TIPA Faculty Bylaws
Julie Reed, Baylor University
Executive Director
Julie Reed worked with hundreds of budding student journalists at Baylor University from 2005 to 2026 and has been executive director of TIPA since 2023. She has a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and English from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in American Studies from Baylor. She began her career as a copy editor at The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and also taught English and journalism at a magnet school in Lubbock. Julie previously served as TIPA president, vice president and secretary.
Kasi Key, Tyler Junior College
President
Kasi Key (Dickerson) is a professor of mass communication at Tyler Junior College and serves as an adviser for The DrumBeat Student Media. Kasi previously taught mass communication at Stephen F. Austin State University and worked for several years for SFA’s University Marketing Communications where she flexed her creative and writing muscles. She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in journalism from SFA.
Jesus Sanchez, UTRGV
Vice President
Jesus Antonio Sanchez is the student media director at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He has a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in business administration from UTRGV. Jesus has been involved in Student Media and TIPA as a student in 2014, where he won 21 awards, and as a full-time adviser since 2019. He has worked as a news and sports reporter for the local newspapers in the Rio Grande Valley: The Brownsville Herald, RGVSports, Valley Morning Star and The Monitor.