David Zeeck
Zeeck is the retired president and publisher of The (Tacoma) News Tribune, The Olympian and The Bellingham Herald media companies.
Before being named publisher, he served as the executive editor at The News Tribune for 14 years. Zeeck served 20 years at The Kansas City Star as an editor and reporter.
Zeeck is a member of the executive committee of the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County, and president of Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington. He is a member of Washington’s state “Sunshine Committee,” which advises the state legislature on exemptions to the Public Records Act. He is a former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association.
Zeeck received an MBA from Rockhurst University in Kansas City and a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri.
He is Chair of the Board of Regents for 2022-23.
- Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee from January 29, 2018 to September 30, 2023
- Confirmed by Senate on April 11, 2019
- Reappointed by Governor Jay Inslee from October 2, 2023 to September 30, 2029