David Zeeck is the retired president and publisher of The (Tacoma)鈥� News Tribune, The Olympian and The Bellingham Herald media companies.
Before being named publisher, he served as the executive editor at 鈥婽he News Tribune for 14 years. Zeeck served 20 years as an editor and reporter at The Kansas City Star.
Zee鈥媍k is a board member of the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County. He is a member of the steering committee of the Hearst Foundation Journalism Awards. He is a member of Washington鈥檚 state 鈥淪unshine Committee,鈥� which advises the state legislature on exemptions to the Public Records Act. He is a former president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, and the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Association.
Zeeck received an MBA from Rockhurst 鈥婾niversity in Kansas City and a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri.
He was Chair of the Board of Regents for 2022-23 and 2023-24 terms.
- Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee from January 29, 2018 to September 30, 2023
- Confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 2019
- Reappointed by Governor Jay Inslee from October 2, 2023 to September 30, 2029
- Confirmed by the Senate on March 7, 2024