Janis Ware, Publisher, began working at The Atlanta Voice, a newspaper
founded by her late father, J. Lowell Ware in 1977 and took the helm at the
age of 35 after his death in 1991. Ware led the organization through the
economic crisis, internet and social media/ digital transformation. She
serves as First Vice-Chair of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Treasurer of the board of Local Media Association (LMA).