmody and Mike Mansur
1995 [31] — Massachusetts Institute of Technology / David Ropeik
1994 [32] — Brigham Young University / Marla Cone and JoAnn Valenti
1993 [33] — Duke University / Stuart Leavenworth and Wevonneda Minis
1992 [34] — University of Michigan / Emilia Askari
1991 [35] — University of Colorado / Jim Detjen

 

Read conference director Jay Letto's Valentine's Day 2021 love letter to the co-chairs. [36]