The 2025-26 Orange County Press Club Board of Directors.
Board Officers
DESTINY TORRES, PRESIDENT
Destiny Torres is a local reporter at the LAist covering L.A. and Orange counties. She covers everything under the sun, including breaking news, local government, and environmental issues. She previously covered Orange County government for the O.C. Register. Destiny has also reported for the L.A. Business Journal, LA School Report and Remezcla.
CARRIE FREITAS, VICE-PRESIDENT
ERIKA TAYLOR, TREASURER
Erika Taylor is a Garden Grove native and a Tracy A. Wood reporting fellow at Voice of OC, where she works as a photojournalist covering transportation, libraries, culture and open space across Orange County. She began reporting for the Voice in August 2022 through the newsroom’s partnership with Chapman University, the Collegiate News Service. Taylor graduated from Chapman with a B.S. in business administration with an emphasis in marketing and a minor in visual journalism in 2024. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Journalism at the University of Southern California.
BREEANA GREENBERG, SECRETARY
Breeana Greenberg is a lecturer for Chapman University’s journalism program and a freelance reporter. She grew up in Newport Beach and attended high school in Santa Ana. After graduating from Chapman in 2021, she worked for two years as a city reporter at the Dana Point Times, a Times Media Group publication. She’s also been published by the Laguna Beach Independent, Newport Beach Independent and Voice of OC.
Board Members
HOSAM ELATTAR
Hosam Elattar is a reporter with the Voice of OC who has covered Orange County since 2020. During his tenure as a local award winning reporter, Elattar has covered school districts’ response to the COVID pandemic, a corruption scandal in Anaheim, the official recognition of Anaheim’s Little Arabia after decades of community advocacy, heightened food insecurity since the start of the global pandemic, a push for ethnic studies courses at local schools, housing & homelessness, religion and local government across North OC.
PATTY MARSTERS
Patty Marsters has served on the board of the Orange County Press Club since 1998, acting in many roles, including president, treasurer and secretary. For the past several years, she has focused her organizational skills on putting together the annual Excellence In Journalism contest. After the demise of OC Weekly, she moved on to LW Weekly, the newspaper for Seal Beach’s Leisure World residents and the surrounding community. Patty now serves as a communications specialist for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District. She also mentors aspiring writers at Newport Harbor High School and co-leads a multilevel Girl Scout troop. In her spare time, Patty reads for fun, creates baked goods, and rants at inanimate objects (such as her computer) about her grammatical and writing pet peeves. She prefers writing in the first person, but uses third person for these sorts of biographies. She lives in Orange with her two daughters, two cats, an aging goldfish, and a rotating cast of snails with unusual names.
ANDREW TURNER
Andrew Turner reports on a wide range of subjects pertaining to the cities covered by The Daily Pilot, from city council business to community events, and from art showcases to sports. For a dozen years, he has covered the issues important to our communities, including two presidential visits since joining news coverage during the coronavirus pandemic. Turner holds bachelor’s degrees in journalism and history from California State University, Long Beach.
JOHN UNDERWOOD
Previously employed by National Public Radio/ KLON/ KJAZZ/Event News Enterprise/OC Register/ OC Weekly/ Voice of OC.
TORI WALKER
With over a decade of experience in public relations, Tori Walker is a seasoned PR professional renowned for her strategic insights and creative approach. As the founder of Victori Solutions, an OC-based boutique PR firm, Tori has led impactful campaigns for a wide array of clients, including ongoing media relations for iconic Orange County landmarks such as Casa Romantica, the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach, and The Wayfarer CM, as well as cultural institutions like The Queen Mary and Musical Theatre West in Long Beach. Her portfolio includes national brands such as El Monte RV, Popcornopolis, and MedWand Solutions, showcasing her versatility across industries. Whether promoting events like Country Campout Weekend or supporting local businesses like Simply Cakes and Cupcakes in Mission Viejo and Coffee Importers in Dana Point, Tori is passionate about connecting communities through authentic storytelling and delivering measurable results for her clients.
DAVID N. YOUNG
David N. Young is a working journalist and internationally recognized public affairs strategist who has worked in a variety of public capacities throughout his career. He first joined the Orange County Press Club Board in 2019. Currently, he is an editor with Community Media Corporation and has formerly served as editor of the Catalina Islander, the Seal Beach Sun and other publications. Based for many years in Washington, D.C., he now lives and works in Southern California. As a strategist, has counseled local, state, and federal agencies, Fortune 500 companies, public officials and nonprofits. He was awarded the journalism award in high school, the telecasting innovation award in college and was first named to Who’s Who in America in 1994. He attended the LSU School of Journalism and studied broadcasting at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. His work has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Information Agency and others.