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Change in APC Leadership

Message to members of the Atlanta Press Club

In June 2011, the membership voted Rachel Tobin president of the Atlanta Press Club. As many of you have read, Rachel resigned from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week and has accepted a new job with Jackson Spalding Public Relations.
As stated in Article 4, Section 3 of our bylaws, our board president must be a journalist…
Each Officer shall be either a Journalist, Associate, Educator or Public Sector/ Nonprofit member, except the President shall be a Journalist member, and except that if the Board creates any position other than Treasurer, the Board can require that such position be filled by a Journalist member.

For this reason, the board has accepted Rachel’s resignation as president and has named her an honorary, non-voting member of the board. Jon Shirek, our incoming president and reporter for WXIA-TV, has agreed to take over as president effective immediately and stay in the role through summer 2013 when his regular term is due to end.
We appreciate Rachel’s time, enthusiasm and dedication as president and wish her great success with her new job.
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Atlanta Press Club Board of Directors