Felicia Mason has retired after 38 years with Alabama Press Association, 25 years as executive director. Her successor is Brad English.
Mason was the first woman to manage the association, and she served longer than any of her predecessors. She joined the staff as an advertising sales rep for APA’s business affiliate, the Alabama Newspaper Advertising Service, in 1987, soon after graduating from the University of Alabama. At UA, she had been advertising manager of the student newspaper, the Crimson White. In 1990 she was named advertising manager of APA/ANAS.
