PNA Board of Directors

The Association’s Board of Directors includes members from across Pennsylvania who represent daily, nondaily and digital news media organizations. Executive Committee Officers serve one-year terms; Directors serve three-year terms.

The 2026 PNA Board of Directors meetings are scheduled as follows:

• Tuesday, Feb. 24 (virtual)
• Tuesday, June 23 at PNA Offices, Harrisburg
• Friday, Oct. 9, Harrisburg

CHAIRWOMAN

Sharon Sorg

EVP Newspaper Operations · CNHI

724-981-6100 ext. 231 · ssorg@sharonherald.com

_{Sharon Sorg has been a part of the newspaper industry in various roles for 36-plus years. She is a CNHI regional executive working with newspapers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Kentucky. In addition, she is publisher of The Herald in Sharon, Pa.; New Castle (Pa.) News and Transylvania Times in Brevard, North Carolina. Most recently, she joined the Pennsylvania teams of The Daily Item in Sunbury and The Danville News as publisher.}

_{Being involved in PNA over the years has afforded her the opportunity to network and support the industry she is so passionate about on a statewide level.}

_{When Sharon is not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Chuck, and her two adult children, Matthew and Emily. She is an avid Pittsburgh Penguins fan. While she has many favorite players, nothing makes her smile at the hockey arena as quickly as Iceburgh.}

CHAIRMAN ELECT

Brad Bailey

Publisher · Press Enterprise Daily Newspaper and Commercial Printing, Bloomsburg

570-218-5056 · brad.bailey@pressenterprise.net

_{Brad Bailey is the general manager of Press Enterprise, a seven-day-a-week newspaper and commercial printing company in Bloomsburg. With the company since March 2022, he recently observed his 32nd anniversary in the newspaper industry.}

_{After graduating from Penn State University with a degree in advertising, he spent the first half of his career at The Daily Item in Sunbury. Brad has managed 10 daily newspapers in New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Idaho and, of course, Pennsylvania. He’s had a front-row seat to the changing newspaper business, working through seven newspaper acquisition processes while working for eight parent companies.}

_{He’s excited to be back in his native Central Pennsylvania, working FOR a great company and being IN great company. He maintains a true love for newspapering. When he’s not attending Penn State or Philadelphia Phillies sporting events, he’s spending too much time and money shopping used bookstores for paperback novels from the 1970s and ’80s.}

VICE CHAIRMAN

Lawrance Binda

Publisher & Editor · TheBurg, Harrisburg

717-695-2576 · lbinda@theburgnews.com

<sub>Lawrance Binda is publisher and editor of TheBurg, a daily news outlet and monthly print publication based in Harrisburg. For four straight years, TheBurg has been named PNA’s “New Organization of the Year” (weekly).

Larry was a daily news reporter, editor and freelance journalist for about 20 years before co-founding TheBurg in 2008. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the George Washington University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.

Larry believes that news leaders have a community responsibility that goes beyond their jobs. When he isn’t strolling around Harrisburg, he’s probably running along the Susquehanna River, patronizing a local business, speaking before a local group or continuing a lifelong struggle with the acoustic guitar.</sub>

TREASURER

Bill Southern

Director of Finance Newspaper Division · Block Communications, Inc. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

412-263-1309 · bsouthern@post-gazette.com

_{Bill Southern is the Director of Finance for the Newspaper Division of Block Communications, Inc., based in Toledo, Ohio, which includes The Blade, in Toledo, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  Bill is an industry veteran, having worked in various roles in the newspaper industry during the last 35 years in Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, El Paso, Toledo and Pittsburgh.}

_{A Chicago native, Bill is a graduate of the University of Kansas.  Bill’s professional career path has afforded him broad exposure to the challenges faced by newspaper publishers large and small, in a variety of private and corporate ownership settings.  While based in Ohio, he served on the board of the Ohio News Media Association, including a stint as president of the board of directors.}

_{Bill enjoys traveling to visit his three children and six grandchildren, who are spread around the country.  He has published a weekly humor column, hosted on Substack, for the past five years, and recently launched a related podcast, co-hosted with his daughter, Emily.}

SECRETARY

Suzanne Mitchell Parillo

Vice President & Associate General Counsel · The Philadelphia Inquirer

215-854-4566 · smparillo@inquirer.com

_{Suzanne Parillo is Vice President and counsel to The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Inquirer.com. She has been with The Inquirer since 1997. Suzanne is a graduate of The University of Notre Dame Law School and began her career at Duane Morris in Philadelphia. She was in-house counsel at QVC, Inc. Prior to law school, she was a Corporate Lending Officer at Irving Trust Company in New York City.}

_{Suzanne enjoys spending time with her husband, Marco, and their son and daughter, Bobby and Caroline, who are college students. She has served on the board of The Philadelphia Theater Company and as a Director of The Gladwyne Civic Association.}

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRWOMAN

Jennifer Bertetto

President & CEO · Trib Total Media, Inc.

724-779-7160 · jbertetto@tribweb.com

^{Jennifer Bertetto has been the President and CEO of Trib Total Media since 2015 and has been employed by the company since 1998. Under her leadership, the Trib has been named the “Best Overall Newspaper” by the Keystone Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for four of the last five years. The Trib is also a three-time Emmy winner and the recipient of a national Edward R. Murrow award for best feature.}

_{In her spare time, Jenn enjoys spending time with her husband of 24 years, Keith, and their five cats. She is currently reading The Advantage by Patrick Lencioni and Scooter the Therapy Cat by Betsy Kennon. She is an exercise enthusiast and has worked out seven days a week for over 13 years without missing one day.}

PRESIDENT

Bill Cotter

President & CEO · Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association

717-703-3076 · bcotter@pa-news.org

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