John Temple, president. John is the former editor, president and publisher of the Rocky Mountain News. Under his leadership, the newspaper won four Pulitzer Prizes and numerous other national journalistic awards. He also served the E.W. Scripps Co., owner of the Rocky, as vice president/news of the newspaper division. He recently was named editor of Civil Beat, an entrepreneurial digital news startup in Honolulu owned by the founder of eBay.

Paul Voakes, treasurer. Paul is the former dean of the University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Boulder. His PhD is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his research and teaching specializations are in media law and ethics and math/statistics for journalism. He is a former op-ed columnist for the San Jose Mercury News, and the author of several books and multiple journal articles.

Brant Houston, secretary. Brant is chairman of the board of directors for the national Investigative News Network, a coalition of nonprofit journalism organizations, and coordinator for the Global Investigative Journalism Network, which he co-founded in 2000. For more than a decade, Brant was the executive director of the nonprofit Investigative Reporters and Editors, a 3,500-member organization. He was an award-winning investigative reporter for 17 years. He currently holds the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting at the University of Illinois College of Media in Champaign-Urbana.

William Weintraub, at-large member. Bill is executive in residence at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado. He has been a senior executive for such companies as Proctor & Gamble, Kellogg, Tropicana and Coors. In his various corporate roles, he has led brand management, market research, sales, R&D, ethnic marketing, new product development and corporate communications efforts, sometimes managing budgets close to a billion dollars. He has served on the boards of other local organizations, including the United Way and the American Red Cross, and serves on the Advisory Board for the CU School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Colorado State University Business School board.

Laura Frank,  executive director of I-News, is an ex officio member of the I-News board.

I-News currently is expanding its board of directors. If you know someone who is passionate about public affairs, please recommend that person to I-News.