Local Associations, Presidents & UniServ Directors
Click on your school district to find your local association, president, and UniServ Director (you may need to zoom in on the map to see all districts).
NEA-Alaska Regions
LOCAL AFFILIATES
Associated Teachers of Petersburg
Chatham-NEA
Craig Education Association
Haines Education Association
Hoonah Classified Employee Association
Hoonah Education Association
Hydaburg Education Association
Juneau Education Association
Kake Education Association
Ketchikan Education Association
Metlakatla Education Association
Sitka Education Association
Sitka Educational Support Professional Association
Skagway Teachers Organization
Southeast Islands Education Association
TEAME – Teachers Education Association at Mt. Edgecumbe
Wrangell Teachers Association
LOCAL AFFILIATES
Alaska Gateway Education Association
Alaska Gateway Education Support Professional Association
Aleutians East Education Association
Cordova Education Association
Delta Greely Education Association
Delta Greely Education Support Professional Association
Denali Education Association
Denali Education Support Professional Association
Kodiak Borough Education Association
Kodiak Island Education Support Association
Lake & Peninsula Education Association
Nenana Education Association
Nenana Education Support Staff Association (NESSA)
Unalaska Education Association
Yakutat Education Association
LOCAL AFFILIATE
AVTECTA
Kenai Peninsula Education Association (KPEA)
Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Associates (KPESA)
LOCAL AFFILIATES
Bering Strait Education Association
Bristol Bay Education Association
Chevak Education Support Professional Association
Chevak NEA
Dillingham Classified Association
Dillingham Education Association
Galena Education Association
Iditarod Education Association
Lower Kuskokwim NEA
Lower Yukon Education Association
Lower Yukon Education Support Professional Association
Mid-Kuskokwim Education Association
Mid Yukon NEA
Nome Education Association
Nome Education Support Professional Association
North Slope Borough Education Association
Northwest Arctic Education Association
Northwest Arctic Education Support Professional Association
Pribilof Region Education Association
Southwest Region Education Association
Tanana Education Association
Yukon Flats Education Association
LOCAL AFFILIATE
Education Support Staff Association (ESSA)
Fairbanks Education Association
LOCAL AFFILIATE
Anchorage Education Association (AEA)
NEA-Alaska/Retired: Rich Kronberg
*UNISERV DIRECTOR: Val Baffone // val.baffone@neaalaska.org
UniServ Directors
contact: courtney.eyer@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region IV: Chevak Education Support Professional Association: Nathan Wassillie
Region IV: Chevak NEA: Richard Sparrow
Region III: Kenai Peninsula Education Association: David Brighton
Region IV: Lower Yukon Education Association: David Kempher
Region IV: Lower Yukon Education Support Professional Association: Richard Charlie
Region IV: Lower Kuskokwim NEA: Erin Charles
contact: david.theriault@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region IV: Bristol Bay Education Association: Rebecca Ingalls
Region II: Cordova Education Association: Lance Westing & Laura Hansen
Region VII: Mat-Su Classified Education Association (CEA): Karen Salisbury
Region IV: Dillingham Classified Association: Norma Hiratsuka
Region IV: Dillingham Education Association: Teresa Duncan
Region IV: Southwest Region Education Association: Mary Lillie
contact: debbie.omstead@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region VI: Anchorage Education Association (AEA): Tom Klaameyer
Region III: AVTECTA: Dale Butts
contact: grier.hopkins@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region II: Denali Education Association: Karen Martin
Region II: Denali Education Support Professional Association: Jeff Fisher
Region V: Fairbanks Education Association: Sandi Ryan
Region IV: Galena Education Association: Lynn Betterton
Region IV: Mid Yukon NEA: Danae Davis
Region II: Nenana Education Association: Stephen Calkin
Region II: Nenana Education Support Staff Association (NESSA): Virginia Brown
Region IV: North Slope Borough Education Association: Tracie Nash
Student NEA-AK
contact: hedy.eischeid@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region I: Craig Education Association: Lorraine Pierce
Region I: Hydaburg Education Association: Sharlet Collins
Region I: Ketchikan Education Association: Meredith Lundamo
Region I: Metlakatla Education Association: John Hudson
Region IV: Northwest Arctic Education Association: Sharon Hulley
Region IV: Northwest Arctic Education Support Professional Association: Mandy Hill & Janelle Schaeffer
Region I: Southeast Islands Education Association: Amy McDonald
Region II: Unalaska Education Association: David Gibson
contact: joshua.yeh@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region III: Kenai Peninsula Education Support Association: Rachel Sinclair
Region II: Kodiak Borough Education Association: Kathy Simpler
Region II: Kodiak Island Education Support Association: Michelle Pennington & Diane Doucette-Cooney
Region IV: Mid-Kuskokwim Education Association: Erica Jasmine Williams
Region IV: Iditarod Education Association: Doug Goben
contact: mike.wenstrup@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region II: Delta Greely Education Association: Eileen Mock
Region II: Delta Greely Education Support Professional Association: Denise Coakley
Region V: Fairbanks Education Support Staff Association (ESSA): Irene Matheis
Region IV: Nome Education Association: Kent Runion
Region IV: Nome Education Support Professional Association: Jim Shreve
Region IV: Tanana Education Association: Amy Brower
Region IV: Yukon Flats Education Association: Victoria Salmon
contact: monica.southworth@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region I: Associated Teachers of Petersburg: Jim Engell
Region I: Chatham-NEA
Region I: Haines Education Association: Lilly Boron
Region I: Hoonah Education Association: Adam Gretsinger
Region I: Hoonah Classified Employee Association: Veronica Dalton
Region I: Juneau Education Association: Laura Mulgrew
Region I: Kake Education Association: David Grimes
Region I: Sitka Education Association: Tim Pike
Region I: Sitka Educational Support Professional Association: Ryan Haug
Region I: Skagway Teachers Organization: Vivian Meyer
Region I: Teachers Education Association – Mt. Edgecumbe (TEAME): Stephen Courtright
Region I: Wrangell Teachers Association: Ryan Howe
Region II: Yakutat Education Association: Nate Endicott
contact: robb.donohueboyer@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region II: Alaska Gateway Education Association: Erica Burnham
Region II: Alaska Gateway Education Support Professional Association: Candy Thurneau
Region IV: Bering Strait Education Association: Lynda Bekoalok
Region II: Lake & Peninsula Education Association: Matthew Stark
Region VII: Mat-Su Education Association (MSEA): Tim Walters
Region IV: Pribilof Region Education Association: Mylisa Jones
contact: val.baffone@neaalaska.org
LOCAL AFFILIATES & PRESIDENTS
Region VI: Anchorage Education Association (AEA): Tom Klaameyer
Region R: NEA-Alaska/Retired: Rich Kronberg
The UniServ Program
The UniServ program (UniServ is a shortened version of Unified Service) is funded jointly by NEA-Alaska and the National Education Association (NEA). Each year NEA sends state affiliates substantial financial support to assist in employing field staff, known as UniServ Directors, to work directly with local associations. The program exists to expand and secure the rights and interests of members. This includes providing rights and bargaining assistance as well as offering individual and organizational development programs for members and locals.
Organizational development programs available through UniServ Directors help locals develop high-performing boards of directors, building representative systems and committees (such as rights, bargaining, political action and communications). Teaching and learning programs assist members with professional development and growth, including National Board Certification. Other training modules provided include Conflict Resolution, Effective Communications, Systems Thinking, Relational Organizing and Living Wage.
For more information, or to schedule training, contact your local president, UniServ Director, or the UniServ Program Director, Mark Jones.
Contract Database
View your local’s contract and samples of other contract language in the Alaska Educator Contract Database.