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—Paul Guess and Andy Slaughter.
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)
Meeting Dates
Sept. 18, 2021
Oct. 16, 2021
Nov. 20, 2021
Feb. 19, 2022
March 5, 2022
April 23, 2022
May 21, 2022
July 29, 2022 (new-member orientation)
July 29- 31, 2022 (board retreat)
Board of Directors
Expand the titles below to view the directors and areas they serve.
Directors (Special Groups and At-Large)
Higher Education Director-at-Large
Doug Hurst (Doug.Hurst@mnea.org)
Ethnic Minority Director-at-Large
Alexander Tai (Alexander.Tai@mnea.org)
ESP Director-at-Large
Vickie Haynes (Vickie.Haynes@mnea.org)
Retired Director
Linda Innes (Linda.Innes@mnea.org)
Aspiring Educators Director
Allie Rodgers (allie.rodgers@mnea.org)
Directors (Governance District 1)
James Mueller (James.Mueller@mnea.org) 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)
Stephanie Hasty (Stephanie.Hasty@mnea.org) 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)
Kirby Newport (Kirby.Newport@mnea.org) 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 (Carrie.Begemann@mnea.org) and Tresina Alvested (Tresina.Alvested@mnea.org) 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)
Lisa Baldwin (lisa.baldwin@mnea.org) and J. Eric Simmons (eric.simmons@mnea.org) represents 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)
Cassidy Urie (Cassidy.Urie@mnea.org) represents members in the following school districts/locals:
Adair Co. R-I Boone Co. R-IV / Hallsville Boonville (A) Brookfiled (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)
Thomas E. Greene (Thomas.Greene@mnea.org) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
Ferguson-Florissant (A) Hazelwood (A) |
Hazelwood ASP (A) |
Jennings (A) |
Directors (Governance District 8)
Carmen Hill (Carmen.Hill@mnea.org) 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 (David.Hope@mnea.org) and Tammy McGrellis (Tammy.McGrellis@mnea.org) 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) |
Directors (Governance District 10)
Jamie Buchner (Jamie.Buchner@mnea.org) and Francine Hill (francine.hill@mnea.org) represent members in the following school districts/locals:
Fort Zumwalt (A) Francis Howell (A) Francis Howell ESP (A) |
Francis Howell MGC (A) St. Charles (A) Troy NEA |
Warrenton (A) Wentzville (A) Winfield (A) Wright City (A) |
Directors (Governance District 11)
Jenny Stogsdill (Jenny.Stogsdill@mnea.org) and Patrick C. McPartland (Patrick.McPartland@mnea.org) 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) |