Karen Brown waves goodbye after retiring from her position as executive director of the Arkansas Newspaper Foundation.
Karen Brown of Bentonville has retired after 14 years as executive director of the Arkansas Newspaper Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Arkansas Press Association. Her husband, Mike Brown, is a former president of Community Publishers Inc.
APA Executive Director Ashley Wimberley praised Brown for emphasizing the importance of newspapers to Arkansas students through paid summer internships for college students.