ISEA Committees
ISEA State Committees
Building a Better Teaching and Learning Environment Committee
Staff liaisons
Cindy Swanson, Teaching & Learning specialist
Bob Brown, JDC UniServ director
ISEA member representatives
Rachella Dravis, executive board liaison
Chris Lafrenz, Cedar Wood UniServ Unit
Rebecca Marks, Des Moines Education Association
Flannery Wheeler, Geode UniServ Unit
Deb Richmann, JDC UniServ Unit
Pam Schmidt, CHAIR, Northeast Iowa Education Unit
Marcia Carlson, Polk Suburban UniServ Unit
Chris Pottebaum, Soiuxland UniServ Unit
Jennifer Lambirth, South Central UniServ Unit
Lori Anne Spears, Southwest UniServ Unit
Kylie LaRue, State Unit Nine
Kathy Paul, UniServ Unit Ten
Susan Ackerman, UniServ Unit Two
Protecting Member Rights Committee
Staff Liaisons
Rick Moore, Mid-Iowa Director
Jon Studer, ISEA Advocacy Specialist
Jane Elerding, East Central UniServ Unit
Joshua Baxter, Board Liaison
Jim Nilles, CHAIR
Dennis Pagel, Northeast Iowa Education Unit
James Gude, Northern Pride UniServ Unit
Theresa Dawson, Polk Suburban
Amy Swenson, Siouxland UniServ Unit
Maria Jacobus, Southwest UniServ Unit
Philip Stein, UniServ Unit Ten
Staff Liaisons
Iowa State Education Association
Mike Beranek, President
Joshua Brown, Vice-President
Kelly McMahon, NEA Director
Rachella Dravis, NEA Director
Cedar Wood UniServ Unit
Gail Reiger
Des Moines Education Association
John Baker
Deborah Henry
Patricia Gronewold
David O’Connor
East Central UniServ Unit
Nancy Porter
Karen Hartlep
Geode UniServ Unit
Amy Langr
Rachella Dravis
Thomas Buckman
Great River UniServ Unit
John Dabeet
Loretta Gamble
Michael Reinholdt
Richard Adams
David Thede
Hawkeye UniServ Unit
Rebecca Mohorne
Robert Hirst
Scott Harvey
Janice Judisch
JDC UniServ Unit
Allison Drahozal
Kevin Kapos
Lincolnway UniServ Unit
Gary Keller
Marleta Smith
Mid-Iowa UniServ Unit
Alan Junck
David Engel
Beth Harmelink
Mississippi Bend UniServ Unit
Sean Marmion
Tamara Place
David Tometich
Michele Willet
Northeast Iowa Education Unit
Jim Young
Barb Havlik
Roberta Hass
Joyce Amber
Northern Pride UniServ Unit
Joan Holles
Mark Zeka
Judith Zeka
Polk Suburban UniServ Unit
Donald Miller
Linda Reid
Josh Baxter
Retired Members
Linda Puls
Siouxland UniServ Unit
Tim Foix
South Central UniServ Unit
Dennis Linn
Karen Randall
Barbara Persoon
Ann Swenson
Southwest UniServ Unit
Christopher Campbell
JoEtt Cogdill
Barbara Cunningham
Maria Jacobus
ISEA Student Program
Vacant
UniServ Unit Nine
Melinda Jones
Richard Wortmann
Lynne Osing
UniServ Unit Ten
Bill Maas
Linda Harms
Kathy Paul
Christine Wells
UniServ Unit Two
Karen Koenig
Scott Kehrberg
PAC Alternates
Cedar Wood UniServ Unit
Vacant
Des Moines EA
Richard Bright
Joshua Brown
Blake Hammond
Blake Iverson
Vacant
East Central UniServ Unit
Vacant
Geode UniServ Unit
Vacant
Great River UniServ Unit
Loralee Cole
Hawkeye UniServ Unit
James Lewis
JDC UniServ Unit
Vacant
Lincolnway UniServ Unit
Vacant
Mid-Iowa Uniserv Unit
Kevin Ericson
Mississippi Bend UniServ Unit
Debra Eickert
Julie Wolbers
Northeast Iowa Education Unit
Elizabeth Kressig
Janelle Meyer Smith
Northern Pride UniServ Unit
Vacant
Polk Suburban UniServ Unit
Craig Kruger
Sara Earp
Yvonne Hogan
Richard Wilson
Siouxland UniServ Unit
Bernadette Scolaro
South Central UniServ Unit
Jim Niles
Alisa Andrews
Student ISEA Program
Vacant
UniServ Unit Nine
Kevin McGinty
UniServ Unit Ten
Carlene Heschke
Kimberly Johnson
Jerry Vanderhorst
Tracy Vandershorst
UniServ Unit Two
Vacant
Staff Liaisons
Garrett Hall, CHAIR
Virginia Martin, Des Moines Education Association
Charlotte Nagel, Geode UniServ Unit
Carissa Johnson, Great River UniServ Unit
Jessica Durkop, JDC UniServ Unit
Megan Bildner, Mississippi Bend UniServ Unit
Allison Rasmussen, Northeast Iowa Education Unit
Judith Zeka, Northern Pride UniServ Unit
Ken Friedmann, Siouxland UniServ Unit
Michael McDermott, Southwest UniServ Unit
Jill Nehman, UniServ Unit Ten
Linda Linn, Retired
ISEA Standing Committees
Staff Liaisons
Michael Wiser
Pete Clancy
NEA Resolutions Committee
Sara Earleywine, CHAIR
Monique Cottman
Cedar Wood UniServ Unit
Eriece Landrum-Colbert
Geode UniServ Unit
Rachella Dravis
Great River UniServ Unit
Mary Heeringa
Hawkeye UniServ Unit
Susan Padget
Mississippi Bend UniServ Unit
Julie Wolbers
Polk Suburban UniServ Unit
Julie DeMicco
Siouxland UniServ Unit
Rhonda Briggs
UniServ Unit Ten
Carlene Heschke
Education Support Professionals Committee
Staff Liaison
Amy DeGroot-Hammer
Staff Liaison
Doug Smith
CHAIR
Elizabeth Harris, State Unit Nine
Cedar Wood UniServ Unit
Kandy Bekeris
Des Moines Education Association
Pamela Bemis
Lincolnway UniServ Unit
Susan Casey
Northern Pride
Douglas Eades
Polk Suburban UniServ Unit
Kimberly Spitzig
Siouxland UniServ Unit
Amy German
South Central UniServ Unit
Frank Stroh
Southwest UniServ Unit
Toni Graham
UniServ Unit Ten
Patti Snyder
Staff Liaisons
Raymond Feuss
Suzy Card
CHAIR
Christopher Legel, Eastern Iowa CCHEA
Area IV CC EA
Maribeth Schneider
Des Moines Area CC HEA
Josh Daines
Iowa Lakes CC
Debra Jones
Western Iowa Tech EA
Helen Lewis
Kirkwood FA
John Dawson
Northeast Iowa CC HEA
Molly Schiel
Retired
Sue Smith
Staff Liaisons
Jean Hessburg
Sara Dressel
Junior Jimenez Jr., CHAIR
Des Moines EA
Zipporah Smith
East Central UniServ Unit
Monique L. Cottman
Great River UniServ Unit
Ann Marie Tessier
Siouxland UniServ Unit
Ta Rae Gardner
Southwest UniServ Unit
Diana P Roberts
South Central UniServ Unit
Kerisa Lynn Baedke
Staff Liaisons
Cindy Fitzgerald
Peri Van Tassel
Randy Naber, CHAIR
See the ISEA-Retired Members Only section for committee information.
Area Education Agency Committee
Staff Liaison
Jeremy Kunz
Todd Louwagie
Jancie Judisch, CHAIR
Polk Suburban UniServ Unit
Dirk Swanson
Siouxland UniServ Unit
Honore Pittenger
Southwest UniServ Unit
Jennifer Dillon
UniServ Unit Ten
Cheri Brown
