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\nThis post was last updated on May 6, 2024.<\/em>\nLION Publishers is committed to providing our members, our staff, our board of directors, and the public with transparent disclosures on the companies and businesses we’ve worked, or currently work with, in the course of our careers. Each LION staff and board member must sign a conflict of interest statement to prevent the institutional or personal interests of LION Publishers staff and board members from interfering with the performance of their duties to LION Publishers and to ensure that there is no personal, professional, or political gain at the expense of LION Publishers.\nThis policy is not designed to eliminate relationships and activities that may create a duality of interest, but to require the disclosure of any conflicts of interest and the recusal of any interested party in a decision relating thereto.\nA conflict of interest may exist when the interests or potential interests of any director, officer, staff, or board member, or that person’s close relative, or any individual, group, or organization to which the person associated with LION Publishers has allegiance, may be seen as competing with the interests of LION Publishers or may impair such person’s independence or loyalty to LION Publishers. A conflict of interest is defined as an interest that might affect, or might reasonably appear to affect, the judgment or conduct of any director, officer, staff, or board member in a manner that is adverse to the interests of LION Publishers.\n<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\tLION Staff Disclosures<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\tBelow are relevant disclosures from each of our staff members, in alphabetical order.<\/strong> Learn more about our team\u00a0here<\/a>.\nElaine D\u00edaz <\/strong>is LION’s senior manager of coaching. She serves on the Board of Advisors at Periodismo de Barrio, a Cuban media organization focused on investigative environmental journalism, and she also provides consulting on well-being and burnout through SembraMedia.\nLisa Hunter\u00a0<\/strong>is LION’s director of finance and operations and has no relevant disclosures to share.\nShelly Hunter<\/strong> is LION’s development director and has no relevant disclosures to share.\nChloe Kizer<\/strong> is LION’s director of research and evaluation and has no relevant disclosures to share.\nReshma Kothari<\/strong> is LION’s finance and operations manager and has no relevant disclosures to share.\nChris Krewson<\/strong> is LION’s executive director. He’s currently an adjunct instructor at Temple University and a board member of The Tiny News Collective.\nSamantha Matsumoto<\/strong> is LION’s community engagement manager and has no relevant disclosures to share.\nHayley Milloy<\/strong> is LION’s marketing manager. A family member owns Echo Imaging, Inc.\nAndrew Rockway<\/strong> is LION’s program manager and has no relevant disclosures to share.\n

Dylan Sanchez<\/strong> is LION’s data systems associate and has no relevant disclosures to share.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tLION Board Disclosures<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Below are relevant disclosures from each of our board members, in alphabetical order. <\/strong>Learn more about our board here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\nJay Allred<\/strong> is a LION board member. He’s a principal in Lede AI, an organization that serves the local news industry.\nJamaal Glenn<\/strong> is a LION board member and currently serves as the treasurer. He’s also an advisor to The Pivot Fund.\nAlvaro Guardian<\/strong> is a LION board member. He’s the vice president of operations at La Noticia and a member of several industry organizations, including the National Association of Hispanic Publications, Rebuild Local News (he sits on the steering committee), and LMC (he sits on the community committee).\nCierra Hinton<\/strong> is a LION board member. She’s the executive director and publisher of Scalawag.\nRosemary Hoban<\/strong> is a LION board member and currently serves as the secretary. She is the founder and leader of NC Health News, a LION member.\nJiquanda Johnson<\/strong> is a LION board member. She’s the founder of Brown Impact Media Group, and the founder and publisher of Flint Beat.\nAnita Li<\/strong> is a LION board member. She’s the founder and CEO of The Green Line. She also runs a consultancy, The Other Wave, and currently works with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The University of British Columbia, and the Reynolds Journalism Institute. Through her work as a journalist, consultant, and educator, she’s connected to Toronto Metropolitan University, City University of New York, and Centennial College. She’s a member of both the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Online News Association.\nRebekah Monson<\/strong> is a LION board member and currently serves as the chair. She also serves on the board of the Miami Foundation. She’s the co-founder and COO of Letterhead, an editorial email software for publishers. Rebekah previously co-founded WhereBy.Us Media, Commissioner, and Code for Miami. She’s a member of the News Product Alliance, the Society for News Design, and the Online News Association.\nShannon Shaw Duty<\/strong> is a LION board member. She’s the editor of the Osage News, a LION member, and the Osage News has received a Sustainability Audit from LION.\nGunita Singh<\/strong> is a LION board member and currently serves as the vice chair. She has no relevant disclosures to share.\n\t

LION Publishers is committed to providing our members, our board of directors, and the public with transparent disclosures on the vendors we work with. Here is our vendor procurement policy and a list of all active vendor contracts affiliated with LION members.<\/p>\n

LION Vendor Procurement Policy and Vendor List<\/b><\/p>\n

LION selects independent contractors in accordance with a procurement policy designed (a) to ensure a fair, competitive field for candidates, and (b) to give LION the opportunity to identify the talent that best meets our expectations for skills, qualifications, and price point. To avoid conflicts of interest, LION will not contract with a member organization. LION is open to contracting to individuals\/businesses affiliated with a member organization. In the spirit of our value of Transparency, we will share the active contracts we have with affiliations to LION members that total $1,000 or more annually. In instances when LION members volunteer significant amounts of time to support LION events or programs, LION may issue an honorarium, and we will disclose that as well.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tLION Vendor Disclosures<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Here is a list of all our active contracts affiliated with LION members and LION members who have received an honorarium from LION in the past year.<\/p>\n

Active contracts with affiliations to LION members:<\/strong><\/p>\n