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James Tarrant
Executive Director
Email James at jim@michiganpress.org
Lisa McGraw
Public Affairs Manager
Lisa acts as an advocate on behalf of MPA members with the legislature, executive office and other state agencies. In addition, she works on membership recruitment and relations. She also helps coordinate events like the MPA Annual Convention and other events that provide members training and networking opportunities. She has been with MPA since 2003. Prior to that she worked in the State Senate in various roles for nine years.
Email Lisa at lisa@michiganpress.org
Austin LaFave
Communications Specialist
Austin is the fresh face for the MPA staff. He's also the jack-of-all-trades in the office, being able to update our website, maintaining aspects of our social media, and directing all promotional design for MPA organizations among other tasks. He graduated from the University of Michigan Flint in 2018, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He enjoys being able to work on different aspects of MPA every day, and wants to be able to use that knowledge to support the organization.
Email Austin at austin@michiganpress.org
Angela Kulfan
Advertising Director
Angela has 31 years of experience in the Newspaper Media industry. She began her career at the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio as an Account Executive and moved to Detroit in 1993 to work for The Detroit News and Free Press, which is also known as michigan.com. She has been responsible for creating adverting strategies for many different types of customers: Automotive, Major, Key Accounts, Retail, Classified, and New Business Development in both print and digital.
Email Angela at angela@michiganpress.org