Board of Trustees Biographies

Margaret E. Buchanan
Term: 2006-2014

Margaret E. Buchanan is the president and publisher of Enquirer Media and vice president of the Gannett Interstate Group.  Owned by the Gannett Co., Inc., Enquirer Media is a multimedia provider with more than 50 distinct local print and online news and information brands including The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Kentucky Enquirer, Community Press and Recorder weekly newspapers and the Cincinnati.com network.

When Mrs. Buchanan assumed the role of president and publisher in May 2003, she became the first woman to hold the position since the founding of The Enquirer in 1841.

After working in sales positions with IBM and Cincinnati Bell, she began her newspaper career in 1986 as a general executive for The Enquirer.  From 1987-1996, she held the positions of advertising director and marketing director at the Rockford Register Star in Rockford, Illinois. In March of 1996, she became the president and publisher of The Start-Gazette in Elmira, New York and held that position until 1999. 

Mrs. Buchanan serves on numerous Great Cincinnati boards including the Cincinnati Business Committee, the Cincinnati City Development Corporation (3CDC), the Marvin Lewis Community Fund, Commercial Club of Cincinnati and the Fine Arts Fund – where she was the first woman to chair the community-wide campaign.  Additionally, she is an Ohio Newspaper Association officer.

In 2008, she was named the top publisher in Gannett U.S. Community Publishing and received the Signet Award – given to a 10-time President’s Ring winner.  She was also selected as a Manager of the Year finalist.  And the YMCA recognized her in 2006 as a Career Woman of Achievement.

Mrs. Buchanan holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a MBA in Finance from the University of Cincinnati.

She and her husband, Gregory S. Buchanan. have two children and reside in Cincinnati.