Board of Directors

Ruth Holmberg
Retired Chairman
Chattanooga Times

Ruth Holmberg is retired chairman of the Chattanooga Times and the Times Printing Company, which publishes it. From 1964 to 1992, she served as publisher of the Chattanooga Times. She is a former director of both the Associated Press Institute and the New York Times Company. After beginning her career as a newspaper reporter, she became a magazine writer at the New York Times.

She currently serves as chair of the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Education Foundation and vice president of the Chattanooga Community Foundation. Ms. Holmberg is an alumna member of the Smithsonian Institution National Board. In 1992, she was appointed to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

Her educational background includes a bachelor of arts in history from Smith College.

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