Staff & Board of Directors

Our Team

Our team provides top-notch customer service, knowledgeable insights, and handles the full process of advertising, distribution, and membership services for the Montana Newspaper Association. Our passion is to defend the First Amendment, work collaboratively to solve industry-wide issues, and support daily and weekly newspapers, throughout Montana.

Brian Allfrey

Executive Director

Jim Strauss

Communications & Development Director

Denice Page

Advertising Services

Montana Newspaper Association Board of Directors

President
Eric Lovec
Ekalaka Eagle

1st Vice-President
Matt Baldwin
Daily Inter LakeĀ 

2nd Vice-President
Jeff Welsch
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

3rd Vice President
Jonathan McNiven
Yellowstone County News

Past President
Erica Yakawich
Lee Enterprises

MNAS President
Jeff Martinsen
Choteau Acantha

MNAS Vice-President
Darla Downs
Northern Plains Independent

Director
Cindy Sease
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Director
John Adams
Montana Free Press

Director
Jacques Rutten
Lewistown News-Argus

Director
Jonathan McNiven
Yellowstone County News

Director
Lee Banville
UM School of Journalism

Director
Kia Gardner
The Missoulian

Director
Anton Kaufer
Daily Inter Lake

Director
Charlie Denison
Stillwater County News

Montana Newspaper Advertising Services Board of Directors

MNAS President
Jeff Martinsen
Choteau Acantha

MNAS Vice-President
Darla Downs
Northern Plains Independent

Director
Cindy Sease
Bozeman Daily Chronicle