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Frank LoMonte, Executive Director, is an experienced commercial litigation attorney who joined SPLC after practicing with the Atlanta-based law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP and clerking for federal judges on the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Before law school, LoMonte was an award-winning investigative journalist and political columnist in state Capitol bureaus in Florida and Georgia and in Washington, D.C., with the Morris newspaper chain. LoMonte graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was a senior editor of the Georgia Law Review. E-Mail


Sunjha Hattin, Office Manager, has a background in business and finance. She has worked for several nonprofits, including the National Wildlife Federation and the Nature Conservancy, and has just come from the membership department of Future Business Leaders of America, which has more than 250,000 members. When she worked for Duron Paints and Wall Covering, she was the only female manager in Northern Virginia. E-Mail

Adam Goldstein, Attorney Advocate, graduated from Fordham University School of Law in May 2002. He received his undergraduate degree in Internet journalism from Fordham College at Lincoln Center, where he was editor-in-chief of the FCLC Observer. For three years, Goldstein worked as a freelance producer and editor for FoxNews.com. E-Mail

Jenny Fein, Equal Justice Works Foundation Legal Intern, just finished her second year at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, where she is a Senior Editor on the Law Review, a Bristle Cone Pine Foundation Activist Scholarship Award winner, as well as a first year class Teaching Assistant. Before entering law school, she received her B.A. in English and Theatre Arts from Ithaca College. In her spare time, Jenny is an avid reader, choir singer and superhero aficionado. E-Mail

Michael Beder, McCormick Tribune Foundation Publications Fellow, graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in June 2007. He worked for four years at the student newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, where he served in a variety of roles, including as news editor, Forum editor and managing editor. He interned as a reporter and Web producer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and he was a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund copy editing intern at the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota. E-Mail

Robert Arcamona, Summer 2008 Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Intern, graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in December 2008, where he majored in journalism. Robert served as a reporter, anchor, News Director and General Manager of the Penn State's radio news station, ComRadio. In 2006 he served as an investigative reporting intern at WTOP Radio. He has received multiple journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press and the William Randolph Hearst foundation. E-Mail

Kelsey Beltramea, Summer 2008 Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Intern, is a junior at the University of Iowa, where she majors in journalism and political science. She has been a metro reporter for The Daily Iowan for two years, covering courts and politics. She also served as a correspondent for The Des Moines Register. E-Mail

Jimmie Collins, Summer 2008 College Media Advisers Journalism Intern, is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in newspaper journalism with a focus on business. Jimmie worked at the student newspaper, The Daily Texan, for more than three years. She served in many positions, including as news editor, a beat reporter and a feature writer. She also held a reporting internship with the Austin Business Journal in the fall of 2007. E-Mail

Consultants

Mike Hiestand, Legal Consultant, Zenger Consulting, grew up in Alaska and is a graduate of Bartlett High School in Anchorage, Marquette University's College of Journalism and Cornell Law School. Mr. Hiestand was the Student Press Law Center's staff attorney from 1991-2003. He now works from the West Coast as an independent legal consultant to the Center on various projects and assists student journalists who use the SPLC's extended hours service. E-Mail

Beverly Keneagy, Development and Communications Consultant, has more than 20 years experience in development, communications, marketing and public relations. She began her career as a news reporter and has worked as the communications director for several state agencies. She most recently worked for a Florida non-profit, where she was a senior manager overseeing communications and development, securing nearly $5 million annually in funding. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communications from the University of Florida and is a former SPLC intern. E-Mail

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