MNEA - Key Persons
A HOPE fund application must be received and approved by the MNEA president, MNEA vice president, or MNEA executive director, in that order, before an award of money will be made from the HOPE Fund.
Andy Slaughter, a middle school social studies teacher in the Meramec Valley School District in Pacific, MO, began his term as NEA Director in November 2019. Slaughter served as a building representative for three years in his local affiliate, vice president for three years and president for three years. Prior to his election as NEA Director, he served as a member of the Missouri NEA Board of Directors, a position he had held for four years. Slaughter has also served as a delegate to the NEA Representative Assembly, as a member of the MNEA executive PAC council for 10 years, and as a member of numerous screening committees for local and statewide elections.
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- Administrative Assistant Units 10, 12, and 17
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- Assistant Executive Director of Program Services
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- Chairman of the Resolutions Committee
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- General Counsel & Chief Human Resource Officer
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- Chairman of the Credentials Committee
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- Administrative Assistant, Unit 5
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- Administrative Assistant, Unit 4 & 7
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- Director
- UniServ Director, Unit 11
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- UniServ Director, Unit 15
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- Chairman of the Human Rights Committee
Chief Financial Officer: Karen Struemph (karen.struemph@mnea.org, (573) 644-9617)
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- Director
- UniServ Director, Unit 10
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- Director
- UniServ Director, Unit 13
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- Administrative Assistant, Unit 1 & 3
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- Membership Accounting Specialist
Membership Accounting Specialist: Laurie Bernskoetter (laurie.bernskoetter@mnea.org, (573) 644-9623)
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- Director
- UniServ Director, Unit 18
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- UniServ Director, Unit 20
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- Chairman of the Member Benefits Advisory Committee
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- Administrative Assistant ( Springfield Regional Office )
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- Administrative Assistant
- Program Services Administrative Assistant
- Program Services Administrative Assistant ( Headquarters )
Administrative Assistant: Olivia Compton (olivia.compton@mnea.org, (417) 569-1402)
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- Manager of Enterprise Operations
Manager of Enterprise Operations: Pam Koetting (pam.koetting@mnea.org, (573) 644-9601)
Elected to the office at the MNEA Representative Assembly in April 2019, Murray began his three-year term Aug. 1, 2019. He is an elementary school teacher (29 years) from Poplar Bluff School District in southeast Missouri. Murray has served his local community in a number of capacities, including site coordinator for Safe Schools Healthy Students, Poplar Bluff MNEA president (12 years), MNEA R.A. delegate, and treasurer for the successful Kids First Campaign (bond issue). He has represented MNEA members on the MNEA Board of Directors (11 years), NEA R.A. delegate, MNEA R.A. Task Force, and MNEA Dues Task Force, and chaired multiple MNEA state committees. Murray was elected by the MNEA R.A. in 2011 to the NEA Board of Directors. While NEA Director, he chaired the NEA UniServ Advisory Committee, served on the New Business Item Committee and Budget Committee.
Elected to the office at the MNEA Representative Assembly in April 2019, McIntosh began her three-year term Aug. 1, 2019. She worked as a teacher at the Center for Alternative Instructional Resources in the Grandview C-4 School District. McIntosh has served as an NEA R.A. state delegate, as a member of the MNEA Board of Directors, and as chair of the MNEA Bylaws Committee. She served two terms on the NEA Sexual Orientation/Gender Identification Committee and was a Regional Director for the NEA GLBT Caucus. She was serving her first term as NEA Director when she was elected to her current position of MNEA vice president.
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- Administrative Assistant
- Executive Administrative Assistant
- Governance Executive Administrative Assistant
Executive Administrative Assistant: Roxane Bly (roxane.bly@mnea.org, (573) 644-9606)
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- Professional Practice Director
Professional Practice Director: Samantha Hayes (samantha.hayes@mnea.org, (573) 644-9625)
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- UniServ Director, Unit 16
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- Assistant Executive Director of Field Services
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- Administrative Assistant Units 11
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- Higher Education Director - at - Large
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- Administrative Assistant, Unit 15 & 20
- Legal Administrative Assistant
Legal Administrative Assistant: Tracy Flaherty (tracy.flaherty@mnea.org, (314) 584-1305)
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- Director
- UniServ Director, Unit 12