Susan Clark-Johnson, 67, passed away January 28, 2015. At the time of her death, she was a director at Pinnacle West Capital Corp., parent of Arizona Public Service Co. She was former executive director of ASU’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy, a professor of journalism at ASU and a longtime journalist who capped her 41 year career as president of the Gannett Newspaper Division, which includes The Arizona Republic. Clark-Johnson joined Morrison Institute in May 2009 after retiring as president of the Gannett Newspaper Division a year earlier. Among her accomplishments at Morrison Institute were the creation of the State of Our State Conference, which has become an annual signature event featuring panel discussions, reports and interactive discussion regarding Arizona’s key challenges and opportunities. Also launched was the Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy Center, and she played an integral role in the early stages for forming the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Morrison Institute. She was recognized at the November 2014 conference for her deeds, including elevating the profile of Morrison Institute, which is part of ASU's College of Public Service and Community Solutions. Since 2010, Clark-Johnson served as a professor of practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU, where she was the driving force behind the creation of the school’s New Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab, which brings together students from across the university to develop cutting-edge digital products for media companies. She also pioneered the schools’ partnership with Chyron Corp., an innovative digital broadcast graphics products and services, to bring a new graphics management system to the school, and served as an adviser and advocate for other school initiatives. Clark-Johnson previously served as chairman and CEO of Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., as well as senior group president of Gannett's Pacific Newspaper Group with oversight responsibility for 32 companies throughout the West, including Hawaii and Guam. She was recognized by numerous organizations, including lifetime achievement awards from The Washington Women’s Center and the National Association of Female Executives. She was awarded the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Diversity efforts from the National Association of Minority Media Executives and the Jerry J. Wisotsky Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League. She was a member of the Council of Foreign Relations; on the board of directors of Pinnacle West, the parent company of APS, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGEN). Clark-Johnson also was a member of the O'Connor House board of directors and chair of the O'Connor House advisory group. Clark-Johnson is a graduate of State University of New York at Binghamton, from which she also received an honorary doctorate. She and her husband, Brooks Johnson, lived in Paradise Valley, AZ, and Lake Tahoe, NV. In lieu of flowers, her family requests friends consider a contribution to one of her favorite charities: Fresh Start, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Hospice of the Valley or Lake Tahoe Summerfest. (Sources: ASU Insight and Arizona Republic)