Dori J. Maynard (May 4, 1958 – February 24, 2015) was the president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education in Oakland, California, the oldest organization dedicated to helping the nation's news media accurately and fairly portray all segments of "our" society. The Institute has trained thousands of journalists of color and ethnic minorities, including the national editor of The Washington Post, the editor of the Oakland Tribune and the only Latina to edit a major metropolitan newspaper. She was the co-author of Letters to My Children, a compilation of nationally syndicated columns by her late father Robert C. Maynard, with introductory essays by Dori. She served on the board of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, as well as the Board of Visitors for the John S. Knight Fell