Michael D. Bolden

CEO, American Press Institute

Michael D. Bolden is CEO of the American Press Institute, a nonprofit that supports local and community-based media through research, programs and products that foster healthy, responsive and resilient news organizations. Previously, Michael was a managing editor at The San Francisco Chronicle; a lecturer at Stanford University; managing director of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford; and editorial director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For 13 years, he was an editor at The Washington Post. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Alabama. He also was a Maynard Media Academy Fellow at Harvard University. He is a member of the National Press Club and the Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society. He is a mentor for the University of Alabama MASTHEAD journalism program and an ambassador for the Stanford University OVAL admissions program. He lives in Northern Virginia.