Advisory Council

Alan Mores graduated from Iowa State University in 1980 with a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Journalism and Mass Communications. While in college, he served as press intern for Iowa Gov. Robert Ray in 1977 and U.S. Rep. W. Hensen Moore of Louisiana in 1979.

After graduation, he went to work for Harlan Newspapers. He is currently co-publisher with his brother, Steve.

In the 1980s, Mores served as media coordinator for Cameras in the Courtroom in Iowa’s Fourth Judicial District. Mores was the first newspaper industry representative selected to Leadership Iowa in 1988, and served as the state chair for the National Newspaper Association.

Mores was the youngest president to date of the Iowa Newspaper Association in 2002 and the Iowa Newspaper Foundation in 1998. He was recognized by the INA as master editor-publisher in 2000 and won INA advertising and reporting honors in 1978 and 2000.

He was named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Iowa Journalist of the Year in 2000. Mores is currently editorial board chair of Iowa Commercial Magazine and serves on the board of the Iowa Association of Business & Industry.

Mores’ continuing education included economic development concepts studies at the University of Northern Iowa; and industry courses at the American Press Institute in Reston, Virginia; and the Institute of Newspaper Technology the University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information.

He is interested in serving the school as a mentor for students or guest speaker in the areas of advertising, marketing, sales, and technology.