Geri Migielicz is Director of Photography at the San Jose Mercury News. Under her leadership, the paper has continued a strong tradition in photojournalism and picture editing excellence. Previously, she was the first picture editor at the Rocky Mountain News, and a picture editor and photographer at the Seattle Times. She also worked as a photographer in St. Joseph, Mo. and Emporia, Ks. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and attended graduate school at Ohio University. She has been a faculty member at the Missouri Photo Workshop and visiting faculty at the Poynter Institute. She is a founding board member of Associated Press Photo Managers, an organization of newspaper photo managers. APPM has been created to promote leadership and communication skills, and to support the training and development of picture editors.