Board of Directors
The MNEA Board of Directors sets policy.
The executive officers are elected by delegates of the MNEA Representative Assembly. The MNEA President is Phil Murray (Poplar Bluff School District). The MNEA Vice President is Rebeka McIntosh (Grandview C-4 School District). The president and vice president are on leave from their school districts and serve MNEA full-time.
The NEA Directors are also elected by delegates at the MNEA Representative Assembly. The NEA Directors serve on the National Education Association Board of Directors. Currently, MNEA has two NEA Directors.
The state is divided into 11 governance districts. Each district has one or more representatives, elected by delegates in their district meetings at the spring MNEA Representative Assembly.
The board also has representatives for at-large and special groups.
Board of Directors Secretary: Pam Koetting (pam.koetting@mnea.org, (573) 644-9601)
Governance Administrative Assistant: Roxane Bly (roxane.bly@mnea.org, (573) 644-9606)
Board of Directors as of Aug. 1, 2022
Expand the titles below to view the directors and the areas they serve. You may contact any of the MNEA Board of Directors below using the following email address: MNEABoardofDirectors@mnea.org.
Directors (Special Groups and At-Large)
Higher Education Director-at-Large
Todd Geringer, Metropolitan Community College NEA
Ethnic Minority Director-at-Large
Alexander Tai, Columbia MNEA
ESP Director-at-Large
Emanuel Grimes (SEEA)
Retired Director
Beth Ann Roland, Retired Educator
Aspiring Educators Director
Faron Haase, Missouri State University
Directors (Governance District 1)
Rebecca Portwood (Northwest EA) represents members in the following school districts/locals:
| Advance (A) Bourbon Cape Girardeau (A) Caruthersville Charleston (A) Clearwater Crystal City (A) Cuba (Crawford County R-11)(A) DeSoto (A) Dunklin (A) East Carter Co. R-II (A) Farmington (A) Festus (A) Festus Secretarial Assn. (A) Fox C-6 (A) Fredericktown Grandview R-II Hermann Hillsboro (A) Hillsboro ESA | Iron Co./Viburnum Jackson (A) Jefferson R-VII (A) Jefferson R-VII ESA Kingston K-14 (A) Lonedell (A) Malden R-I Naylor R-II Neelyville New Madrid Co. R-I N. St. Francois Co. R-I Northwest (A) Northwest ESA (A) Owensville (A) Portageville (A) Poplar Bluff (A) Potosi R-III (A) Perry | Rolla (A) Salem Scott City R-I Senath-Hornersville (A) Sikeston (A) Southern Reynolds (A) St. Clair R-XIII St. James (A) Ste. Genevieve EA (A) Ste. Genevieve ESP (A) Steelville (A) Sullivan (A) Three Rivers Comm. College Twin Rivers (A) Valley R-VI Van Buren (A) Windsor (A) Woodland (A) |
(Western and Northern boundaries by counties inclusive: Ripley, Carter, Reynolds, Dent, Phelps, Crawford, Gasconade, Franklin Co. except Washington and Union, and Jefferson County)
Directors (Governance District 2)
Amanda Perschall (Lebanon NEA) represents members in the following school districts/locals:
| Alton (A) Ash Grove R-IV Ava R-I Benton Co. R-IX (A) Bolivar (A) Branson (A) Branson ESP Buffalo (A) Cabool R-IV Camdenton R-III (A) Clever R-V Climax Springs (A) College of the Ozarks Couch (A) Fair Grove (A) Fair Play R-II Fairview Fordland (A) Forsyth R-III | Glenwood Hermitage (A) Hollister (A) Houston (A) Koshkonong Laclede Co. R-I/Conway LaQuey R-V Lebanon R-III Logan-Rogersville (A) Marion C. Early (A) Marshfield (A) Mountain Grove (A) Mountainview/Birch Tree (A) Niangua Nixa (A) Norwood R-I Ozark (A) Pleasant Hope R-VI Pulaski Co. R-II/Crocker | Raymondville Reeds Spring (A) Republic (A) Richards R-V Seymour (A) Southwest Missouri St. Univ. (A) Sparta R-III Springfield (A) Springfield ESP (A) Strafford 9A) Success Thayer (A) Warsaw (A) Waynesville (A) Weaubleau (A) West Plains (A) Wheatland (A) Willard (A) Willow Springs (A) Winona (A) |
(Western, Northern and Eastern boundaries by counties inclusive: Stone, Christian, Greene, Polk, Hickory, Benton, Camden, Pulaski, Texas, Shannon, and Oregon)
Directors (Governance District 3)
This Board seat is currently vacant and represents members in the following school districts/locals:
| Appleton City Aurora Bronaugh R-VII Carl Junction (A) Carthage (A) Cassville (A) Diamond (A) East Newton Co. R-VI El Dorado Springs (A) | Jasper Co. R-V Jenkins Joplin (A) Joplin ESP (A) Lamar (A) Liberal R-II McDonald Co. (A) Missouri Southern State (A) Monett R-I (A) Mount Vernon (A) | Neosho (A) Nevada (A) Osceola Pierce City (A) Purdy R-II (A) Sarcoxie (A) Seneca (A) Verona R-VII Webb City (A) |
(Northern and Eastern boundaries by counties inclusive: Vernon, St. Clair, Cedar, Dade, Lawrence, and Barry).
Directors (Governance District 4)
Carrie Begemann (Odessa MNEA) and Tresina Alvested (Odessa MNEA) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
| Adrian (A) Belton (A) Belton ESP (A) Blue Springs (A) Butler R-V Center (A) Central MO St.Univ. Central MO St.Univ. Student (A) Chilhowee (A) Clinton (A) Concordia (A) Fellowship of Mo Education Wokers (A) | Fort Osage (A) Grain Valley (A) Grandview (A) Harrisonville (A) Hickman Mills (A) Holden (A) Independence (A) Independence ESP (A) Independence Trans. EA (A) Johnson Co. (A) Kansas City (A) Kingsville (A) Knob Noster R-VIII (A) | Lafayette Co. (A) Lee’s Summit (A) Leesville Leeton R-X Lexington Odessa (A) Pleasant Hill (A) Raymore-Peculiar (A) Raytown (A) Rich Hill (A) Sedalia (A) Sherwood Strasburg C-3 Univ.MO-KC Warrensburg (A) |
(Northern, Eastern and Southern boundaries by counties inclusive: Jackson, (except Independence) Lafayette, Johnson, Henry, and Bates)
Directors (Governance District 5)
Joaquin Cuni (North Kansas City NEA) and DeNae' Bush (Park Hill NEA) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
| Albany Bosworth R-V Cameron Carrollton R-VII Chillicothe (A) Excelsior Springs (A) Excelsior Springs ESP Grundy Co. R-9/Trenton Hamilton Kearney (A) | Laredo R-VII Lathrop (A) Liberty (A) Maryville R-II Mid-Buchanan Norborne R-VIII N. Harrison Co. R-III N. Kansas City (A) N. Kansas City Bus Drivers North Platte | Orrick R-XI Park College Park Hill (A) Platte Co. (A) Richmond (A) Savannah (A) Smithville S. Harrison Co. (A) St. Joseph (A) St. Joseph ESP (A) West Platte (A) |
(Southern and Eastern boundaries by counties inclusive: Platte, Clay, Ray, Carroll, Livingston, Grundy, Mercer, and Independence in Jackson County)
Directors (Governance District 6)
Scott Dean (Columbia MNEA) represents members in the following school districts/locals:
| Adair Co. R-I Boone Co. R-IV / Hallsville Boonville (A) Brookfield (A) Bucklin R-II Callaway Co. R-III / New Bloomfield Cole Co. R-I/Russellville Cole. Co. R-II/Blair Oaks Cole Co. R-V/Eugene Columbia (A) Cooper Co. R-IV/Bunceton Eldon Fulton (A) Green Ridge R- VIII Hannibal (A) Howard Co. R-II / Glasgow Iberia R-V | Jefferson City (A) Kirksville (A) Laddonia LaPlata Lewis Co. C-1 Louisiana (A) Macon (A) Madison C-3 Maries Co. R-II / Belle Marshall (A) Meadville R-IV Mexico (A) Missouri Valley College Moberly (A) Moniteau Co. R-VI / Tipton Monroe City (A) Montgomery Co. (A) | North Callaway / Kingdom City Osage Co. R-II / Linn (A) Osage Co. R-III / Westphalia Palmyra R-1 Paris R-II Pettis Co. R-12 School for the Deaf (A) School of the Osage R-II Schuyler (A) Shelby Co. C-1 / Shelbyville Shelby Co. R-IV South Callaway (A) Southern Boone R-I / Ashland Truman State University (A) Univ. of Missouri-Columbia (A) Van Far (A) Westran R-I |
(Western, Southern and Eastern boundaries by counties: Putnam, Sullivan, Linn, Chariton, Saline, Pettis, Morgan, Miller, Maries, Osage, Callaway, Montgomery, and Lincoln)
Directors (Governance District 7)
Dennis Tabb (Ferguson Florissant NEA) represents members in the following school districts/locals:
| Ferguson-Florissant (A) Hazelwood (A) | Hazelwood ASP (A) | Jennings (A) |
Directors (Governance District 8)
Lori Fisk (Pattonville NEA) represents members in the following school districts/locals:
| Brentwood (A) Clayton (A) Ladue (A) Maplewood/Richmond Hts. (A) Pattonville NEA (A) | Pattonville ESP (A) Normandy (A) Ritenour (A) St. Louis (A) St. Louis JCD (A) | University City (A) Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis Wellston (A) |
Directors (Governance District 9)
David Hope (Special District NEA) and Tammy McGrellis (Special District NEA) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
| Affton (A) Bayless (A) Hancock Place (A) | Lindbergh (A) Lindbergh AOP (A) Mehlville (A) | Special District (A) Special District EEA (A) Special District ESPA (A) |
Directors (Governance District 10)
Jamie Buchner (Fort Zumwalt NEA) and Brendan Kearns (St. Charles EA) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
| Fort Zumwalt (A) Francis Howell (A) Francis Howell ESP (A) | St. Charles (A) Troy NEA | Warrenton (A) Wentzville (A) Winfield (A) Wright City (A) |
Directors (Governance District 11)
Jenny Smith (Meramec Valley NEA) and Kathy Pennington (Parkway NEA) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
| Kirkwood (A) Meramec Valley (A) Parkway (A) Parkway AESP (A) | Parkway Nurses (A) Rockwood (A) Rockwood Custodians (A) Rockwood Nurses (A) | Union (A) Valley Park (A) Washington (A) Webster Groves (A) |