ISEA Leaders

ISEA President: Chris Bern

Veteran Knoxville High School math teacher, Chris Bern, has been elected as president of the 33,000-member Iowa State Education Association (ISEA). Click here for a more complete biographical sketch.

ISEA Vice President: Tammy Wawro

Tammy Wawro, a teacher serving as student teaching/mentor coordinator for the Cedar Rapids schools, has been elected vice president of the 33,000-member Iowa State Education Association (ISEA). Click here for a more complete biographical sketch.

Executive Director: Mary Jane Cobb

A former NEA staffer and UniServ director in Alabama, Mary Jane Cobb became ISEA Executive Director September 1, 2008. Click here for a more complete biographical sketch.

ISEA Treasurer: Kathy Haltmeyer, Muscatine

Long-time Association activist Kathy Haltmeyer is serving a one-year term as ISEA Treasurer and chair of the Budget Committee. Haltmeyer runs her own teacher training company called Management, Motivation & More. She was a member of the NEA's Elections Committee and a trainer with the NEA's Women's Leadership Program. At the ISEA she has been a State Delegate, a presenter at Summer Conference, and a member of the Central PAC and Personnel committees. She has held leadership positions on the local level.

NEA Director: Jim Young, Cedar Falls

A veteran teacher from Cedar Falls, Jim Young began his three-year term representing Iowa on the NEA Board of Directors in 2003. Young has been actively involved in all levels of the Association over the years. He's held virtually every leadership position on the local level including president, vice president, treasurer, and building representative. In addition, he's chaired a variety of committees including governmental relations, communications, IPD, and American Education Week.

NEA Director: Kathy Williams,  Davenport

A sixth grade reading and language arts at Wood Intermediate School, Kathy Williams has been an advocate for children and public education throughout her 33-year career. In addition to holding a wide variety of leadership positions in the Davenport Education Association and the Great River regional ISEA unit, she has also been involved in a number of school district committees and professional activities over the years. Williams began her three-year term on the NEA Board of directors in July of 2007.

NEA Director At-Large: Leslie Dake , Sioux City

ISEA Executive Board Members

Northern Pride:Geneva Grooters, Clay Central
Unit Two:Andrew Van Hooreweghe, Cedar Falls
Lincolnway:LaDona Jergenson, Audubon
Mid-Iowa:Kevin Ericson, Nevada
Southwest:Anne Travis,Shenandoah
South Central:Sue Stuchel, Winterset
Unit Nine:J Alan Fink, Oskaloosa
Unit Ten:Doris Wiener, Humboldt
East Central:Karen Hartlep, Benton
Geode:LaVon Worley, Sperry
Hawkeye:Rob Hirst, AEA 267
JDC:Peggy Thein, Garnavillo
Mississippi Bend:Kathleen Haltmeyer, Muscatine
Northeast Iowa:Deborah Turnball , Waverly
Polk Suburban:Mike Beranek, West Des Moines
Great River:Daniel Brandstetter, LeClaire
Des Moines:David O'Connor, Des Moines
Cedar Wood:Gary Anhalt, Cedar Rapids
Siouxland:Donna Walsh, Sioux City
ISEA Student Program:Jessica Beck, Grandview College
ISEA-Retired:Barb Cunningham, Shenandoah
Multicultural Representative: Flora Lee , Northwest AEA
Area Education Agency Representative:Marlin Jeffers, Western Hills AEA
Higher Education:Lee Skeens, Southeastern Community College
Educational Support Professionals:Toni Graham, Shenandoah

ISEA UniServ Unit Presidents

Northern Pride:Neil Bracker, MOC-Floyd Valley
Unit Two:Daniel Meyer, Forest City
Lincolnway:Mary Siepker, Sioux City
Mid-Iowa:Dawn Remsburg, Ames
Southwest:Tom McLaughlin, Council Bluffs
South Central:Susan Stuchel, Winterset
Unit Nine:Mary Jane Sullivan, North Mahaska
Unit Ten:Diane Blom, Estherville
Polk Suburban:Rod Hilpipre, Southeast Polk
Cedar Wood:Shawn Thomsen, Cedar Rapids
Great River:  Alan Shaw, Princeton
East Central:Nancy Notton-Stumpff, Norway
JDC:Debbie Richmann, Calamus
Mississippi Bend:Zachary Day, Davenport
Hawkeye:Joel Bishop, Waterloo
Des Moines:Alan Young, Des Moines
Geode:Louis Clark, Keokuk
Northeast Iowa:Lori Lee, Nashua
Siouxland:Brenda Zahner, Sergeant Bluff