Mary Byrne, managing editor at USA Today Sports, has been elected as the new second vice president of the Associated Press Sports Editors, the organization announced Friday.
Byrne will take office during the APSE summer conference June 26-29 in Detroit. She will join incoming president Tim Stephens of CBS Sports Interactive and incoming first vice president Mike Sherman of The Oklahoman as officers for 2013-2014.
Byrne will serve one year as second vice president, one year as first vice president and ascend to the presidency of APSE for 2015-2016. She became managing editor at USA Today Sports last year after nearly six years as deputy sports editor with the Associated Press. Byrne previously served as Olympics editor for USA Today and spent eight years in a variety of leadership roles at the Miami Herald. Byrne, who also worked at the Waterbury (Conn.) Republican-American, began her career as a copy editor for the Oceanside (Calif.) Blade-Citizen.
