In addition to the election of the MTA President and Vice President, the 2020 Annual Meeting of Delegates will feature contests for seats on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors.
Executive Committee contests are as follows: Matthew J. Bach of the Andover Education Association and Ruth Allen of the Dracut Teachers Association are vying in Region F; John Sullivan of the Belmont Education Association and Kerri Scott of the Melrose Education Association are vying in Region G; Yahaira Rodriguez of the Educational Association of Worcester and Leslie Marsland of the University Staff Association are vying for the At-Large Education Support Professionals seat; Gloria Salazar of the Somerville Teachers Association and Graciela Mohamedi of the Brookline Educators Union are vying for the At-Large Seat to Represent Ethnic Minority Members; and MTA Retired members Julia Monteiro Johnson and Andrei Joseph are vying for the Statewide Retired Region seat.
Contests for seats on the Board are as follows: Judith Fairweather of the North Adams Teachers Association and Ginger Armstrong of the Lee Education Association are vying in District 1A; Jacqueline Perkins and Katuska (Katie) Lecaro, both of the Education Association of Plymouth-Carver, are vying in District 34C; Fred Hopkins and Kerry Costello, both of the Andover Education Association, are vying in District 22F; Rosemarie Freeland and Colleen Avedikian, both of the Massachusetts Community College Council, are vying in District 44H; Robert (Bobby) V. Travers Jr. of the Cambridge Education Association and Paula Rigano-Murray of the Northampton Association of School Employees are vying for the At-Large Education Support Professionals seat.
The at-large seats are voted on by all delegates at the 2020 Annual Meeting. Regional seats are voted on by delegates representing that region and district seats by delegates from that district.
All other candidates for the Executive Committee and the Board have been declared elected under the election waiver in the MTA Bylaws. The provision states that if there is only one candidate for an open position, the election will be waived, and the candidate is declared elected. Terms on the Board and Executive Committee begin on July 1 and last for three years.
The candidates declared elected because of the waiver are:
Executive Committee
Region A: Cedric Cunningham, Springfield Education Association
Region C: Dale Forest, Barnstable Teachers Association
Board of Directors
District 2A: Kristy Dyer, Agawam Education Association
District 3A: Nellie Taylor, Easthampton Education Association
District 4A: Chris Herland, Amherst-Pelham Education Association
District 5A: Tracy Little-Sasanecki, Springfield Education Association
District 6A: Diane Brennan-Ogorzalek, Ludlow Education Association
District 26A: Benjamin Eisen, Chicopee Education Association
District 43C: Cheri Cluff, Martha’s Vineyard Educators Association
District 15D: Sonia Fortin, Sudbury Education Association
District 27D: Tim Dwyer, Dedham Education Association
District 38E: Joe Spremulli, Norton Teachers Association
District 18G: Kelly Henderson, Newton Teachers Association
District 21G: Jessica Gold Boots, Malden Education Association
Candidates declared elected who supplied photos are pictured below. In contested races, the biographical statements of candidates for the Executive Committee and the Board appear on Pages 21 through 25.
Candidates declared elected
