Lauren Weppler-Geissler, news director at WTOL-TV and WUPW in Toledo, has been selected to serve as president of the Press Club of Toledo.

The Board of Directors voted Jan. 18 for Weppler-Geissler to lead the organization. Stephanie Elton, president of Blue Water Communications, will serve as president-elect.

In accepting the role, Weppler-Geissler thanked Candice Harrison, director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for SSOE Group, for her strong leadership during the past year.

A broadcast journalism graduate from West Liberty University in Wheeling, W.V., Weppler-Geissler came to WTOL after a stint at WMBF-TV, Channel 32, the NBC affiliate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as a reporter and executive producer of the station’s morning newscasts. She also previously served as the evening anchor of a station in Beckly, W.V.