Jana L. Jones joined the St. Petersburg Times in March 2004 as Chief Financial Officer, bringing with her 20 years of financial experience from banking and newspapers. As CFO she is responsible for all accounting functions, financial analysis and reporting, strategic planning, investments, risk management and corporate relationships with bankers, attorneys and auditors. Jana holds B.S. and M.B.A degrees in Finance from California State University.

Andy Barnes is a native of New York City and a graduate of Harvard University where he took his degree in history. He began his professional career on the Providence (R.I.) Journal. After two years in the Army, he joined the Washington Post in 1965. During his eight years at The Post, he rose from reporter to deputy metropolitan editor before taking charge of The Post’s education bureau. During 1969-70, he traveled in Europe and Africa on an Alicia Patterson Fellowship studying urban change. In 1973, Barnes joined the St.

Andy Corty is president and publisher of Florida Trend, the statewide magazine that reaches business executives, government officials, and civic leaders throughout Florida. Andy also serves as vice president and secretary of the Board of Directors of Times Publishing, which owns Trend, and as an officer on the boards of other affiliated entities. After growing up in Wilmington, Delaware, Andy received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College where he majored in economics and his M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Anne Hull is a national reporter at the Washington Post. Her stories exposing the mistreatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center along with Post colleague Dana Priest were awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Hull is a recipient of the Elijah Lovejoy Parish Award from Colby College for her career coverage of social justice. She has written for The New Yorker magazine and her stories have been anthologized her journalism textbooks. Before joining the Post, Hull was a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times.

Kinsey Wilson has played a leadership role in digital media for more than a decade. As a senior news executive he has provided strategic and operational oversight of print and online news operations and been a leader in industry organizations during a period of rapid technological and cultural change. He joined NPR as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital Media in October 2008, with responsibility for NPR’s web, podcasting and mobile operations. With Ellen Weiss, NPR’s Senior Vice President for News, he oversees the online news and music staffs.

Dr. Maria D. Vesperi is a cultural anthropologist with research interests in urban issues, anthropology and journalism, social welfare policy, early industrial history and cultural constructions of aging and race. She is Professor of Anthropology at New College of Florida, the all-honors college of the Florida state university system. Vesperi earned her doctorate from Princeton University in 1978, based on a study of low-income white and African-American elders in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Owen J. Roberts was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of the late Glenn D. Roberts, a prominent attorney there, and law partner of Philip F. LaFollette, whose family led the Wisconsin Progressive party. Roberts graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science in engineering; while at Princeton he was a member of the Ivy Club and played varsity basketball on Princeton’s 1954-1955 Ivy League Championship team. He served as an officer in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1958.

Paula Ellis is vice president for strategic initiatives for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. A member of the Executive Committee, she oversees national programs and new initiatives, and is responsible for developing and gauging the impact of the foundation’s overall strategy. Previously, Ellis was vice president for operations at Knight Ridder, where she oversaw 15 newspapers and was a member of the Management Committee. Throughout her career as a news, corporate and civic leader, Ellis developed deep experience in national and community issues.