The INBA Board of Directors unanimously elected long-time INBA member Jennifer Fuller as the organization's new president at its January 22nd meeting. Fuller will complete the term of former-President Melissa Hahn, who left the position to take a job in state government.
Fuller is an anchor and reporter for public radio station WSIU-FM. She's been a member of INBA since she was an undergraduate at Southern Illinois University, and she was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2004. She served as Treasurer from 2006 to 2010, when she was elected to the position of Vice President. In addition, she's served as a convention co-chair and on many committees.
Fuller received a master's degree from the Public Affair Reporting program at the University of Illinois Springfield, and she also worked at WTAX-AM in the capital city.
Members can reach Jennifer at jennifer.fuller.wsiu@gmail.com
The Board also appointed Laura Trendle Polus, faculty advisor for Illinois State University's TV-10 News program, to serve as Vice President. Jeff Bossert, of WILL-FM in Urbana, was named to fill her seat on the Board.
The Board also discussed updating INBA's Code of Ethics to address growing trends in online journalism. It also set dues for the new classifications of membership in the By-laws revision, which was approved in the fall.
(Pictured, from left to right: Board member Dave Dahl, Treasurer Alex Degman, Resource Manager and Past President H Wayne Wilson, President Fuller, and Board members Kim Vanden Berg and Bob Roberts. Photo: Jim Gee).