Volume 61, Issue 3

KEA Members Elect 19 to Represent Union at 2025 NEA Representative Assembly in Portland, Oregon July 2-6

Every summer, some 8,000 NEA members gather from across the country to meet and debate the vital issues that impact American public education and set National Education Association policy and activities for the year ahead. These delegates collectively represent the 3 million members of the NEA.

In 2025, the following KEA delegates will represent members of the Kentucky Education Association:

EAST
Ryan Dittmer, Boone County
Heather Howard, Boone County
Kelly Read, Boone County
Karen Ellis, Boone County KESPA
Marcie Viox, Boone County KESPA
Jessica Hiler, Fayette County
Dion Copeland, Fayette County
Eddie Campbell, Knox County
Erin Grace, Rockcastle County


WEST

Courtney Willis
Carla Criswell
Beverly Cullen
Anna Gannon
Shaquita Garrett, McCracken County KESPA
Vickie Gregory
Melissa McBride, Webster County 
Matthew Powell, Graves County KESPA
Greg Tichenor
Ashley Burnette

KEA appreciates the dedication and leadership of each of the elected delegates to the NEA RA, all of whom are taking time out of their summer to do the important work of the national association.