We’re excited to welcome our chapter board for 2026! Please feel free to reach out to our board members at philadelphia@aaja.org with ideas, concerns, requests or just to say hi!
President: Cody Hmelar, academic programs manager, University of Pittsburgh
Secretary: Megu Kolanko, producer, WTAE TV-Hearst TV
Treasurer: Emily Ward, multiplatform editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dir. of Programs: Kayla Yup, health reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
National advisory board representative: Heather Chin, deputy editor, Billy Penn at WHYY
Student board representative: Diamy Wang, student, University of Pennsylvania
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