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Our Board

As a top decision-making body, our Board of Directors includes at least one director from each state affiliate, as well as representatives from retired members, aspiring educators, at-large representatives of ethnic minorities, administrators, teachers in higher ed, and active members employed in ESP positions.

Alabama: Charlene McCoy, Mary Beth Tate, Mia Ward

Alaska: Katherine Simpler

Arizona: Kelley Fisher

Arkansas: Dustin Parsons

California: Yulil Alonso-Garza, Irene Magdalene Amezcua, Nichole Loyd DeVore, Ever Flores, Rafael Gonzalez, Naqiba Gregory, Barbara Jackson, Paula Merrigan, Wil Page, Lorraine Richards, Grant Schuster, Matthew Seymour, Kelly Villalobos, Erika Zamora, Vacancy

Colorado: Angela Anderson, David Lockley

Connecticut: Katy Gale, Tanya Kores

Delaware: Gloria Ho

Federal Education Association: Vacancy

Florida: Wendy Carey, Teresa Hodge, Cartier Scott, Vacancy

Georgia: Jeff Hubbard, Martissa Moore

Hawaii: Aaron Kubo

Idaho: Margaret Hoy

Illinois: Benjamin Baer, Bill Farmer, Elizabeth Ojeda-Jimenez, Karen Moore, Susan Nicholas, Bobby Rickman, Michael Williamson

Indiana: Jessica Ramirez. Wafa Safi-Hassan

Iowa: Sara Earleywine, Rachella Dravis

Kansas: Angela Powers, Brian Skinner

Kentucky: Tyler Murphy, Noraa Ransey

Louisiana: Elizabeth Sullivan

Maine: Rebecca Cole

Maryland: Michelle Alexander, Matthew Gresick, Tanya Martin, Anzer (Nikki) Woodward

Massachusetts: John Bracey, Brian Fitzgerald, Kyle Gekopi, Deborah Gesualdo, Christine Mulroney, Nicole Prevost

Michigan: Allyson McBride-Culver, Heather Schulz, Roger Rothe, Wendy Winston

Minnesota: Heather Bakke, Jasman Myers, Marty Scofield

Mississippi: Christopher Stevens

Missouri: DeNae Bush, Andy Slaughter

Montana: KaCee Ballou

Nebraska: Renae Noble, Edward Ventura

Nevada: Rachel Croft

New Hampshire: Terry Burlingame

New Jersey: Brenda Brathwaite, Theresa Fuller, Laurie Gibson-Parker, Lauren Greenfield, Susan McBride, Peter Moran, Barbara Rheault, Mark Richards, Stacy Yanko

New Mexico: Jim Maes

New York: Dora Leland, Dante Morelli

North Carolina: Turquoise Lejeune Parker

North Dakota: Brenda Seehafer

Ohio: Amy Butcher, Sharron Callahan, Carol Correthers, Angela Dyer-Sanchez, Linna Jordan, Dwayne Marshall

Oklahoma: Zachary Grimm

Oregon: Chris Early, Adolfo Garza-Cano, Brinda Narayan-Wold

Pennsylvania: Colleen Brodbeck, Maria Bennett, Melissa Constantino-Poruben, Erin Ruggiero, Casey VanWhy, Daneen Watson, Carol Yanity

Rhode Island: Vincent Levcowich

South Carolina: Stephanie Johnson

South Dakota: Kelsey Lovseth

Tennessee: Paula Pendergrass, Randall Woodard

Texas: Aaron Phillips, David Ring

Utah: Denise Lake

Vermont: Michael Campbell

Virginia: Christina Bohringer, Kevin Hickerson

Washington: Jeb Binns, Charlotte Lartey, Becca Ritchie, Audra Shaw, Pamela Wilson

West Virginia: Lucinda Burns

Wisconsin: Maiwa Lor, Jesse Martinez

Wyoming: Mariah Abbie Learned

Aspiring Educators: Demetrius Dove, Jonathan Oyaga, Matthew Yuro

Retired: Connie Boylan, Ed Foglia, Julie Horwin, Linda McCrary, Michael Priser, Judy Rohde

At-Large: Maritza Barrera, Karoline Bethea-Jones, Jacqueline Burton, Cesar Carranza, Michelle Dennard, Gwendolyn Edwards, Aneeka Ferrell, Mike Glabere, Cynthia Henderson, Brenda Johnson, Pamella Johnson, Temika Langston-Myers, Tarsha Lawson, Kashara Moore, Clinton Smith, Ivory Smith, Debra Ward-Mitchell, Chiffon Winston

Ethnic-Minority Representatives: Tracy Hartman-Bradley, Robert Ellis, Jodi Kunimitsu, Alberto Nodal

Honorary: John Lucas

Executive Committee: Rebecca (Becky) Pringle, Princess R. Moss, Noel Candelaria, Mark Jewell, Gladys Marquez, Shannon McCann, Ronald Duff Martin, Robert Rodriguez, Christine Sampson-Clark

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The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest professional employee organization, is committed to advancing the cause of public education. NEA's 3 million members work at every level of education—from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliate organizations in every state and in more than 14,000 communities across the United States.