{"id":614059,"date":"2022-07-18T13:53:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/?page_id=614059"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:02:02","slug":"nspa-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/nspa-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"NSPA staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NSPA’s staff is here to serve you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can reach us at NSPA’s headquarters at 612-200-9254. Our office hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. CDT Monday-Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff members may be reached through the main number or directly at their personal extensions listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura Widmer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Executive director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

laura@studentpress.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

612-200-9265<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As executive director at NSPA\/ACP, Laura oversees conventions, conferences and workshops. She is also in charge of advisory committees for both organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura’s background includes two years of high school advising and 29 years of advising award-winning publications at Northwest Missouri State University. After Northwest, Laura served as general manager of the Iowa State Daily. Besides receiving the NSPA Pioneer award, Laura is a member of the Hall of Fame of the College Media Association (College Media Advisers) and the Hall of Fame of the Missouri College Media Association. She started a newspaper, Chariton Valley News Press, in her hometown of Salisbury, Missouri, in 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Gary Lundgren<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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612-367-4114<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary is responsible for running all contest and critique programs at NSPA\/ACP. He also helps with convention programming and membership outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining NSPA\/ACP, Gary served as the senior marketing manager for Jostens, Inc. since 1997. Before that, he worked as director of student publications at the University of Arkansas and directed the Arkansas High School Press Association from 1988-1997. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to Arkansas, he served as executive director of South Dakota High School Press Association at South Dakota State University. Lundgren has been awarded the NSPA Pioneer Award, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Key, Journalism Education Association Medal of Merit, South Dakota High School Press Association Founders Award and Interscholastic League Press Conference Edith Fox King Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lori Keekley<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Associate director for Quill and Scroll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

lori@studentpress.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

612-200-9255<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lori rejoined NSPA\/ACP in July 2022 as the associate director responsible for Quill and Scroll. The honor society merged with NSPA July 1, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lori focuses on Quill & Scroll membership, activities and contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keekley had served as a journalism teacher and newspaper adviser at St. Louis Park High School (Minnesota) since 2002. Her teaching and journalism experience includes Plymouth Middle School (Minnesota) and Portage High School (Indiana). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has been honored as Dow Jones News Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, with the Gold Key from Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the Pioneer Award from NSPA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was director of national contests and critiques for NSPA and ACP from 1998 to 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Karli Keith<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Convention and membership manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

karli@studentpress.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

612-200-9254<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karli’s responsibilities include membership renewals; convention registration and sponsorships; and other administrative tasks. Contact Karli for questions about membership, conventions\/workshops, invoices and store orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining the NSPA staff in February 2023, Karli worked as a sales associate and as a legal\/governmental affairs assistant. She’s a broadcast journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jon Erickson<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sponsor & Exhibitor Relations Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

jon@studentpress.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

317-695-7190<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon is responsible for working with exhibitors at the NSPA\/ACP conventions, and supporting general convention, workshop, and contest projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before joining NSPA\/ACP in a part-time capacity, Jon served as the marketing operations manager for the Institute for Study Abroad for seven years. His responsibilities included publication design, content development and event management. Prior to this, he worked for yearbook and college divisions of Herff Jones in sales, marketing, training and professional development for 27 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A \u201cyerd\u201d since junior high school, Jon lead his college staff at the University of Idaho to two Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crowns and two ACP Pacemaker awards. He earned his Certified Journalism Educator certification from the Journalism Education Association in 2016. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marta Hill<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Communications and Data Specialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

marta@studentpress.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marta is responsible for NSPA, ACP and Quill & Scroll communications, including websites, social media accounts and newsletters. She also helps out with event planning, membership and other projects as needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marta found her love of journalism in high school and decided she wanted to be in journalism forever at the 2019 National High School Journalism Convention in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor’s in journalism and New York University with a master’s in science, health and environmental journalism. Marta led her high school newspaper staff to three Online Pacemakers, three Newspaper Pacemakers and four Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crowns. She was the 2020 Minnesota Journalist of the Year, and a runner up in the national contest. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jodie Nelson<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bookkeeper\/Accountant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NSPA’s staff is here to serve you. You can reach us at NSPA’s headquarters at 612-200-9254. Our office hours are 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. CDT Monday-Friday. Staff members may be reached through the main number or directly at their personal extensions listed below. Our address \u2014National Scholastic Press Association7300 Metro Boulevard, Suite 131Minneapolis, MN 55439 Laura […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"single.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614059"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624443,"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/614059\/revisions\/624443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/nspa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}