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JEANC

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JEANC

2024 JEANC Board

Julia Satterthwaite, MJE
President 2024-25, Digital Media Chair & Teach-in Co-Coordinator

Julia Satterthwaite, MJE

Julia Satterthwaite, MJE co-advises El Estoque and elestoque.org at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino. Her students have earned top state and national honors. Satterthwaite serves on the JEANC Board as President and Digital Media Chair and as a JE...

Tripp Robbins, MJE
Past President, 2022-2023 & Law and Ethics Liaison

Tripp Robbins, MJE

Tripp Robbins advises The Eastside Panther at Eastside College Preparatory School. Before moving to Eastside in 2023, he taught at Menlo School for 23 years, advising the student media programs there. He's a member of the Scholastic...

Kemble
Treasurer

Keri Kemble, CJE

Keri Kemble teaches yearbook and publication design as well as online multimedia at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley. Term: 2025-2026

Rod Satterthwaite, MJE
Broadcast Chair & Secretary

Rod Satterthwaite, MJE

Rod Satterthwaite advises “The Campanile” newspaper and its companion website as well as the InFocus broadcast program at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto. He has served on the Journalism Education Association’s board ...

Brian Wilson, MJE
Membership Chair & Teach-in Co-Coordinator

Brian Wilson, MJE

Brian Wilson advises "Madrono" yearbook, "C Magazine" arts & culture magazine, and "Viking" sports magazine at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto. Term: 2025-2026

Erin Schneider, CJE
Middle School Liaison

Erin Schneider, CJE

Erin Schneider advises Redwood High School's three-year journalism program that produces the website, podcast and print edition of The Redwood Bark. She has previous industry experience at a San Francisco Bay Area daily newspa...

Kristy Blackburn, CJE
News Chair

Kristy Blackburn, CJE

Kristy Blackburn advises “The Oracle” newspaper and its online version as well as “The Olympian” yearbook at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. Blackburn is also a past president of JEANC. Term: 2023-2024...

Paul Kandell
NorCal Media Day Coordinator

Paul Kandell

Paul Kandell advises The Paly Voice; KPLY Paly radio; and Verde, Anthro and Ink magazines at Palo Alto High School. A former Dow Jones News Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year and former co-president of JEANC, he has...

Susan Sutton, MJE
Social Media Coordinator

Susan Sutton, MJE

Susan Sutton, MJE, has been teaching journalism for 20 years at both public and private schools. She advises The Crusader newspaper at Archbishop Riordan H.S. in San Francisco. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from S...

Sarah Nichols, MJE
Yearbook Chair & Teach-in Co-Coordinator

Sarah Nichols, MJE

Sarah Nichols advises Whitney High Student Media which includes “Details” yearbook, “The Roar” news magazine and “Whitney Update” news website in Rocklin. She is the past president of the Journalism Education Association...

Sangameswara
Trustee

Samved Sangameswara

Samved Sangameswara is the adviser of the Arroyo Student Media program at Arroyo High School in San Lorenzo.  His class produces two publications, the Dry Gulch Gazette news magazine and The Arroyan yearbook. Term: 2025-2026...

Whitney Huang, CJE
Trustee

Whitney Huang, CJE

Whitney Huang serves as Director of Journalism at The Harker School and advises print newspaper Winged Post, online news website Harker Aquila and senior longform feature Humans of Harker. An alumna of the school, she teaches In...

Brandy Tuzon Boyd
Trustee

Brandy Tuzon Boyd

Brandy Tuzon Boyd advises "The Pacific Times" student-run news website at Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep High School in Sacramento. She also works as a professional journalist and has published a hyperlocal, community news website...

Michael Moul
Trustee

Michael Moul

Michael Moul has been advising the for “The Talon” newspaper for 15 years at Los Altos High School in Los Altos where he also advisers the news website and news magazine. Term: 2025-2026

Julie Kuo
Co-Contest Coordinator

Julie Kuo

Julie Kuo advises The Blazer, the student-run newspaper at Branson School in Marin County. She is a former Massachusetts JEA state director and currently serves on the JEA Scholastic Journalism Week committee. Term: 2024-2025...

Vo
Co-Contest Coordinator & Post-Secondary Liaison

Fitzgerald Vo

Fitz Vo advises the “Bear Witness” newspaper at Branham High School in San Jose. He has been a board member of JEANC for the past four years and is also a member of the  Journalism Education Association. Prior to teaching...

Sena
President-Elect; Website Administrator & Honor Cord Coordinator

Tracy Anne Sena, CJE

Tracy Anne Sena is the retired Director of Scholastic Journalism & Media at Schools of the Sacred Heart San Francisco where she advised “The Broadview” newspaper, website and social media at Convent of the Sacred Heart...

Peter Rodrigues, CJE
News Chair & Critiques Coordinator

Peter Rodrigues, CJE

Peter Rodrigues advises the "Jacket” newspaper and website at Berkeley High School in Berkeley. Term: 2024-2025