Positions on the MTA Board of Directors and Executive Committee, as well as seats on the Retired Members Committee will be determined at the upcoming 2023 Annual Meeting of Delegates.
Statements by candidates for the contested Executive Committee and Board seats are on Page 10. Information on the Retired Members Committee contest is on page 8. In all cases, the names of candidates and statements are printed in ballot order.
The contested races for Executive Committee are as follows:
Candace Shivers of the Massachusetts Community College Council and Elizabeth (Wright) Tyrell of the Andover Education Association are running for the At-Large Ethnic Minority Executive Committee Member seat on the Executive Committee.
Barry Davis of the Haverhill Education Association and Adam Snodgrass of the Groton Dunstable Educators Association are competing for the Region F seat on the Executive Committee.
The contested races for Board seats are as follows:
Holly Currier of the Andover Education Association and Amy Morin of the Lexington Education Association are running for the At-Large Director for Education Support Professionals seat.
Kerri Scott of the Melrose Education Association and William Karvouniaris of the Wakefield Education Association are competing for the District 21G seat.
Seven people are vying for four vacancies on the MTA Retired Members Committee. They are Helen C. Dooner, Bonnie M. Page, Maureen Colgan Posner, Daisy Monsalve, Phyllis Neufeld, Dale Melcher and Amy S. Wolpin.
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 the Executive Committee begin on July 1 and continue for three years.
The candidates declared elected because of the waiver are as follows:
Executive Committee
At-Large ESP Executive Committee Member: Yahaira Rodriguez, Educational Association of Worcester
Statewide Retired Executive Committee Member: Andrei Joseph, MTA Retired member
Region C: Katuska (Katie) Lecaro, Education Association of Plymouth and Carver
Region G: John Sullivan, Belmont Education Association
Board of Directors
District 1A: Howard Marshall, Pittsfield Educational Administrators Association
District 2A: Kristy Dyer, Agawam Education Association
District 4A: Danielle J. Seltzer, Amherst-Pelham Education Association
District 5A: Tracy Little-Sasanecki, Springfield Education Association
District 6A: Jennifer Silva, Monson Teachers Association
District 34C: Mary Pat Dodge, Kingston Teachers Association
District 43C: Kiely Rigali, Martha’s Vineyard Educators Association
District 15D: Shelly Fraser, Wayland Teachers Association
District 27D: Justin Brown, Brookline Educators Union
District 37E: Naomi Akan, Canton Teachers Association
District 38E: Joe Spremulli, Norton Teachers Association
District 22F: Matthew Bach, Andover Education Association
District 18G: Sandra Kasabian Hoffman, Watertown Educators Association
District 44H: NT Izuchi, Massachusetts Community College Council
CANDIDATES DECLARED ELECTED
Candidates who have been declared elected who provided photos are pictured with this article. Photos of candidates in contested races appear with their biographical statements.
