This year, the MTA is electing three members to seats on the NEA Board of Directors.
Two seats are for three-year terms beginning Sept. 1, 2025, and expiring Aug. 31, 2028, in accordance with the NEA fiscal year. The third seat is to fill an unexpired term, beginning Sept. 1, 2025, and expiring Aug. 31, 2026.
For the seat to fill the remainder of an unexpired term, one member presented the requisite nomination papers with member signatures by the deadline and has been declared elected to the NEA Board. Cherian Armstrong, of the Monomoy Regional Education Association, has been elected to fill the remainder of an unexpired term, beginning this year on Sept. 1 and ending Aug. 31, 2026.
Per NEA Bylaws and MTA election policy, if the number of candidates does not exceed the number of seats to be filled, the election is waived, and the candidate declared elected.
For the two seats for a full, three-year term, four members have been nominated by presenting the requisite papers. The candidates are: Julia Norman, of the Waltham Educators Association; Conner Bourgoin, of the Tewksbury Teachers Association; Brian Fitzgerald, of the Wareham Education Association; and Kyle Gekopi, of the Wellesley Educators Association. These seats will be filled by direct vote of the active membership in March and April, in tandem with NEA state and regional delegate elections. Ballots will be provided to all MTA/NEA active members who are eligible to vote. Members may vote for up to two of the listed candidates.
For the contested seats, candidates’ biographical statements and photos are published in this electronic issue of MTA Today.
MTA’s NEA Directors also serve as members of the MTA Board of Directors, as MTA Annual Meeting Delegates and as delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly during their terms.
For further information, please contact John Connelly of the Division of Governance and Administration by calling 617-878-8305 or emailing jconnelly@massteacher.org.
