PSEA - Key Persons

Emily Nell came back to teach art and make an impact after spending 14 years as an independent artist working in schools and holding benefit auctions.

GARY GITTIS - VP

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Member of the EA Officers Team
Vice President

JASON PASTUCH - VP

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Member of the ESP Officers Team
Vice President

Jeff Ney - VP

jn..@psea.org

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Member of the PSEA Officers Team
Vice President
Elementary Teacher / Wilkes - Barre Area Education Association

JENNIFER STAVOLA

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Member of the ESP Officers Team
Secretary

Jim Vaughan

jv..@psea.org

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Executive Director
Member of the PSEA Officers Team

LESLIE WILLETTS

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Member of the ESP Officers Team

Marc Kornfeld, a former UniServ representative, attributes a lot of PSEA's success as a collective bargaining agent to the fact that its history of having organized local affiliates of teachers throughout the state made for a relatively seamless transition into union locals.

Marylou Stefanko

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Teacher in the North Hills School District, Noted That the Words "Union'' and PSEA Weren'T Used in the Same Sentence at the Time

Marylou Stefanko, a teacher in the North Hills School District, noted that the words "union'' and PSEA weren't used in the same sentence at the time. Teachers' positions were gaining understanding among administrators, legislators and the public, but Stefanko said the slow pace of reform and the plight of women teachers made it clear a union would be the only way to change what she termed "collective begging.''