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The association offices recently relocated from the suburbs of Denver, Colorado to this office suite in the suburbs of Syracuse, New York. This location offers a professional environment to operate the largest association for the free paper industry.

Our address is:
AFCP – NANI
7445 Morgan Rd., Suite 103
Liverpool, NY 13090
877-203-2327
781-459-7770 (fax)
www.afcp.org
afcp@afcp.org

Loren Colburn joined the AFCP staff in March of 2010 as the Executive Director after an extensive search conducted by the association to replace Craig McMullin. A native of upstate New York, Loren brings over 33 years experience in the free paper industry to his position and that experience has been recognized with the AFCP Publisher of the Year award in 2004 and the AFCP Distinguished Service Award in 2007.

He had served in a variety of capacities on the AFCP and NANI board of directors since 1997 including 2 years as president and 4 years as secretary/treasurer. He has also served the free paper industry as a member and chair of the PaperChain Committee and spent 20 years on the board of FCPNY including 3 years as president and over 10 years as secretary/treasurer. He has also been honored with FCPNY’s Publisher of the Year Award in 2002 and their Distinguished Service Award in 2010.

Loren started his career with the Scotsman Press as a publications sales representative in 1977 and quickly rose through the ranks serving as system manager, director of operations, general manager and was named publisher in 1990. The Scotsman Press publishes 22 separate community publications to over 258,000 homes in the Central New York area as well as operating two full commercial printing plants.

His education includes a B. A. degree from the State University of New York at Cortland in Communications as well as being among the charter graduates of The Leadership Institute with his Associate Advertising Executive certification.

Loren resides in the Syracuse area with his wife Cindy and has three sons in the Syracuse area, Chris, Brian and Jeff. In his off hours he enjoys motorcycling, fishing, hunting, golf and trying to keep pace with his three sons!

Cassey Recore joined AFCP as the NANI Coordinator as a result of the office move to New York. Her role was expanded in January 2011 to Administrative Assistant with her increased involvement with conference administration and member relations. "We are excited to have someone with Cassey's extensive customer service experience to assist our members in a variety of areas relating to their membership" stated Loren Colburn.

In her involvement with NANI, Cassey works directly with NANI network sellers, prepares the weekly NANI ad lists and coordinates communication with member publications. The additional responsibilities with conference planning and member communications adds Cassey's involvement to almost all the aspects of association administration.

Cassey is a native of Central New York and has an A. S. degree in Business Management from Bryant Stratton College. She has worked as a sales assistant and inside sales representative for a hardware specialty company as well as several years in retail sales.

Kristen Des Lauriers joined the AFCP staff as an administrative assistant in January 2011. She is involved in all aspects of the organization with a focus on the NANI auditing process as well as the administration of NANI and AFCP bookkeeping duties. Her versatile background will enable her to gain increased involvement with conference and membership administration activities.

Kristen brings to AFCP a focus and determination that will greatly benefit our organization as well as a customer service appreciation that will work well with our membership. "We are confident Kristen will provide the accuracy and timeliness required to keep pace with the auditing and bookkeeping needs of AFCP and NANI while delivering the high level of customer service our members have become accustomed to." Loren Colburn commented.

A native Upstate New Yorker, Kristen is a graduate of Le Moyne College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Science in Education. Her true passion while attending Le Moyne was her participation on the LeMoyne softball team where she was a 4 year all league selection, 4 year all region selection and twice participated in the Softball World Series. Kristen remained involved with the Le Moyne softball team as a graduate assistant coach while working on her Master's degree.

The affairs of the Association of Free Community Papers are overseen by the Board of Directors as defined by the association's bylaws. The officer positions and two at-large directors are elected by the AFCP membership. The other board seats are appointed by affiliated state and regional associations as defined in the association's bylaws.

Current AFCP Board Listing.

The National Advertising Network, Inc. is a solely owned subsidiary of AFCP and has its own separate Board of Directors. The terms and seats of the NANI Board are determined by the AFCP Board of Directors in accordance with NANI's bylaws.

Current NANI Board Listing.

When introducing the AFCP staff Craig McMullin once said, "No list of our team would be complete without including Brianne. She’s family as well as an important part of our team. Brianne Janes, an accomplished artist and graphic designer, has been the creative genius behind our brochures and materials since she rescued me just before the Chicago conference in 1999.”

"And, do you remember the wine stain on page two of the San Francisco brochure? Each year sets a new mark of distinction, such as her oil painting of the brochure cover for New Orleans. We made prints for each of the speakers and conference staff and it was the most highly prized gift we’ve given. They truly are inspiring."

Brianne is concentrating on her art full time, so if you are interested in commissioning a painting or hiring her for freelance graphic design, contact her at brianne.janes@gmail.com. We’re thrilled that she’s promised to save time to do our graphic design, too and look forward every year to her artistic perspective on our annual conference materials.

Dave Neuharth serves as the executive director of the Community Papers of Florida, which would keep anyone busy. But he also finds time to serve as the editor of Free Paper INK.

Through Dave's leadership and writing and his assistant's (Barbara Holmes) excellent work, Free Paper INK is the publication of record for the free paper industry. The magazine enjoys the widest readership in the industry and provides excellent advertising results for advertisers.

To read Free Paper INK online or research advertising opportunities, click on INK.

You can contact both Dave and Barbara at:

Community Papers of Florida
PO Box 1149
Summerfield, FL 34492
v - 877-373-3142
f - 352-347-3384
djneuharth@aol.com (Dave)
freepaperink@aol.com (Barbara)

Elaine Nelson coordinates Free Paper INK advertising and the AFCP Trade Show. Through her work, AFCP's trade show has grown to the largest and most successful trade show in the free paper industry and Free Paper INK has become the monthly directory of products and services available to free paper publishers.

Elaine has previously served in several newspaper and free paper publisher roles and has a long record of accomplishment in advertising sales.

She works from an office in Manchester, Tennessee and often travels to trade shows in the free paper industry.

You can contact Elaine Nelson at:

Ms. Elaine Nelson
Sales Rep
Coffee County Shopper
105 W. High Street
Manchester, TN 37355
v - 931-728-6760
f - 931-728-6760
inkads@afcp.org

Craig McMullin was the Executive Director for AFCP from 1999 until the time of his death in a fatal accident in August of 2009. Through his leadership, administration and supervision, AFCP grew to representing nearly 3,000 community papers across North America and read in over 30,000,000 homes! Craig built conference attendance by over 800% during his tenure and established the conference trademark of enjoying a great experience while learning a tremendous amount.

Prior to his position with AFCP, Craig held a variety of positions in the publishing industry including CFO of the Denver Post Corporation, President and COO of Midwest Newspapers and Executive Vice President of its sister company, Partnership Press. Prior to joining the media industry, Craig also served as a CPA with Ernst & Whinney and held a BS from Iowa State as well as an MBA from University of Denver.

No one person has had more impact on our association, its growth and development and the free publication industry than Craig McMullin. In his honor and in recognition of his monumental contributions to our industry, in 2010, AFCP renamed its most honored tribute to contributors to the industry, the Craig S. McMullin Distinguished Service Award. It remains a fitting testimonial to one of the true giants in our industry.