Meeting Speaker for April 22, 2013

Cheryl Dell

President and Publisher

The Sacramento Bee

Cheryl Dell was named publisher of The Sacramento Bee on April 14, 2008.  Previously, Dell served as publisher of the Tacoma News Tribune and the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Washington.

For 155 years The Sacramento Bee has had a legacy of public service journalism and in bringing accountability to the institutions that serve our communities.   Daily newspapers have always been the watchdog for the communities they serve.  The Sacramento Bee has a history of quality journalism that includes five Pulitzer prizes and they regularly receive local, state and national recognition for quality journalism.  With an audience that exceeds one million readers in print and five million online, The Bee is the largest media in the Sacramento region.

Dell serves as Treasurer of the executive committee of Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO) which is the Sacramento region’s leading facilitator of economic development.  She sits on the board of directors of Valley Vision, MLK365 and is a member of The Salvation Army Advisory Board of Sacramento.  Additionally, Dell serves as Chair of the Inland Press Foundation and sits on the Executive Committee for the Inland Press Association.

Dell has held a variety of newspaper management positions in California, Texas and Washington over her career.  She joined McClatchy in 1997 at The Modesto Bee, moving to The Fresno Bee in 1999 where she served as vice president of sales and marketing until her appointment as publisher of the Tri-City Herald.  Dell is a native of Modesto, California and received her B.A. degree in Communications Studies from California State University, Sacramento and the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Drexel University.

She is married to Brad Dell and lives in Sacramento with their two terriers Brindie and Langley.