By Telly Halkias, NSNC Board Secretary
Adam Earnheardt has been chosen by the NSNC board of directors to serve as the organization’s interim executive director. Adam brings executive leadership experience to the NSNC. Aside from serving as executive director for the Ohio Communication Association for 5 years, and currently serving as executive director for the Youngstown Press Club over the last year, Adam also served as chair of the Department of Communication at Youngstown State University for 8 years. In that position, he earned the Watson Merit award, a special recognition for chairs who serve with distinction.
Earnheardt is also an author and columnist. He has authored or co-authored several books on sports fandom and media and served as a columnist for The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle newspapers for many years before moving to Mahoning Matters (McClatchy).
Adam was selected from a pool of several very well-qualified candidates and volunteered to take on the position without any stipend in order to assist the NSNC through this turbulent and unprecedented time of the pandemic. NSNC president Tony Norman noted: “The NSNC just appointed a deeply experienced executive director in Adam, and his generosity in taking on the job pro bono shows matchless commitment and generosity of spirit to the organization.”
